--- title: Chickens, goats and little creatures — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Chickens, goats and little creatures», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Every animal, big or small, has its own way of life, and a kind person learns it: chickens need to be shut in safe at night, goats e --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Chickens, goats and little creatures # Chickens, goats and little creatures Lesson 68 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 23 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/0/) — Every animal, big or small, has its own way of life, and a kind person learns it: chickens need to be shut in safe at night, goats explore with their mouths, and insects have fragile bodies that are easily hurt. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/1/) — Small creatures are not toys. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/2/) — Butterflies lose the tiny scales on their wings when touched, fireflies and other insects die quickly in jars, and every little animal has a job in nature. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/3/) — Ladybirds, called ladybugs in North America, eat greenfly (aphids) that damage plants, and earthworms keep soil healthy, so gardeners are glad to see them. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/4/) — Some small creatures need care from us: the hairs of some caterpillars cause rashes, and head lice spread from head to head, which is common and not a sign of being dirty. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/5/) — After a rainy night a boy in Ireland finds worms drying out on the path to school. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/6/) — He gently moves a few back onto the grass, because worms that stay on the hard path can dry out and die. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/7/) — Children in Ohio cuddled and kissed backyard chickens; several got Salmonella and were sick for days. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/9/) — Backyard chickens (called chooks in Australia) are shut in at night because foxes and other predators attack in the dark. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/10/) — Chickens can carry salmonella germs, so you wash your hands after handling them or their eggs. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/11/) — Goats explore with their mouths and chew almost anything, so you keep loose things out of their reach. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/12/) — Some roosters protect their hens by attacking, so you walk away calmly and tell the owner. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/14/) — Insects die quickly in jars, so a bug is kept only for a short time with air, leaves and damp, then released where it was found. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/15/) — Ants come into kitchens for food, so you clean up crumbs and sticky spills. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/16/) — Every small creature has a job in nature, and hurting them for fun is unkind. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/17/) — Head lice (people often call them nits, the name of their eggs) spread by head-to-head contact and are common, not a sign of being dirty. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/18/) — Ladybirds eat greenfly and help gardens. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/19/) — The hairs of some caterpillars, such as the oak processionary, cause rashes, so you do not touch hairy caterpillars. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/21/) — Worms come up when the ground is wet and can dry out on paths; they keep soil healthy. - [22](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/22/) — A worm cut in half does not become two worms; usually only one part survives, if any. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/23/) — Backyard chickens and ducks often carry Salmonella, even when they look clean and healthy. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/24/) — Goats can butt hard enough to knock a child over; a goat that lowers its head may be about to butt, so you move away calmly and never turn your back on it. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/68-chickens-goats-and-little-creatures/25/) — Some frogs and toads have poison on their skin and can carry germs, so you wash your hands after touching them. - ← previous: [Allergies, horses and farm animals](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/67-allergies-horses-and-farm-animals/) - next →: [Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/69-spiders-snakes-and-wild-neighbours/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)