A woman came into a Wood one day with an axe in her hand, and begged all the Trees to give her a small branch which she wanted for a particular purpose. The Trees were goodnatured and gave her one of their branches. What did the woman do but fix it into the axe head, and soon set to work cutting down tree after tree. Then the Trees saw how foolish they had been in giving their enemy the means of destroying themselves.

Aesops fables, 2018 remix