" in the course of your journey you will come to a large grape - vine lying across your path . you must not even taste its fruit , for it is poisonous . step over it . it is a snake . you will next come to something that looks like bear 's fat , of which you are so fond . touch it not , or you will be overcome by the soft habits of the idle people . it is frog 's eggs . these are snares laid by the way for you . " kwasynd promised that he would observe the advice and bidding his brother farewell , he set out . after traveling a long time he came to the enchanted grape - vine . it looked so tempting , with its swelling purple clusters , that he forgot his brother 's warning , and tasted the fruit . he went on till he came to the frog 's eggs . they so much resembled delicious bear 's fat that kwasynd tasted them . he still went on .
its fruit was poisonous .
what made the grape-vine dangerous ?
what made the grape-vine dangerous ?