Well little one said a Tree to a Reed that was growing at its foot, why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground and raise your head boldly in the air as I do?” “I am contented with my lot said the Reed. I may not be so grand but I think I am safer.” “Safe!” sneered the Tree. “Who shall pluck me up by the roots or bow my head to the ground?” But it soon had to repent of its boasting for a hurricane arose which tore it up from its roots and cast it a useless log on the ground while the little Reed bending to the force of the wind soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. Obscurity often brings safety.”