<P> The Fox and the Grapes is one of the Aesop's fables, numbered 15 in the Perry Index . The narration is concise and subsequent retellings have often been equally so . The story concerns a fox that tries to eat grapes from a vine but cannot reach them . Rather than admit defeat, he states they are undesirable . The expression "sour grapes" originated from this fable . </P> <P> The fable of The Fox and the Grapes is one of the few which feature only a single animal protagonist . There are several Greek versions as well as one in Latin by Phaedrus (IV. 3) which is terse and to the point: </P> <P> Driven by hunger, a fox tried to reach some grapes hanging high on the vine but was unable to, although he leaped with all his strength . As he went away, the fox remarked' Oh, you aren't even ripe yet! I don't need any sour grapes .' People who speak disparagingly of things that they cannot attain would do well to apply this story to themselves . </P>

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