--- title: The Fox and the Crow — The Aesop for Children · full text with trees description: The Fox and the Crow, «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: One bright morning as the Fox was following his sharp nose through the wood in search of a bite to eat, he saw a Crow on the limb of a tree overhead. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/) [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 and the Crow # The Fox and the Crow The Fox and the Crow of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 21 sentences and 283 words. Every sentence has its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/1/) — One bright morning as the Fox was following his sharp nose through the wood in search of a bite to eat, he saw a Crow on the limb of a tree overhead. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/2/) — This was by no means the first Crow the Fox had ever seen. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/3/) — What caught his attention this time and made him stop for a second look, was that the lucky Crow held a bit of cheese in her beak. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/4/) — "No need to search any farther," thought sly Master Fox. " - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/5/) — Here is a dainty bite for my breakfast." - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/6/) — Up he trotted to the foot of the tree in which the Crow was sitting, and looking up admiringly, he cried, "Good-morning, beautiful creature!" - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/7/) — The Crow, her head cocked on one side, watched the Fox suspiciously. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/8/) — But she kept her beak tightly closed on the cheese and did not return his greeting. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/9/) — "What a charming creature she is!" said the Fox. " - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/10/) — How her feathers shine! - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/11/) — What a beautiful form and what splendid wings! - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/12/) — Such a wonderful Bird should have a very lovely voice, since everything else about her is so perfect. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/13/) — Could she sing just one song, I know I should hail her Queen of Birds." - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/14/) — Listening to these flattering words, the Crow forgot all her suspicion, and also her breakfast. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/15/) — She wanted very much to be called Queen of Birds. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/16/) — So she opened her beak wide to utter her loudest caw, and down fell the cheese straight into the Fox's open mouth. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/17/) — "Thank you," said Master Fox sweetly, as he walked off. " - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/18/) — Though it is cracked, you have a voice sure enough. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/19/) — But where are your wits?" - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/20/) — \_The flatterer lives at the expense of those who will listen to him. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/132/21/) — \_ - ← previous: [The Cat and the Old Rat](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/131/) - next →: [The Ass and Its Shadow](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/133/) - ↑ back to [The Aesop for Children](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/)