Compare And Contrast The Aesop's Fables

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This term I have gained a lot from reading The Aesop’s Fables.Firstly,the vocabulary.Indeed,for there to be a large number of animals in this masterwork,it has really expanded my horizons,For example,leopard,raven,swan,stag,hedgehog and so on.These are which I have never known before.The crow and the raven are the most powerful illustration.I have learnt about some differences between them.
First of all,the sizes. They have one obvious feature,a raven is bigger than a crow in size.Then,the tails.A raven’s tail is in a rhomboic shape while a crow’s is a fan-shaped one.
Secondly,the sentence patterns.All kinds of sentence patterns are in it.I give an example.“I only wish that you had helped me just now,even if it had been only with those words,for

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