The Fox and the Grapes .......a fable of Aesop in Verse Cape Town 1997

Mister Fox he went out hunting
For something good to eat
When on a vine above him
he spied a most delicious treat


His eyes beheld a glistening bunch
Of grapes all ripe and golden
That would surely be a splendid lunch
The fox's tummy told him.


The vine had grown to such a height
The fox could not reach so high
"Oh if I only had the power of flight"
Complained the Fox with a doleful sigh.


And so despite his appetite
To reach the grapes was beyond his power
He abandoned the quest for this delight
“They are probably all sour.”


The moral of the story is
When something lies beyond our scope
We pretend that its not good enough
Too easily we give up hope.