A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came looking for fruit on it but found none.
He said to his vinedresser, "For three years now I have been coming to look for fruit on this fig tree and finding none. Cut it down: why should it be taking up the ground?"
"Sir," the man replied, "leave it one more year and give me time to dig round it and manure it:
it may bear fruit next year; if not, then you can cut it down."
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