The mouse looked around for any food it could find, hoping that he could find fallen nuts from the trees nearby. As he did this, he mistakenly tumbled on one of the roots of the largest tree in the forest, the oak tree.

Proir to this, the oak tree had been observing this pesky mouse scurry around like the common rodent it is and couldn’t help but be irritated with such a lifestyle and now this!

“You annoying little vermin!” Screamed the oak tree, so loud that all the birds resting on its branches flew away with a fright.

“I’m so sorry.” The trembling mouse said, “I really didn’t mean to…”

“Of course you didn’t mean to!” The oak tree boomed once more, “do you tiny mice with your tiny brains, ever know what you are doing?”

The mouse felt deeply hurt by these words, but he didn’t dare challenge the oak tree.

“I was gathering nuts for the winter, for my family and I.”

The oak tree scoffed, “Such a life! Forced to forage for food! Where as for me, I...