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Fox and the Grapes:

There was once a king who was so cruel and unjust that his
subjects yearned for his death or dethronement. However, one day
he surprised them all by announcing that he had decided to turn
over a new leaf.
No more cruelty, no more injustice, he promised, and he was as
good as his word. He became known as the Gentle Monarch.
Months after his transformation one of his ministers plucked up
enough courage to ask him what had brought about his change of
heart.
And the king answered, As I was galloping through my forests I
caught sight of a fox being chased by a hound. The fox escaped
into his hole but not before the hound had bitten into its leg and
lamed it for life. Later I rode into a village and saw the same hound
there. It was barking at a man.
One afternoon a fox was walking through the forest and spotted a
bunch of grapes hanging from over a lofty branch.
Just the thing to quench my thirst, he thought.
Taking a few steps back, the fox jumped and just missed the
hanging grapes. Again the fox took a few paces back and tried to
reach them but still failed.
Finally, giving up, the fox turned up his nose and said, Theyre
probably sour anyway, and proceeded to walk away.
The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the
moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the
ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox.
"That will do," said he. "That was all I wanted. In exchange for your
cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future. Do not trust
flatterers"
But the fox would not have any of it. He left the planet on a
rocketship and blasted into the next atmosphere in the hopes of
finding a new planet that didn't have any plants. Plants were
ubiquitous on his planet and he didn't want any of that shiz.

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