“Did you know that the master spoke of your beauty to-day?”
“What did he say?” asked the Lemon Tree.
“He said, ‘How beautiful the Lemon Tree is! I think I shall try to graft the branches of the Lemon Tree on to the Pumelo Tree.’
“Wait until another springtime comes and you will see how much your children will be honored. How happy we shall be together when you come to grow with me and I with you.”
So the next year the master and his son brought a sharp knife and cut the Lemon Tree’s branches, and fastened them to the Pumelo Tree.
The first fruit came and the children danced for joy. [[45]]
“How queer to see lemons growing on the Pumelo Tree!” they said.
And the lemons were no longer bitter and sour, but were so pleasant to taste and so fair to look upon that many were saved for the coming feast day.
The Lemon Tree saw that her children were honored, and she was very happy.
Her heart was grateful to the Pumelo Tree who had raised her children to honored places.