Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

<h2><SPAN name="f11" id="f11"></SPAN><i>The Fox And The Grapes.</i></h2> <ANTIMG src="images/11,1.jpg" alt="11,1"><br/> <br/> Rosy and ripe, and ready to box,<br/> The grapes hang high o'er the hungry Fox.--<br/> He pricks up his ears, and his eye he cocks.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/11,2.jpg" alt="11,2"><br/> Ripe and rosy, yet so high!--<br/> He gazes at them with a greedy eye,<br/> And knows he must eat and drink--or die.<br/> <br/> When the jump proves to be beyond his power--<br/> "Pooh!" says the Fox. "Let the pigs devour<br/> Fruit of <i>that</i> sort. <i>Those grapes are sour!"</i><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/11,3.jpg" alt="Those grapes are sour!"><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/11,4.jpg" alt="11,4"><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/11,5.jpg" alt="11,5"> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <hr class="narrow"> &nbsp; <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />