Weed

In a small section of the garden a tiny weed spoke to the blooms that grew there.
"why," he asked, "does the gardener seek to kill me? Do I not have a right to life? Are my leaves not green, as yours are? Is it too much to ask that I be allowed to grow and see the sun?" The blooms pondered on this and decided to ask the gardener to spare the weed. He did so. Day by day the weed grew, stonger and stronger, taller and taller, its leaves covering the other plants, its roots spreading. One by one the flowers died until only a rose was left. It gazed up at the enormous weed and asked: "Why do you seek to kill me? Do I not have a right to life? Are my leaves not green, as yours are? Is it too much to ask that I be allowed to grow and see the sun?"
"Yes, it is too much to ask," said the weed.

Quote from David Gemmell.

Beautiful isn't it?