3.Sour Grapes

 1. The Foolish Dog

A dog once took a large piece of meat from a butcher's shop. The butcher did not give it to him. He took it him self. He stole it.
The bad dog ran away with the meat between his teeth. He ran quickly, because he did not want the butcher to catch him and take the meat away from him.
On his way he came to ariver. He went near it and looked into the water. Of course he saw him self there with the piece of meat in his mouth.
But he did not say  (know) "that is myself in the water". Oh, no! He said to him self "That is another dog with a nice piece of meat. I want that meat and i will have it too".
He opened his mouth to take the other piece of meat.
Of course, when he did so the piece of meat fell into the river and so instead of two pieces, the foolish dog got none. 


2.The Fox and The Vineyard

A hungry fox went out. He walked along the country roads and came to vineyard. Of course he wanted to get inside, but he could not do so because there was a high wall all round the place. He tired to climb over the wall, but it was too high.

he wolked round the wall and at one part saw a hole "Ahhh" he thought "Now i can get inside". He began to push himself through the hole, but he could not get throught because his body was too fat.

"There is only one thing for me to do" he said at last " i must become thinner". For whole day he did not eat anything and then he tried to get through the hole, but he was still too fat. He ate noting for another day and still he did not become thin enough. At the end of the third day he found that he could get through the hole.

At last he was inside the vineyard and could eat the fruit. The grapes were sweet and he ate as many as he could. He ate and he ate till he could eat no more. Then he went back to the hole and tried to get through. But alas! He could not do so, he was now too fat.

Poor fox! there was only one thing for him to do now. He had to stay in the vineyard with the fine fruit all around him and be hungry for three wole days. At the end of that time he become thin enough to get through the hole.

When finally he was walking away from the vineyard he looked back and said "OH vineyard! Vine yard! How fine your are and how sweet is your fruit!" but of what use are you? "went in hungry and i came out hungry"

3.Sour Grapes

A hungry fox was once walking by a vineyard. He looed up and saw some bunches of grapes. The grapes were large and black. "Those grapes are nice" said the fox to himself. "I must eat some".

He jumped up to get the grapes but he could not reach them, they were too hight.

He tried again and again and yet again. but each time he fell back without the grapes.

At last the fox turned and walked away. As he was going he said to himself: "well, what does it matter? The grapes are sour!

Now, were the grapes sour!?

We do not know and the fox did not know. Then why did not the fox say that they were sour? He said so because he could not get them.

Manny people are like fox. And so, if we hear some one say that a thing good, when he can not get it. We say it is a matter of "Sour Grapes".

4. The Fox and The Crow

one day a crow had snatched a fine piece of cheese out of a window, and flew with it into a high tree A fox saw this and waiting the cheese for himself, said :
-Oh, crow, how beautiful are your wings!
-How bright your eye!
-How fine your neck
-Your breast is the breast of an eagle
-Your claws.........i beg pardon your talons....are match for all the beasts of field
-Oh, that such a bird should be dumb and want only a voice!
The crow was pleased to hear all this. Chuckling to think how she would surprise the fox with her caw, she opened her mouth.
Down dropped the cheese which the fox snapped up.

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