Simplied Fable 31: De Vulpe et Aquila

Now that I have finished the Segmented Grammar Commentaries on the fables (see the Complete Fables List for links), I'll be working through the fables again, this time providing "Simplified" versions of the fables. So, here is today's Simplified fable - Fable 31: De Vulpe et Aquila, the story of how the fox rescued her pups from the eagle.

For more information about how these simplified versions of the fable can be useful to you, see this note about Simplified Fables at the Aesopus Ning.

Here is a Google Presentation version (larger version also available):



The original version is as follows:

Dum Vulpis proles foris excurrebant, ab Aquila comprehensae Matris fidem implorabant. Accurrit Vulpes Aquilamque rogat ut captivam prolem dimittat. Aquila, nacta praedam, ad pullos subvolat. Vulpes, correpta face, quasi nidum incendio absumptura esset, insequitur. Trepidans Aquila: “Parce (inquit) mihi parvisque liberis, et tuum quidquid habeo reddidero.”

Here are the simplified sentences as they appear in the slideshow:

Vulpis proles excurrebant.

Vulpis proles foris excurrebant.

Aquila Vulpis proles comprehendit.

Vulpis proles comprehensae sunt.

Vulpis proles ab Aquila comprehensae sunt.

Vulpis proles Matris fidem implorabant.

Vulpis proles, ab Aquila comprehensae, Matris fidem implorabant.

Dum Vulpis proles foris excurrebant, ab Aquila comprehensae Matris fidem implorabant.

Vulpes accurrit.

Accurrit Vulpes.

Vulpes Aquilam rogat:

Accurrit Vulpes Aquilamque rogat:

"Prolem meam dimitte!"

"Captivam prolem meam dimitte!"

Vulpes Aquilam rogat ut captivam prolem dimittat.

Accurrit Vulpes Aquilamque rogat ut captivam prolem dimittat.

Aquila praedam nacta est.

Aquila ad pullos subvolat.

Aquila, nacta praedam, ad pullos subvolat.

Vulpes facem corripit.

Fax correpta est.

Vulpes Aquilam insequitur.

Vulpes, correpta face, Aquilam insequitur.

Vulpes Aquilae nidum absumptura est...?

Vulpes Aquilae nidum incendio absumptura est...?

Vulpes, correpta face, quasi nidum incendio absumptura esset, insequitur.

Aquila trepidat.

Aquila inquit:

Trepidans, Aquila inquit:

"Parce mihi!"

"Parce parvis liberis meis!"

"Parce mihi parvisque liberis!"

"Tuum reddidero!"

"Quidquid habeo reddidero!"

"Tuum quidquid habeo reddidero!"

“Parce mihi parvisque liberis, et tuum quidquid habeo reddidero.”

Trepidans Aquila: “Parce (inquit) mihi parvisque liberis, et tuum quidquid habeo reddidero.”

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