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Aesops' Fable # 2:  The Fox and the Grapes
Answer Key for Level 5
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      One hot summer's day (NuA 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 heDrawing back a few 

paces (NuA), 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, and walked 

away {with his nose} {in the air}, saying: ["I am sure [they are

sour ." ]]/ 

     It is easy to despise  (Inf - Delayed SubjectNote #1) 

[what you cannot get.]/ 
 

Gutenberg Project
Aesopa10.txt

Note:

1. It means "to despise what you cannot get is easy."
 

Progress
Total Words = 116 Words %
L1: In Prep Phrases  36  31
L1: + Adj & Adverbs 23 51
+ L2: S / V / C 44 88
+ L3: Clauses 2 91
+ L4: Verbals 9 98
+ Eight Other 2 100

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