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Aesops' Fable # 2: The Fox and the Grapes Answer Key for Level 1 plus Adjectives and Adverbs
Adjectives are in green; adverbs in blue.In subsequent levels, both will be in gray unless they are in prepositional phrases, in which case they will revert to purple..Conjunctions which coordinate adjectives or adverbs are colored brown and counted as words analyzed.

One hot summer's day a Fox was strolling {through an

orchard} till he came {to a bunch} {of Grapes} just ripening

{on a vine} which had been trained {over a lofty branch.}

"Just the thing to quench my thirst," quoth he. Drawing

back a few paces, he took a run and a jump, and just

missed the bunch. Turning round again {with a One,

Two, Three,} he jumped up, but {with no greater success.}

Again and again he tried {after the tempting morsel,} but

{at last} had to give it up ^{[Note # 1]}, and walked away {with his

nose} {in the air,} saying: "I am sure they are sour."

It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

Notes

1. "Give it up " equals "leave it." See verbal tags.