The Fox and the Grapes

by Aesop

She resorted to all her tricks to get at them, but wearied herself in vain, for she could not reach them.

A FAMISHED FOX saw some clusters of ripe black grapes hanging from a trellised vine. She resorted to all her tricks to get at them, but wearied herself in vain, for she could not reach them. At last she turned away, beguiled herself of her disappointment, and saying: The Grapes are sour, and not ripe as I thought.

Moral:
Revile not things beyond your reach.

Source:

Aesop's Fables
Copyright 1881
Translator: unknown
WM. L. Allison, New York
Illustrator: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
 

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