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# The Fox and the Leopard

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The Fox and the Leopard of «The Aesop for Children» by Aesop: the whole text, 9 sentences and 165 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/pg19994/68/1/) — A Fox and a Leopard, resting lazily after a generous dinner, amused themselves by disputing about their good looks.
- [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/2/) — The Leopard was very proud of his glossy, spotted coat and made disdainful remarks about the Fox, whose appearance he declared was quite ordinary.
- [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/3/) — The Fox prided himself on his fine bushy tail with its tip of white, but he was wise enough to see that he could not rival the Leopard in looks.
- [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/4/) — Still he kept up a flow of sarcastic talk, just to exercise his wits and to have the fun of disputing.
- [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/5/) — The Leopard was about to lose his temper when the Fox got up, yawning lazily.
- [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/6/) — "You may have a very smart coat," he said, "but you would be a great deal better off if you had a little more smartness inside your head and less on your ribs, the way I am.
- [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/7/) — That's what I call real beauty."
- [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/8/) — \_A fine coat is not always an indication of an attractive mind.
- [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg19994/68/9/) — \_

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