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# The Story of Hlakanyana.

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The Story of Hlakanyana. of «Kaffir folk-lore» by George McCall Theal: the whole text, 3 sentences and 39 words. The small number after every sentence leads to its own page with its syntax tree and pragmatics, parsed by Mova itself.

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I have greatly reduced this story in bulk by leaving out endless repetitions of exactly the same trick, but performed upon different individuals or animals.[1](1/ "tree and pragmatics") In all other respects it is complete.[2](2/ "tree and pragmatics") The word Hlakanyana means the little deceiver.[3](3/ "tree and pragmatics")

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