The Oak Tree & The Reeds The Oak tree always thought that he was far stronger than the reeds. He said to himself "I stand upright in a storm. I don't bend my head in fear every time the wind blows. But these reeds are really so weak." That very night blew a storm and the mighty oak tree was uprooted. "Good God!" sighed the reeds, "our way is better. We bend but we don't break." MORAL : Pride has a fallThe Mi There was once a miser. He melted all his money into a block of gold and buried it in a pit. Every day he would dig it up and smile to see it. One night the gold-block was stolen. So, the miser was in tears. A friend of his saw him weeping and said, "You should bury a stone in the pit and look at it every day. You never spent money when you had it Was it better than a stone anyway?" MORAL : It is a curse to be a miser. Block of Gold Stone