Modul 4: Lánctörténet 3: 37. Rabbit and Fox

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Rabbit and Fox were good friends. They had been friends since nursery school and had never hurt each other.

(Rabbit and Fox) not be friends – (Fox) want to eat Rabbit

(Fox) want to eat Rabbit – (Rabbit) try to escape from him

(Rabbit) try to escape from him –  (Fox) chase him every time he saw him

(Fox) chase him every time he saw him – (Rabbit) have enough

(Rabbit) have enough – formulate a plan: trip Fox up with a cable stretched across their path

formulate a plan – (Fox) formulate a very similar plan

(they) formulate a very similar plan – (they both) stretch their cables across the path

(they both) stretch their cables across the path – (the chase) start

(the chase) start – (both of them) trip over each other’s cables

(both of them) trip over each other’s cables – (they) run limping the next day

It’s a relief to know that Fox and Rabbit were close friends, so none of this nonsense had ever happened to them.


Rabbit and Fox were good friends. They had been friends since nursery school and had never hurt each other.

(Rabbit and Fox) not be friends – (Fox) want to eat Rabbit
If Rabbit and Fox hadn’t been friends, Fox would have wanted to eat Rabbit.

(Fox) want to eat Rabbit – (Rabbit) try to escape from him
If Fox had wanted to eat Rabbit, Rabbit would have tried to escape from him.

(Rabbit) try to escape from him –  (Fox) chase him every time he saw him
If Rabbit had tried to escape from him, Fox would have chased him every time he saw him.

(Fox) chase him every time he saw him – (Rabbit) have enough
If Fox had always chased Rabbit, Rabbit would have had enough.

(Rabbit) have enough – formulate a plan: trip Fox up with a cable stretched across their path
If Rabbit had had enough, he would have formulated a plan: he would trip Fox up with a cable stretched across their path.

formulate a plan – (Fox) formulate a very similar plan
If Rabbit had formulated a plan, Fox would have formulated a very similar plan.

(they) formulate a very similar plan – (they both) stretch their cables across the path
If they had formulated a very similar plan, they both would have stretched their cables across the path.

(they both) stretch their cables across the path – (the chase) start
If they had stretched their wires across the path, the chase would have started.

(the chase) start – (both of them) trip over each other’s cables
If the chase had started, both of them would have tripped over each other’s cables.

(both of them) trip over each other’s cables – (they) run limping the next day
If both of them had tripped over each other’s cables, they would have run limping the next day.

It’s a relief to know that Fox and Rabbit were close friends, so none of this nonsense had ever happened to them.