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# The Hare and His Ears

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The Hare and His Ears of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 14 sentences and 192 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/pg19994/144/1/) — The Lion had been badly hurt by the horns of a Goat, which he was eating.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/2/) — He was very angry to think that any animal that he chose for a meal, should be so brazen as to wear such dangerous things as horns to scratch him while he ate.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/3/) — So he commanded that all animals with horns should leave his domains within twenty-four hours.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/4/) — The command struck terror among the beasts.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/5/) — All those who were so unfortunate as to have horns, began to pack up and move out.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/6/) — Even the Hare, who, as you know, has no horns and so had nothing to fear, passed a very restless night, dreaming awful dreams about the fearful Lion.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/7/) — And when he came out of the warren in the early morning sunshine, and there saw the shadow cast by his long and pointed ears, a terrible fright seized him.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/8/) — "Goodby, neighbor Cricket," he called. "
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/9/) — I'm off.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/10/) — He will certainly make out that my ears are horns, no matter what I say."
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/11/) — \_Do not give your enemies the slightest reason to attack your reputation.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/12/) — \_
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/13/) — \_Your enemies will seize any excuse to attack you.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/144/14/) — \_

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