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    The fox tries to jump up and grab some grapes hanging high on a vine but is unable to reach them. Rather than admitting defeat, the fox claims the grapes must be sour. The lion tells the other animals he is dying and to come say their goodbyes. As they enter his cave, the fox notices their tracks do not return. Suspecting a trap, the fox waits outside. The fox and stork were friends until the fox tricks the stork into a shallow soup that the stork cannot eat from. Later, when the stork returns the visit, the food is in a tall jar the fox cannot access, getting revenge for the trick.

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    The fox tries to jump up and grab some grapes hanging high on a vine but is unable to reach them. Rather than admitting defeat, the fox claims the grapes must be sour. The lion tells the other animals he is dying and to come say their goodbyes. As they enter his cave, the fox notices their tracks do not return. Suspecting a trap, the fox waits outside. The fox and stork were friends until the fox tricks the stork into a shallow soup that the stork cannot eat from. Later, when the stork returns the visit, the food is in a tall jar the fox cannot access, getting revenge for the trick.

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    The fox tries to jump up and grab some grapes hanging high on a vine but is unable to reach them. Rather than admitting defeat, the fox claims the grapes must be sour. The lion tells the other animals he is dying and to come say their goodbyes. As they enter his cave, the fox notices their tracks do not return. Suspecting a trap, the fox waits outside. The fox and stork were friends until the fox tricks the stork into a shallow soup that the stork cannot eat from. Later, when the stork returns the visit, the food is in a tall jar the fox cannot access, getting revenge for the trick.

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    The Fox and the Grapes One hot summer's day a Fox was stroll-ing through an orchard till

    he came to a bunch of grapes just ripen-ing on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. "Just the thing to quench my thirst," said he. Draw-ing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turn-ing round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no great-er suc-cess. Again and again he tried after the tempt-ing morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: "I am sure they are sour." The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts The Lion once told everyone that he was sick unto death and summoned the animals to come and hear his last will and Testament. So the Goat came to the Lion's cave, and stopped there listening for a long time. Then a Sheep went in, and before she came out a Calf came up to receive the last wishes of the Lord of the Beasts. But soon the Lion seemed to recover, and came to the mouth of his cave, and saw the Fox, who had been waiting outside for some time. "Why do you not come to pay your re-spects to me?" said the Lion to the Fox. "I beg your Majesty's pardon," said the Fox, "but I noticed the track of the an-im-als that have al-ready come to you; and while I see many hoof- marks going in, I see none coming out. Till the an-im-als that have en-tered your cave come out again I prefer to remain in the open air." The Fox and the Stork At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visit-ing terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox in-vited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke put noth-ing before her but some soup in a very shal-low dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began. "I am sorry," said the Fox, "the soup is not to your liking." "Pray do not apolog-ize," said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon." So a day was ap-poin-ted when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was for their dinner was con-tained in a very long- necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick the out-side of the jar. "I will not apolog-ize for the dinner," said the Stork:

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