Hi everyone! In this lesson, you'll practice your listening skills with one classic story told in two surprising ways.

Listen carefully and tell us which version you prefer. Let's begin.

The Fox and the Grapes 2.0 earned access. The Fox saw grapes hanging behind a tall fence.

They looked perfect, dark, sweet, and just out of reach. He jumped, climbed, failed.

Who needs it? He muttered, turning away. A quiet voice replied,

If it didn't matter, you wouldn't still be looking.

It was Mira, sipping tea by the path.

The fox said nothing, but he didn't stop thinking.

That night he made a plan.

He studied the land.

He mapped the soil. He dug a tunnel, quiet, clean, precise.

Days later, he stood under the grapes. He didn't eat them. He didn't touch a thing. Instead,

he walked to the vineyard office.

Here's how I got in, he said.

And here's how I'd stop me.

The vineyard gave him a reward, a basket of grapes, fresh, real, earned.

He later opened a security firm and bought shares in the vineyard.

Now, here's a different take on the same story. Listen closely to see how it changes.

The Fox and the Grapes 2.0. The Vintner's Daughter. The Fox saw grapes hanging high behind a

vineyard wall. He leapt, climbed, slipped, failed. He sat in the dust, breathing hard.

I didn't want them anyway, he muttered. Probably sour. But he didn't stop there. He started a blog.

Grapes are a lie. Then a podcast, The Grape Illusion.

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