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# The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat

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The Wolf, the Kid, and the Goat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 12 sentences and 199 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/pg19994/137/1/) — Mother Goat was going to market one morning to get provisions for her household, which consisted of but one little Kid and herself.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/2/) — "Take good care of the house, my son," she said to the Kid, as she carefully latched the door. "
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/3/) — Do not let anyone in, unless he gives you this password: 'Down with the Wolf and all his race!'"
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/4/) — Strangely enough, a Wolf was lurking near and heard what the Goat had said.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/5/) — So, as soon as Mother Goat was out of sight, up he trotted to the door and knocked.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/6/) — "Down with the Wolf and all his race," said the Wolf softly.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/7/) — It was the right password, but when the Kid peeped through a crack in the door and saw the shadowy figure outside, he did not feel at all easy.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/8/) — "Show me a white paw," he said, "or I won't let you in."
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/9/) — A white paw, of course, is a feature few Wolves can show, and so Master Wolf had to go away as hungry as he had come.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/10/) — "You can never be too sure," said the Kid, when he saw the Wolf making off to the woods.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/11/) — \_Two sureties are better than one.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/137/12/) — \_

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