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# The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat

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The Birds, the Beasts, and the Bat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 17 sentences and 200 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/pg19994/45/1/) — The Birds and the Beasts declared war against each other.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/2/) — No compromise was possible, and so they went at it tooth and claw.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/3/) — It is said the quarrel grew out of the persecution the race of Geese suffered at the teeth of the Fox family.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/4/) — The Beasts, too, had cause for fight.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/5/) — The Eagle was constantly pouncing on the Hare, and the Owl dined daily on Mice.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/6/) — It was a terrible battle.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/7/) — Many a Hare and many a Mouse died.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/8/) — Chickens and Geese fell by the score--and the victor always stopped for a feast.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/9/) — Now the Bat family had not openly joined either side.
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/10/) — They were a very politic race.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/11/) — So when they saw the Birds getting the better of it, they were Birds for all there was in it.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/12/) — But when the tide of battle turned, they immediately sided with the Beasts.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/13/) — When the battle was over, the conduct of the Bats was discussed at the peace conference.
- [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/14/) — Such deceit was unpardonable, and Birds and Beasts made common cause to drive out the Bats.
- [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/15/) — And since then the Bat family hides in dark towers and deserted ruins, flying out only in the night.
- [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/16/) — \_The deceitful have no friends.
- [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/45/17/) — \_

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