Once upon a time, a hungry fox was roaming around

here and there searching for food. Because of hunger, he

was feeling weak and tired. Fortunately, he came to a
garden where he saw a grape-vine laden with bunches of
grapes they looked quite ripe and juicy.

The fox looked at the grapes with longing eyes and

licked his chops. But the bunches were too high for him
and he was feeling weak. So he sat down for a while to
take some rest. On feeling refreshed, he jumped as high as
he could, to get at the grapes. But he failed to reach them.

Then he again rested for some time and made another

bold attempt, but was unlucky for the second time.

Forced to give up trying anymore, he just walked away

and instead of accepting his failure, he remarked "the
grapes appeared to be ripe and juicy, but now I see them
to be quite sour."

It's easy to despise what you cannot have.

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 Answer the questions below according to the story.

Why was the fox feeling weak and

1 tired?

Why did the fox decide to take some

2 rest before taking grapes?

What did the fox do after he had some

3 rest?

What did the fox do after his first

4 attempt?

Why did the fox say that the grapes

5 were quite sour?

Match the words with their definitions.

despise attempt rest sour roam ripe

1. To try to do something :_______________________________

2. Having a sharp, taste or smell, like a lemon, and not sweet :_______________________________
3. To hate someone or something and have no respect for them :_______________________________
4. To move around a place without any purpose :_______________________________
5. A period of time when you relax or sleep :_______________________________
6. Developed enough and ready to be eaten :_______________________________

anymore:
appear:
Find the
bold:
words given
bunch:
in the word
fail:
search puzzle
failure:
and write
fortunately:
their
grape:
meanings in
hunger:
your
language. longing:
refresh:
remark:

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