quench - to put down or get
rid of - to quench thirst with a drink
quoth - to repeat someone's
exact words
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 thing 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."
"It is easy to despise what
you cannot get."
Questions to discuss
Was there ever a time that you
couldn't get something you really wanted - how did you feel and what did
you do?
Did the fox take the easy way
out or was he smart to cut his losses?