Vir avarus nummos habet multos.
Graculus avis furax est,
et nummos aliquot avaro surripit,
et in loco abdito eos reponit.
Sed avarus furtum cognoscit,
et furem comprehendit et plectit.
"Mala bestia!" clamat.
"Quis furor te adegit
nummos meos mihi abripere?
Quid nummi tibi prodesse possunt?
An nummos edules esse putas?"
Graculus respondet,
"Scio non edules esse,
sed deceptus sum exemplo tuo!
Credidi nummos prodesse posse
tam mihi quam tibi."
This story is based on 448. Graculus et Avarus.
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graculus - jackdaw
et - and
avarus - miser, greedy person
vir - man
nummus - coin
habeo - have
multus - much, many
avis -bird
furax - thieving
sum - be, exist
aliquot - a certain number, some
surripio - steal, filch
in - in, into
locus - place
abditus - hidden
is - he/she/it
repono - put away, store
sed - but
furtum - theft, trick
cognoscit - recognize
fur - thief
comprehendo - grab, apprehend
plecto - beat, punish
malus - bad, wicked, evil
bestia - beast, creature
clamo - shout
quis - who, which, what
furor - rage, madeness
tu - you
adigo - drive, force, impel
meus - my, mine
ego - I, me
abripio - snatch away, abduct
quid - what, in what way, for what reason
prosum - be useful benefit
possum - can, be able
an - or, whether, can it be
edulis - edible, eatable
puto - think, reckon
respondeo - answer, reply
scio - know
non - not, no
decipio - trick, fool, deceive
exemplum - example, model
credo - believe, trust, link
tam - so, so much
quam - how much
M0448 (not in Perry)
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