The Fox And The Grapes.
Rosy and ripe, and ready to box, The grapes hang high o'er the hungry Fox. - He pricks up his ears, and his eye he cocks. Ripe and rosy, yet so high! - He gazes at them with a greedy eye, And knows he must eat and drink - or die. When the jump proves to be beyond his power - "Pooh!" says the Fox. "Let the pigs devour Fruit of that sort. Those grapes are sour!"
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"Rosy and ripe, and ready to box,..."
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