--- title: The Fox Without a Tail — The Aesop for Children · full text with trees description: The Fox Without a Tail, «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: A Fox that had been caught in a trap, succeeded at last, after much painful tugging, in getting away. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Aesop for Children](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/) / The Fox Without a Tail # The Fox Without a Tail The Fox Without a Tail of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 15 sentences and 307 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself; 1 of them are in the tales treebank and were checked by a teacher model. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/1/) — A Fox that had been caught in a trap, succeeded at last, after much painful tugging, in getting away. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/2/) — But he had to leave his beautiful bushy tail behind him. — checked by a teacher - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/3/) — For a long time he kept away from the other Foxes, for he knew well enough that they would all make fun of him and crack jokes and laugh behind his back. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/4/) — But it was hard for him to live alone, and at last he thought of a plan that would perhaps help him out of his trouble. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/5/) — He called a meeting of all the Foxes, saying that he had something of great importance to tell the tribe. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/6/) — When they were all gathered together, the Fox Without a Tail got up and made a long speech about those Foxes who had come to harm because of their tails. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/7/) — This one had been caught by hounds when his tail had become entangled in the hedge. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/8/) — That one had not been able to run fast enough because of the weight of his brush. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/9/) — Besides, it was well known, he said, that men hunt Foxes simply for their tails, which they cut off as prizes of the hunt. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/10/) — With such proof of the danger and uselessness of having a tail, said Master Fox, he would advise every Fox to cut it off, if he valued life and safety. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/11/) — When he had finished talking, an old Fox arose, and said, smiling: - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/12/) — "Master Fox, kindly turn around for a moment, and you shall have your answer." - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/13/) — When the poor Fox Without a Tail turned around, there arose such a storm of jeers and hooting, that he saw how useless it was to try any longer to persuade the Foxes to part with their tails. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/14/) — \_Do not listen to the advice of him who seeks to lower you to his own level. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/111/15/) — \_ - ← previous: [The Quack Toad](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/110/) - next →: [The Mischievous Dog](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/112/) - ↑ back to [The Aesop for Children](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/)