Galerita laqueo capta est.
Plorans clamat,
"Heu me miseram,
atque infelicissimam avem!
Aurum nemini surripui,
nec argentum,
nec quidquam aliud pretiosum,
sed parvum tritici granum
mortis mihi causa fuit."
This story is based on 505. Galerita Laqueo Capta.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the Griset images. The mouse is not part of the Latin fable, but you can imagine a mouse passing by and asking the lark what happened, and the lark making her sad reply.
galerita - crested lark
laqueus - trap, snare
capio - capture, seize
ploro - cry, cry out, weep
clamo - shout
heu - alas
ego - I, me
miser - wretched, unfortunate
atque - and
infelix - unhappy, unlucky
avis - bird
aurum - gold
nemo - nobody, no one
surripio - steal, take away secretly
nec - and not, nor
argentum - silver
quidquam - anything
alius - other, another
pretiosus - costly, expensive, precious
sed - but
parvus - small, tiny
triticum - wheat
granum - grain, kernel
mors - death
causa - reason, cause
sum - be, exist
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