【英】《伊索寓言》第3集：The Fox and the Grapes

One hot summer day, a fox trotted into the woods, hoping for some shade to cool him. He found a wild grapevine running high into a tree. A bunch of dark, plump grapes dangled from the vine above the fox’s head. The fox was certain he had never seen such beautiful grapes.

The fox licked his dry lips and said, “Those delicious grapes are just the thing I need.”

He jumped up and snapped at the grapes, but he could not quite reach them. He backed away from the tree and ran as fast as he could. He jumped at the last second to snap at the grapes. His teeth closed on empty air. He still couldn’t quite reach.

He tried to scramble into the tree to reach the grapes from above. But foxes are not built to climb trees and he tumbled back to the ground.

Finally, he flopped on the ground, hot and tired. As he studied the grapes, he said, “Now that I look at them closely, they’re not so big as I thought. I am sure they would be very sour.” 

So the fox got up and trotted away.He never looked back at the grapes, because it is easy to despise what you cannot get.