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THE AMBITIOUS FOX

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THE UNAPPROACHABLE GRAPES

A farmer built around his crop A wall, and crowned his laborsBy placing glass upon the top To lacerate his neighbors,  Provided they at any time  Should feel disposed the wall to climb.
He also drove some iron pegs Securely in the coping,To tear the bare, defenceless legs Of brats who, upward groping,  Might steal, despite the risk of fall,  The grapes that grew upon the wall.

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