Simplified Fable 27: Milvus Aegrotus

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 27: Milvus Aegrotus, a story about deathbed repentence.

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:

Aegrotus lecto decumbebat Milvus, iam ferme moriens. Matrem orat precatum ire deos, multa promittens, si redire ad salutem liceret. Mater autem respondebat nil opis sperandum a diis, quorum sacra et aras rapinis toties violasset.

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

Milvus aegrotus est.

Milvus decumbebat.

Milvus lecto decumbebat.

Aegrotus lecto decumbebat Milvus.

Ferme moritur!

Iam ferme moritur!

Aegrotus lecto decumbebat Milvus, iam ferme moriens.

Milvus Matrem orat:

"I, Mater!"

"Precare deos, Mater!"

Milvus Matrem orat ire precatum deos.

Milvus Matrem orat precatum ire deos.

Milvus multa promittit.

Milvus multa promittit, si rediret ad salutem.

Milvus multa promittit, si redire ad salutem liceret.

Matrem orat precatum ire deos, multa promittens, si redire ad salutem liceret.

Mater respondebat:

"Nil sperandum est!"

"Nil opis sperandum est!"

"Nil opis sperandum est a diis!"

Mater respondebat nil opis sperandum a diis.

Mater respondebat:

"Sacra violabas."

"Sacra deorum violabas."

"Sacra et aras deorum violabas."

"Sacra et aras deorum rapinis violabas."

"Sacra et aras deorum rapinis toties violabas."

Mater respondebat nil opis sperandum a diis, quorum sacra et aras rapinis toties violasset.

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