the_fox_and_the_grapes
Fan of Aesop A hungry fox saw some delicious-looking grapes high upon a vine. The fox jumped and jumped, trying to get the grapes. After many unsuccessful attempts, the fox gave up, and slinked away, muttering, "Oh well, the grapes were probably sour anyway."

==[ Does one belittle the things one wants but feels unable to reach? ] ==
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sameolme "Love is a fallacy" frnstance? 070315
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Yes... for instance. 070315
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fox ONE hot summer’s day a Fox was strolling through an orchard till he came to a bunch of Grapes just ripening on a vine which had been trained over a lofty branch. “Just the things to quench my thirst,” quoth he. Drawing back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just missed the bunch. Turning round again with a One, Two, Three, he jumped up, but with no greater success. Again and again he tried after the tempting morsel, but at last had to give it up, and walked away with his nose in the air, saying: “I am sure they are sour.” 110620
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well blather beat me to it, again. 110620
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