The Pumpkin and The Acorn (Short Story)

A farmer stretched out in the shade of an oak tree and admired the pumpkin vine that slowly crawled and threaded its way along the lattice of the neighbouring garden.

He shook his head and said: “I can’t see why such a small plant should bear such large and beautiful fruit, while the magnificient oak tree bears only petty and miserable fruit. If I had created the world, I would have made the oak tree bear big golden coloured pumpkins that weight a ton. That would certainly be something to see.”

No sooner had he said these words than an acorn fell from the tree above him and hit him with such a force on the nose that it began to bleed.

“Ah,” moaned the man, “I have received a beautiful blow on the nose on account of my presumption. If the acorn had been a pumpkin I would have been squashed beneath it.”

The Lord has helped us,

Guiding all the way:

Let us trust Him, fully,

Trust Him every day.

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