Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of a little girl from Madrid, and her New Year’s Eve adventure with her grandmother to find 12 grapes for the midnight tradition. The grandmother’s retelling of Aesop’s Fable, The Fox and The Grapes, within this Food Fable was adapted from: http://read.gov/aesop/005.html.