Aquila in summa quercu nidum facit,
feles in media arbore catulos occultat,
sus fetum suum ponit ad imam
et sic concordiam habent.
Sed feles concordiam fraude evertit.
Scandit ad aquilae nidum et dicit,
"Scelesta illa sus perniciem parat
et mihi et tibi.
Sus quotidie solum fodit;
quercum evertere vult,
et progeniem nostram opprimere,
quando in campo errant."
Deinde feles suis cubile adiit et dicit,
"Magno in periculo sunt nati tui;
aquila enim porcellos rapere vult."
Inde feles se condit in caverna sua
et clam exit, noctu,
sibi et catulis suis escam quaerens.
Aquila, perniciem metuens,
in ramis arboris insidet.
Sus, aquilam metuens,
porcellos linquere non vult.
Quid opus est verbis?
Et aquila et sus, inedia necatae,
dapem feli catulisque eius praebent.
This story is based on 396. Feles, Aquila, et Sus.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Bewick images. Look carefully to find all of the characters!
aquila - eagle
in - in, into
summus - highest, the top
quercus - oak tree
nidus - nest
facio - do, make
feles - cat
medius - middle, medium
arbor - tree
catulus - pups, kittens
occulto - hide, conceal
sus - pig, sow
fetus - offspring
suus - reflexive possessive pronoun
pono - put, place
ad - towards, to, at
imus - deepest, bottom
et - and
sic - thus, in this way
concordia - harmony, agreement
habeo - have
sed - but
fraus - trict, deceit, fraud
everto - overturn, destroy, ruin
scando - climb, ascend, mount
dico - say, speak
scelestus - wicked, criminal
ille - that one, that, he
pernicies - ruin, disaster
paro - prepare, arrange, get ready
ego - I, me
tu - you
quotidie - daily, every day
solum - ground, soil
fodio - dig up
volo - want, will, wish
progenies - family, race
noster - our, ours
opprimo - suppress, overthrow, crush
quando - when
campus - field
erro - wander
deinde - then, next, henceforth
cubile - bed, den, base
magnus - great
periculum - danger, peril
sum - be, exist
natus - child
tuus - your, yours
enim - for, the fact is
porcellus - piglet, little pig
rapio - grab, snatch, seize
inde - thereupon, thence
se - reflexive pronoun
condo - store up, put away
caverna - hole
clam - secretly, covertly
exeo - go out, go
noctu - by night
esca - food
quaero - seek, look for
metuo - fear
ramus - bough
arbor - tree
insideo - sit on
linquo - leave, abandon
non - not, no
quid - what, for what reason
opus - work, need
verbum - word
inedia - lack of food, starvation
neco - kill, slay
daps - banquet, feast, meal
is - he/she it
praebeo - present, put forward, offer
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