--- title: The Wolf and the Kid — The Aesop for Children · full text with trees description: The Wolf and the Kid, «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole chapter, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics. It begins: There was once a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and able to take care of himself. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/) [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 Wolf and the Kid # The Wolf and the Kid The Wolf and the Kid of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 21 sentences and 291 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/pg19994/3/1/) — There was once a little Kid whose growing horns made him think he was a grown-up Billy Goat and able to take care of himself. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/2/) — So one evening when the flock started home from the pasture and his mother called, the Kid paid no heed and kept right on nibbling the tender grass. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/3/) — A little later when he lifted his head, the flock was gone. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/4/) — He was all alone. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/5/) — The sun was sinking. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/6/) — Long shadows came creeping over the ground. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/7/) — A chilly little wind came creeping with them making scary noises in the grass. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/8/) — The Kid shivered as he thought of the terrible Wolf. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/9/) — Then he started wildly over the field, bleating for his mother. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/10/) — But not half-way, near a clump of trees, there was the Wolf! - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/11/) — The Kid knew there was little hope for him. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/12/) — "Please, Mr. Wolf," he said trembling, "I know you are going to eat me. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/13/) — But first please pipe me a tune, for I want to dance and be merry as long as I can." - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/14/) — The Wolf liked the idea of a little music before eating, so he struck up a merry tune and the Kid leaped and frisked gaily. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/15/) — Meanwhile, the flock was moving slowly homeward. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/16/) — In the still evening air the Wolf's piping carried far. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/17/) — The Shepherd Dogs pricked up their ears. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/18/) — They recognized the song the Wolf sings before a feast, and in a moment they were racing back to the pasture. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/19/) — The Wolf's song ended suddenly, and as he ran, with the Dogs at his heels, he called himself a fool for turning piper to please a Kid, when he should have stuck to his butcher's trade. - [20](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/20/) — \_Do not let anything turn you from your purpose. - [21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/3/21/) — \_ - ← previous: [Rand Mcnally & Co.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/2/) - next →: [The Tortoise and the Ducks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/4/) - ↑ back to [The Aesop for Children](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/)