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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 381

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A CURTSEY TO YOUR PLUMES. OLD FABLES BROUGHT UP TO DATE {Just for fun, and with apologies to s£so/) THE FOX AND THE GRAPES … THE OLD-TIME FABLE A famished fox saw someclusters of ripe black grapeshanging from a trellisedvine. He resorted to manywise tricks to get at them, butwearied himself in vain, forhe could not reach them. Atlast he turned away, be-guiling himself of his dis-appointment by saying, Thegrapes are sour,…

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