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The Fox And The Grapes.

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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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