The Fox and the Grapes

source: @StoryPage #Moral_Stories

/wʌn ˈɑːftəˈnuːn ə fɒks wəz ˈwɔːkɪŋ θruː ðə ˈfɒrɪst ənd
ˈspɒtɪd ə bʌnʧ əv greɪps ˈhæŋɪŋ frɒm ˈəʊvə ə ˈlɒftɪ
brɑːnʧ/

/ʤʌst ðə θɪŋ tə kwenʧ maɪ θɜːst hiː θɔːt/

/ˈteɪkɪŋ ə fjuː steps bæk ðə fɒks ʤʌmpt ənd ʤʌst

mɪst ðə ˈhæŋɪŋ greɪps/
/əˈgen ðə fɒks tʊk ə fjuː ˈpeɪsɪz bæk ənd traɪd tə riːʧ ðəm

bʌt stɪl feɪld/

/ˈfaɪnəlɪ ˈgɪvɪŋ ʌp ðə fɒks tɜːnd ʌp hɪz nəʊz ənd sed ðeə

ˈprɒbəblɪ ˈsaʊə ˈenɪweɪ ənd prəˈsiːdɪd tə wɔːk əˈweɪ/

 / ˈmɒrəl /

/ɪts ˈiːzɪ tə dɪsˈpaɪz wɒt jʊ ˈkænɒt həv/

/ˈnʌθɪŋ kʌmz ˈiːzɪ wɪˈðaʊt ə hɑːd wɜːk/

/səʊ wɜːk hɑːd ənd riːʧ jə gəʊlz/

One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a bunch of grapes hanging from over a
lofty branch.

“Just the thing to quench my thirst,” he thought.

Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few
paces back and tried to reach them but still failed.

Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, “They’re probably sour anyway,” and proceeded to
walk away.

Moral: It’s easy to despise what you cannot have. Nothing comes easy without a hard work. So, Work Hard
and reach your goals.