Requiem for 3 poppies

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Aesop Greek Author. 620 to 560 BC

Sadly the big, sturdy poppies didn't stand up again after last night's high winds!

The quote is from Aesop's fable The Tree and the Reed which reads something like this:

"Well, little one," said a Tree to a Reed that was growing at its foot, "why do you not plant your feet deeply in the ground, and raise your head boldly in the air as I do?"
"I am contented with my lot," said the Reed. "I may not be so grand, but I think I am safer."
"Safe!" sneered the Tree. "Who shall pluck me up by the roots or bow my head to the ground?" But it soon had to repent of its boasting, for a hurricane arose which tore it up from its roots, and cast it a useless log on the ground, while the little Reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

The moral being that obscurity often brings safety.