The fox and the grapes

曾焰

One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and found there was a bunch of grapes （一串葡萄） over a very high and good-looking branch. “Just the thing to stop my thirst，” said the fox.

Taking a few steps back， the fox jumped and just missed the grapes. Again the fox took a few steps back and tried to reach them but was still not successful.

Finally， giving up， the fox turned up his nose and said， “Theyre probably sour （酸的） anyway，” and continued to walk away.

MORAL（寓意）： ITS EASY TO DISLIKE WHAT YOU CANNOT HAVE.

1. Questions： What did the fox want to do？

2. Mixed-up Sentence Exercise（單词组句）：

1） steps jumped and just taking a few back the fox grapes missed the

2） its dislike have what easy to you cannot

答案：

1. He wanted to get some grapes.

2. 1） Taking a few steps back， the fox jumped and just missed the grapes.

2） Its easy to dislike what you cannot have.