{"id":8978,"date":"2022-09-28T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/?p=8978"},"modified":"2022-09-28T05:41:17","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T21:41:17","slug":"aesops-fable-the-fox-and-the-grapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/?p=8978","title":{"rendered":"Aesop&#8217;s Fable: The Fox and the Grapes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By Nancy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p>A Fox one day spied a beautiful bunch of ripe grapes hanging from a vine trained along the branches of a tree. The grapes seemed ready to burst with juice, and the Fox\u2019s mouth watered as he gazed longingly at them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bunch hung from a high branch, and the Fox had to jump for it. The first time he jumped he missed it by a long way. So he walked off a short distance and took a running leap at it, only to fall short once more. Again and again he tried, but in vain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a fool I am,\u201d he said. \u201cHere I am wearing myself out to get a bunch of sour grapes that are not worth gaping for.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>(Source from read.gov, Library of Congress)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tongue Twister: <strong>Four fluffy foxes fully found fifty flying fairies!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Aesops-Fable-The-Fox-and-the-Gra.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you heard of Aesop\u2019s fables? In this episode of NancyWeekly you will listen to a well-known Aesop\u2019s fable. You will also be introduced to a fun tongue twister led by Eric. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":8980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[251],"class_list":["post-8978","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nancy-weekly","tag-nancy-weekly","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8978"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8993,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8978\/revisions\/8993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8978"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jrmz2.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}