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# The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat

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The Rabbit, the Weasel, and the Cat of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 13 sentences and 164 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/pg19994/66/1/) — A Rabbit left his home one day for a dinner of clover.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/2/) — But he forgot to latch the door of his house and while he was gone a Weasel walked in and calmly made himself at home.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/3/) — When the Rabbit returned, there was the Weasel's nose sticking out of the Rabbit's own doorway, sniffing the fine air.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/4/) — The Rabbit was quite angry--for a Rabbit--, and requested the Weasel to move out.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/5/) — But the Weasel was perfectly content.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/6/) — He was settled down for good.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/7/) — A wise old Cat heard the dispute and offered to settle it.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/8/) — "Come close to me," said the Cat, "I am very deaf.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/9/) — Put your mouths close to my ears while you tell me the facts."
- [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/10/) — The unsuspecting pair did as they were told and in an instant the Cat had them both under her claws.
- [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/11/) — No one could deny that the dispute had been definitely settled.
- [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/12/) — \_The strong are apt to settle questions to their own advantage.
- [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/66/13/) — \_

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