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# The Wolf and His Shadow

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The Wolf and His Shadow of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 8 sentences and 107 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/pg19994/29/1/) — A Wolf left his lair one evening in fine spirits and an excellent appetite.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/2/) — As he ran, the setting sun cast his shadow far out on the ground, and it looked as if the wolf were a hundred times bigger than he really was.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/3/) — "Why," exclaimed the Wolf proudly, "see how big I am!
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/4/) — Fancy \_me\_ running away from a puny Lion!
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/5/) — I'll show him who is fit to be king, he or I."
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/6/) — Just then an immense shadow blotted him out entirely, and the next instant a Lion struck him down with a single blow.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/7/) — \_Do not let your fancy make you forget realities.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/29/8/) — \_

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