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# The Quack Toad

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The Quack Toad of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 10 sentences and 101 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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- [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/1/) — An old Toad once informed all his neighbors that he was a learned doctor.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/2/) — In fact he could cure anything.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/3/) — The Fox heard the news and hurried to see the Toad.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/4/) — He looked the Toad over very carefully.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/5/) — "Mr. Toad," he said, "I've been told that you cure anything!
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/6/) — But just take a look at yourself, and then try some of your own medicine.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/7/) — If you can cure yourself of that blotchy skin and that rheumatic gait, someone might believe you.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/8/) — Otherwise, I should advise you to try some other profession."
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/9/) — \_Those who would mend others, should first mend themselves.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/10/) — \_

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