Capa de The Fox and the Grapes

One warm summer day, a Fox was walking through an orchard. He came to a bunch of grapes ripening high on a vine.

Num dia quente de verão, uma Raposa caminhava por um pomar. Chegou a um cacho de uvas que amadurecia bem alto numa videira.

"Just the thing to quench my thirst," he said.

"Bem a coisa certa para matar minha sede", disse ela.

Backing up a few paces, he took a run and a jump at the grapes, but missed. Turning round again, he ran faster and leaped once more. Still he could not reach them.

Recuando alguns passos, tomou impulso e deu um salto na direção das uvas, mas errou. Virando-se de novo, correu mais rápido e saltou mais uma vez. Ainda assim não conseguiu alcançá-las.

Again and again he tried, but at last he had to give up. He walked away with his nose in the air, saying, "I am sure they are sour anyway."

Tentou de novo e de novo, mas por fim teve que desistir. Foi embora com o nariz empinado, dizendo: "Tenho certeza de que estão azedas mesmo."

It is easy to hate what you cannot have.

É fácil odiar o que não se pode ter.

🧠 Teste sua compreensão

  1. What does the fox want to reach?

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    Resposta: A bunch of grapes

    The fox sees grapes ripening high on a vine and wants to eat them to quench his thirst.

  2. What does the fox do after failing to reach the grapes?

    Ver resposta

    Resposta: He walks away and says the grapes are sour

    After trying again and again, he gives up and claims the grapes must be sour anyway.

  3. What is the lesson of the story?

    Ver resposta

    Resposta: It is easy to hate what you cannot have

    The story ends with the moral that it's easy to despise what is out of your reach.

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