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The Fox and The Grapes
The Fox and The Grapes
One fine and sunny day a fox was strolling along minding his own foxy
business.
He thought he might sit down under a shady tree and have some lunch, as
But just then he looked up and what should he see but the most delicious-
looking bunch of purple grapes he’d ever seen in his whole foxy life.
They were just sitting there; hanging from a grapevine that ran along the
branches of a tree.
The grapes looked like they were about to burst with the tastiest juice and
the fox’s mouth began to water. “Oh, I’ve got to have these, just got to!” he
reach it. He hadn’t jumped high enough and missed it by a long way. So he
walked back a little way and took a running leap. Up he went but not high
enough and his paw missed the grapes. He kept jumping and jumping but
Now he was hot and tired and thirsty and hungry and cross. He sat down
"What a foxy fool I am," he muttered. "What am I doing wearing myself out
jumping up and down on a hot day like this just to get hold of a bunch of
things they can’t have. Oh, and did you know that this is where the phrase
The End