Lepus dormit.
Leo dormientem leporem invenit,
et confestim eum devorare parat.
Interim cerva praeterit,
et leo eam praeterientem videt.
Leo leporem relinquit,
et cervam persequitur.
Interea leonis strepitus leporem excitat.
Lepus inde fugi.
Leo autem cervam longe insequitur
sed eam adsequi non potest.
Postea ad leporem revertitur.
Sed lepus quoque fuga elapsus est,
et leo eum non reperit.
Leo dicit,
"Spem incertam sequens,
escam reieci, in manibus paratam!
Ego mehercule digna patior,
nec cervam nec leporem habens."
This story is based on 5. Leo, Lepus et Cerva.
(image source - although we have here a leaena rather than a leo trying hard to catch dinner)
M0005 = Perry148
leo - lion
lepus - hare, rabbit
et - and
cerva - deer, doe
dormio - sleep
invenio - find, come upon
confestim - immediately, without delay
is - he/she/it
devoro - devour, consume
paro - prepare, get ready
interim - meanwhile
praetereo - walk by, pass by
video - see
relinquo - leave, abandon
persequor - follow, chase
interea - in the meantime
strepitus - noise, uproar
excito - wake up, rouse
inde - thereupon, from there
fugio - flee, run away
autem - but, however
longe - a long way, a distance
insequor - chase, follow
sed - but
adsequor - overtake, reach
non - not, no
possum - can, be able
postea - afterwards
ad - to, towards
revertor - return, go back
quoque - also
fuga - flight, retreat
elabor - slip away, escape
reperio - find
dico - say, speak
spes - hope
incertus - uncertain, unsure
sequor - follow
esca - food
reiicio - throw back, refuse
in - in, into
manus - hand
ego - I
mehercule - by Hercules!
dignus - worthy, suitable
patior - suffer, endure
nec...nec... - neither...nor...
habeo - have