Leslie Wildeson
speaker
73 appearances
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first heard Aug 2026
last heard 5 Aug
Leslie Wildeson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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This had the effect the farmer wanted, for from that day the cranes visited his field no more.
Bluff and threatening words are of little value with rascals.
Bluff is no proof that hard fists are lacking.
The Farmer and His Sons
A rich old farmer, who felt that he had not many more days to live, called his sons to his bedside.
My sons, he said, heed what I have to say to you.
Do not on any account part with the estate that has belonged to our family for so many generations.
Somewhere on it is hidden a rich treasure.
I do not know the exact spot, but it is there and you will surely find it.
Spare no energy, and leave no spot unturned in your search.
The father died, and no sooner was he in his grave than the sons set to work digging with all their might, turning up every foot of ground with their spades, and going over the whole farm two or three times.
No hidden gold did they find, but at harvest time, when they had settled their accounts,
and had pocketed a rich profit far greater than any of their neighbors, they understood that the treasure their father had told them about was the wealth of a bountiful crop, and that in their industry had they found the treasure.
Industry is itself a treasure.
THE TWO POTS
Two pots, one of brass and the other of clay, stood together on the hearthstone.
One day the brass pot proposed to the earthen pot that they go out into the world together.
But the earthen pot excused himself, saying that it would be wiser for him to stay in the corner by the fire.
It would take so little to break me, he said.
You know how fragile I am.
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