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On a hot summer day, a Fox was walking through an orchard full of fruit trees. He saw a bunch of Grapes on a vine that grew over a high branch. The grapes were just getting ripe.
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The Fox and the Grapes
A hungry fox tries to reach a bunch of grapes and dismisses them when he cannot.
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The fox jumps for the grapes
English
“Those grapes will help me feel less thirsty,” said the Fox.
English
He stepped back, ran toward the vine, and jumped. He almost reached the grapes, but he missed them. He went back to try again. “One, two, three!” he counted, and jumped a second time. He still could not reach them.
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