The Fox and the Grapes. One hot summer’s day A fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which has been trained over a lofty branch.
Just the thing to quench my thirst,” quote he. Drawing back a few paces,
he took a run and a [...]

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The Fox and the Mask A Fox had got into the storeroom of a theatre.
by some means
Suddenly he observed a face
glaring down on him,
and began to be very frightened;
but looking more closely
he found it was only a mask,
such as actors use to put over their faces.

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The Fox and the Crow: A Fox once sow a Crow fly off with a piece of meat in its beak and settle on a branch of a tree.
“This is for me, as I am a Fox,” and then walked up to the foot of the tree.
Good-day, Mistress Crow, he cried.
How well you are looking [...]

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Aesop’s Fables The Shepherd Boy There was once a young Shepherd Boy who tended his sheep at the foot of a mountain near a dark forest.
It was rather lonely for him all day so he thought upon a plan by which he could get a little company and some excitement.
He rushed down towards the village [...]

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