The Fox and the Grapes
Some people disparage what they can’t have.
In this Aesop’s Fable, a hungry fox tries to hide his own failings by laying the blame on someone else.
A FOX was padding about a vineyard in the mountains, when he spotted some bunches of grapes hanging from a trellis. He scampered over to them, as they were ripe and deep black, harvested in peak condition by a farmer who evidently knew his business.
The fox leapt up at them eagerly, but found he could not reach them. Again and again he leapt, until he was worn out with effort, but it was no good. He was bitterly disappointed. ‘Of course,’ he said, by way of consoling himself, ‘the farmer’s a fool. I could see all along that he’d picked them before they were ripe.’ But it wasn’t true, and he knew it.
And the moral of that is, that some people disparage what they can’t have.
Suggest answers to this question. See if you can limit one answer to exactly seven words.
What did the fox notice about the grapes when he first saw them?
Express the ideas below in a single sentence, using different words as much as possible. Do not be satisfied with the first answer you think of; think of several, and choose the best.
A fox walked through a vineyard. He saw some grapes.