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# The Bear and the Bees

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The Bear and the Bees of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 9 sentences and 153 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/pg19994/67/1/) — A Bear roaming the woods in search of berries happened on a fallen tree in which a swarm of Bees had stored their honey.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/2/) — The Bear began to nose around the log very carefully to find out if the Bees were at home.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/3/) — Just then one of the swarm came home from the clover field with a load of sweets.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/4/) — Guessing what the Bear was after, the Bee flew at him, stung him sharply and then disappeared into the hollow log.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/5/) — The Bear lost his temper in an instant, and sprang upon the log tooth and claw, to destroy the nest.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/6/) — But this only brought out the whole swarm.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/7/) — The poor Bear had to take to his heels, and he was able to save himself only by diving into a pool of water.
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/8/) — \_It is wiser to bear a single injury in silence than to provoke a thousand by flying into a rage.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/67/9/) — \_

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