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# The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox

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The Lion, the Ass, and the Fox of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 14 sentences and 163 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/pg19994/140/1/) — A Lion, an Ass, and a Fox were hunting in company, and caught a large quantity of game.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/2/) — The Ass was asked to divide the spoil.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/3/) — This he did very fairly, giving each an equal share.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/4/) — The Fox was well satisfied, but the Lion flew into a great rage over it, and with one stroke of his huge paw, he added the Ass to the pile of slain.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/5/) — Then he turned to the Fox.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/6/) — "You divide it," he roared angrily.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/7/) — The Fox wasted no time in talking.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/8/) — He quickly piled all the game into one great heap.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/9/) — From this he took a very small portion for himself, such undesirable bits as the horns and hoofs of a mountain goat, and the end of an ox tail.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/10/) — The Lion now recovered his good humor entirely.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/11/) — "Who taught you to divide so fairly?" he asked pleasantly.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/12/) — "I learned a lesson from the Ass," replied the Fox, carefully edging away.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/13/) — \_Learn from the misfortunes of others.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/140/14/) — \_

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