Simplified Fable 28: Canis Mordax

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 28: Canis Mordax, the story of a dog forced to wear a bell or - as you can see in the illustration - a wooden clog.

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:

Cani, saepius homines mordenti, illigavit Dominus nolam, scilicet ut sibi quisque caveret. Canis, ratus virtuti suae tributum hoc decus esse, populares omnes despicit. Accedit tandem ad hunc Canem aliquis, iam aetate et auctoritate gravis, monens eum ne erret. “Nam ista nola (inquit) data est tibi in dedecus, non in decus.”

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

Canis mordet.

Canis homines mordet.

Canis saepe homines mordet.

Canis saepius homines mordet.

Dominus Cani illigavit nolam.

Cave Canem!

Quisque caveat Canem!

Sibi quisque caveat Canem!

Dominus Cani illigavit nolam, ut sibi quisque caveret.

Dominus Cani illigavit nolam, scilicet ut sibi quisque caveret.

Cani, saepius homines mordenti, illigavit Dominus nolam, scilicet ut sibi quisque caveret.

Canis ratus est:

"Nola est decus!"

"Nola est tributum!"

"Nola est virtuti meae tributum!"

"Virtuti meae tributum hoc decus est!"

Canis ratus est virtuti suae tributum hoc decus esse.

Canis populares despicit.

Canis populares omnes despicit.

Canis, ratus virtuti suae tributum hoc decus esse, populares omnes despicit.

Accedit aliquis.

Accedit tandem aliquis.

Accedit tandem aliquis Canis.

Accedit tandem ad hunc Canem aliquis Canis.

Canis gravis est.

Canis aetate gravis est.

Canis auctoritate gravis est.

Canis aetate et auctoritate gravis est.

Accedit tandem ad hunc Canem aliquis, iam aetate et auctoritate gravis.

Monet hunc Canem:

"Noli errare!"

Monet hunc Canem ne erret.

Accedit tandem ad hunc Canem aliquis, iam aetate et auctoritate gravis, monens eum ne erret.

Canis inquit:

"Ista nola non decus est!"

"Ista nola dedecus est!"

"Ista nola data est tibi in dedecus."

"Ista nola data est tibi in dedecus, non in decus."

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