石榴树与苹果树为谁的果实质量最好而争吵不休，双方都认为自己的更好。愤怒的话语相继从他们的嘴里脱口而出，激烈的争吵马上就要升级了，这时，野蔷薇嬉皮笑脸地从隔壁篱笆丛中探出头来，说：“够了，朋友们，我们不要再争吵了。”
石榴树、苹果树和野蔷薇的寓言故事的道理其实很简单，每一个人都有每一个人的优点和缺点，他们的工作并不一定在相同的岗位，他们都会在属于自己的岗位来奉献自己的努力。
【石榴树、苹果树和野蔷薇的英文版】
THE POMEGRANATE,THE APPLE-TREE,AND THE BRAMBLE
A Pomegranate and an Apple-tree were disputing about the quality of their fruits，and each claimed that its own was the better of the two High words passed between them，and a violent quarrel was imminent，when a Bramble impudently poked its head out of a neighboufing hedge and said，“There，that’S enough，my friends；don’t let US quarrel.”
