Retelling of the famous Aesop’s fable

The fox wanted the grapes. He tried for it but could not reach there. Eventually, he said, “The grapes are sour. I never wanted them anyway!”

A fox came across the profile of Veronica Llorca-Smith 💎and was immediately super impressed by her persona. For those who do not know, she is an amazing upcoming writer on Medium with a super personality — has an ever radiant smile and even her own publication. She has completed over 100 races including multiple Ironman races, yet calls herself an amateur triathlete!

Without a doubt, the fox was super impressed and immediately said to himself:

“I am so going to be an athlete soon! But wait isn’t this too small a target for me?

“I am so going to be a triathlete soon! I will run triathlons across the globe, and will soon become a fitness celebrity. Media houses would want to take my interviews, and the leading sportswear brands will chase me to endorse their products. I would quote them way too much — I will be a social media star after all!. I will even launch my own app and an online fitness course, to ride upon my popularity.”

This is just about perfect and within my reach. The new year is round the corner and here is my perfect new year resolution!!! 2023 here I come!
#NewYearNewYou

With the first day of the new year, began the journey for a new self — a fox that is a triathlete, a fitness celebrity, a social media star, a fitness instructor, and an entrepreneur.

He joined the most expensive gym in the city and hired the best gym trainer — how can one even achieve greatness with mediocre people by your side. The first day at the gym was super fun. He enjoyed the hard work, the pain, the sweat and everything else. The hormones were raging and he wanted to do even more — but sadly the incompetent gym trainer advised against it.

After a full 1 hour of first day workout, the fox stood in front of the mirror and began to admire his body. He immediately took a weird selfie and tweeted:

Hey Tweeps! #8packabs coming soon. Watch out this space for more!
#NewYearNewYou

Apparently, six pack abs was too mainstream for this fox. And then what, over the next few days, all the fox discussed was the protein powders, low carb diets, HIIT, and how you should have a target and work towards it. He would not let go of one conversation without bringing his new year resolution. After all, 2023 is the year of achievements and endless possibilities. And, in whatever the fox was doing, he was sure to capture the weirdest looking selfie, and share it with his Tweeps with hashtag #GoGetIt!

The Silent Monk has always been intrigued as to what makes people think that a weird looking selfie is a cool thing and not a stupid one! But who listens to him anyways, or maybe he is just too old to understand this GenZ stuff!

All this hustle bustle went on for a full six days — which is a new record for this fox!!!

On the seventh day, the fox began to feel tired! He again stood in front of the mirror, but the perfected sculpted chest was nowhere to be seen. He immediately shouted at his ‘best’ gym trainer that he is not training him properly, and giving more attention to the other New Year Resolutioners in the gym — who just want to be fit, and not a fitness star. All the protein powders, low carb diets had not yielded any result as well! All he could feel was never ending pain and body ache. He fired his gym trainer, and also threw away all the boxes of body supplements and protein powders. His twitter feed is also empty these days — and #NewYearNewYou and #GoGetIt! have also faded away.

In no time, the fox stopped going to the gym and went back to his mundane life. Someone eventually asked him, “Hey fox! How is your triathlon aspirations coming along?” The fox chuckled and replied:

“The grapes are sour! And who believes in body building and triathlon these days. This is such a thing of the past!

The latest fashion these days is a calm and peaceful mind — so I intend to join a meditation course. Once I join this course, I will surely achieve a “Zen” state in no time and shall become a meditation instructor myself — trying to teach the world how to lead a more meaningful life. The following, endorsements and money shall follow me in no time!!! This is a fail-proof plan, and I don’t even need a Plan B.

To whatever the fox said, all we could hear was, “The grapes are sour!”

The rumor is that while the fox was going through his #NewYearNewYou journey, there was a Silent Monk silently observing him and trying to gain more insight about how the world works! He might even write an article about this on Medium.

P.S. Hi Veronica Llorca-Smith 💎, I hope you would not mind me tagging you as a part of the fable (I know you won’t😃 — such is our great community of Medium writers). I just thought it is so apt for this fable. In a parallel world, there is another fox who got inspired by your ability to speak six languages 😄 #NewYearNewLanguage — We all know what happened next!

On a sincere note, I am sure you would have definitely inspired quite a few tortoises as well — who would be working slowly and steadily towards their goals, and not like the fox. Thank you very much for that and please keep inspiring all of us through your very insightful stories and articles on Medium.

For all the readers, here is an another fable on tortoise and hare to ponder upon! More power to all the tortoises out there.

https://medium.com/@thesilentmonk/a-tortoise-and-a-hare-decide-to-race-write-on-medium-83714ebc0e45

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