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Aesop's Fable # 7: The Fox and the Grapes

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     \-\One hot summer's day#NuA04 a Fox was strolling {through an orchard} [RAVFtill he came {to a bunch} {of Grapes} just ripening*GiveR13 {on a vine} [RAJFwhich had been trained=PV {over a lofty branch.}]]  \-\"Just the thing to quench*INFAJ04 my thirst," quoth he.  \-\Drawing*GiveL05 back a few paces,#NuA03 he took a run and a jump=CC, and just missed=CV the bunch.  \-\Turning*GiveL08 round again {with a One, Two, Three,} he jumped up, but {with no greater success.}  \-\Again and again he tried {after the tempting morsel,} but {at last} had to give it up=CV, and walked=CV away {with his nose} {in the air,} saying:*GiveR07 [RNDO"I am sure [RNDOthey are sour."]]
     \-\It is easy to despise*INFDS06 [RNDOwhat you cannot get.]
 
 
 

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