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# The Porcupine and the Snakes

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The Porcupine and the Snakes of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 11 sentences and 114 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/pg19994/119/1/) — A Porcupine was looking for a good home.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/2/) — At last he found a little sheltered cave, where lived a family of Snakes.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/3/) — He asked them to let him share the cave with them, and the Snakes kindly consented.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/4/) — The Snakes soon wished they had not given him permission to stay.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/5/) — His sharp quills pricked them at every turn, and at last they politely asked him to leave.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/6/) — "I am very well satisfied, thank you," said the Porcupine. "
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/7/) — I intend to stay right here."
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/8/) — And with that, he politely escorted the Snakes out of doors.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/9/) — And to save their skins, the Snakes had to look for another home.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/10/) — \_Give a finger and lose a hand.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/119/11/) — \_

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