The Fox And The Grapes

Name: Aesop’s Fables - The Fox and the Grapes
Author: Aesop

A HUNGRY Fox saw some fine bunches of Grapes hanging from a vine that was trained along a high trellis, and did his best to reach them by jumping as high as he could into the air. But it was all in vain, for they were just out of reach: so he gave up trying, and walked away with an air of dignity and unconcern, remarking, "I thought those Grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour."

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Chicago: Aesop, "The Fox and the Grapes," Aesop’s Fables, trans. V. S. Vernon Jones Original Sources, accessed October 31, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VVH5PB8A9DCSJDJ.

MLA: Aesop. "The Fox and the Grapes." Aesop’s Fables, translted by V. S. Vernon Jones, Original Sources. 31 Oct. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VVH5PB8A9DCSJDJ.

Harvard: Aesop, 'The Fox and the Grapes' in Aesop’s Fables, trans. . Original Sources, retrieved 31 October 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=VVH5PB8A9DCSJDJ.