8. The Grapes Are Sour – The Fox And The Grapes – An Aesop’s Fable
Once a fox was walking through a vineyard. He was very hungry.
His mouth started watering looking upon a particularly ripe bunch of grapes hanging high on a vine.
He leaped up high in the air with all his strength. But was not able to reach the grapes. He tried again. And again. But each time in vain.
He finally took a long, hard look at the grapes and remarked, “These grapes are not even ripe yet.”
And walked away.
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I remember this story as it was prescribed us in our 6th grade English text book. The name was ‘Persuasion is Better than Force’ . I enjoyed reading it and now my children enjoy listening to this bedtime story.
My aunt used to tell me this bedtime story when I was a kid. I really enjoyed her warm hug and story narration that put me into gentle sleep. It was heaven to be with her. Later my grandmother took over the task of story telling as my aunt got married and moved out to her husband’s house.
very nice collection of story