Abstract The fox here tries to get not grapes, but the distilled essence of grapes in a bottle standing on a crate.The fox and stork have neither shallow plates nor tall vases. They do have a bottle of something worthy!In the fable, the dog lets the others have his master's lunch. Here he lets them have the lunch but not the bottle of brandy! This donkey is charged with neither salt nor sponges but with a couple of precious cases of Dom brandy.In an...