THE DOG IN THE MANGER
A Dog once made his bed in a manger. He could not eat the grain there, and he would not let the Ox eat it, who could.
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
A hungry Fox found some bunches of grapes upon a vine high up a tree. He tried to get at them, but could not. So he left them hanging there and went off, saying to himself:—
“They are sour grapes.”