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# The Dog and His Reflection

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The Dog and His Reflection of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 8 sentences and 139 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/pg19994/127/1/) — A Dog, to whom the butcher had thrown a bone, was hurrying home with his prize as fast as he could go.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/2/) — As he crossed a narrow footbridge, he happened to look down and saw himself reflected in the quiet water as if in a mirror.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/3/) — But the greedy Dog thought he saw a real Dog carrying a bone much bigger than his own.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/4/) — If he had stopped to think he would have known better.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/5/) — But instead of thinking, he dropped his bone and sprang at the Dog in the river, only to find himself swimming for dear life to reach the shore.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/6/) — At last he managed to scramble out, and as he stood sadly thinking about the good bone he had lost, he realized what a stupid Dog he had been.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/7/) — \_It is very foolish to be greedy.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/127/8/) — \_

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