▸ 一个yī gè炎热的yán rè de夏天xià tiān，狐狸hú li又yòu饿è又yòu渴kě。

On a hot summer day, the fox was both hungry and thirsty.

▸ 它tā走着走着zǒu zhe zǒu zhe，忽然hū rán发现fā xiàn路边lù biān有yǒu一yī架jià葡萄藤pú tao téng。

As it was walking, it suddenly discovered a grapevine by the roadside.

▸ 上面shàng miàn挂满guà mǎn了le一串串yī chuàn chuàn紫莹莹zǐ yíng yíng的de葡萄pú tao！

It was laden with bunches of glistening purple grapes!

▸ “哇wā，这些zhè xiē葡萄pú tao看起来kàn qǐ lái真zhēn甜tián！”

“Wow, these grapes look really sweet!”

▸ 狐狸hú li馋得chán de直zhí流liú口水kǒu shuǐ。

The fox was drooling with greed.

▸ 它tā后退hòu tuì几jǐ步bù，使劲shǐ jìn往上wǎng shàng一yī跳tiào——

It stepped back a few paces and jumped with all its might—

▸ 可kě葡萄架pú tao jià太tài高gāo了le，它tā没méi够着gòu zháo。

but the grapevine was too high, and it couldn’t reach.

▸ 狐狸hú li不服气bù fú qì，又yòu跳tiào了le好hǎo几jǐ次cì，

The fox, not willing to give up, jumped several more times,

▸ 可kě每次měi cì都dōu差chà一点点yī diǎn diǎn。

but each time it was just a little short.

▸ 最后zuì hòu，它tā累得lèi de趴pā在zài地上dì shàng直zhí喘气chuǎn qì。

Finally, it was so tired that it lay on the ground panting.

▸ 这时zhè shí，狐狸hú li抬头tái tóu看kàn了le看kàn葡萄pú tao，

At this moment, the fox looked up at the grapes,

▸ 突然tū rán叉着chā zhe腰yāo说shuō：

suddenly put its paws on its hips and said:

▸ “哼hēng！这些zhè xiē葡萄pú tao肯定kěn dìng还hái没méi熟shú，酸得suān de要命yào mìng！

“Hmph! These grapes are definitely not ripe yet; they must be terribly sour!”

▸ 我wǒ才cái不bù想xiǎng吃chī呢ne！”

“I don’t want to eat them anyway!”

▸ 说完shuō wán，它tā扭头niǔ tóu就jiù走zǒu了le。

After saying that, it turned around and walked away.

▸ 寓意yù yì：有些人yǒu xiē rén得不到dé bù dào想要的xiǎng yào de东西dōng xi时shí，会huì假装jiǎ zhuāng自己zì jǐ其实qí shí不bù喜欢xǐ huan它tā。

The moral is: When some people can't get what they want, they pretend they don't actually like it.

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