One summer day a fox felt very hungry and thirsty. He was on the lookout for something to eat. He came to a vineyard full of ripe grapes. But they were high up, hanging down a vine. He thought, “Oh, how nice and sweet are these ‘I must have some of them.” The fox stood upon his hind legs, but could not reach the grapes. He then jumped once, twice, thrice, but all in vain. Each jump was still too short. At last the fox felt sure that he could not get at the grapes by any means.
Just at the moment a friend of the fox came to the spot and said, “Brother, why don’t you try for the grapes “They are ripe and so sweet.”
The fox at once replied: “These grapes are very sour. It is not worthwhile trying to get them.” So saying he went away.
Moral: When a thing is beyond reach, attribution of sourness to it is the consolation.
Just at the moment a friend of the fox came to the spot and said, “Brother, why don’t you try for the grapes “They are ripe and so sweet.”
The fox at once replied: “These grapes are very sour. It is not worthwhile trying to get them.” So saying he went away.
Moral: When a thing is beyond reach, attribution of sourness to it is the consolation.
