Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Sacravatoons no 1440 : " The Fox & the Grappes "



"THE FOX AND THE GRAPES"
Jean de La Fontaine's fable

A fox, from Gascogne or from Normandy,
we don't know,
almost dying with hunger, going around
saw a vine-branch with grapes on
so beautiful and ripe to all appearances,
that he thought of reaching and eating them.
But after uselessly jumping and jumping
As the vine was too high for him to reach
He had a second thought,
“They're sour, I can see it,
These grapes are good just for loirs and squirrels!”
I leave for you what I can't have.

(Jean de La Fontaine)

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