The stubble, the straw, and the chaff were arguing among themselves. One said, “The field is planted for me,” and another said, “The field is planted for me.”
The wheat said, “Wait until harvest time, and then you will see for whom the field is planted.”

Harvest time came, and the owner went into to the field. He threw the chaff to the wind, tossed the stubble over the earth, burned the straw, and piled the stalks of wheat together. And all who passed by kissed them.

-- Genesis Rabbah 83:5

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