Fabula Facilis: Lupus et Puer Mendax

Vocabula

Puer mendax patris gregem pascit.
Hic puer libenter alios ludificatur.
Aliquando ingentem clamorem tollit,
"Auxilio venite; lupus adest!"
Rustici propere accurrunt,
et puer eos ridet.
Proximo mense,
puer hunc dolum repetit.
Paulo post, re vera lupus apparet.
Iam rursus clamat,
"Auxilio venite; lupus adest!"
At nemo accurrit.
Maiore voce clamat, lacrimat, eiulat;
frustra omnia.
Rustici dicunt,
"Tertium nos decipere vult."
Ita lupus in gregem irrumpit
et plurimas oves dilaniat.

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This story is based on 76. Lupus et Puer Mendax.

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lupus - wolf
et - and
puer - boy
mendax - lying, liar
pater - father
grex - flock
pasco - graze
hic - this, this one
libenter - willingly, gladly
alius - other, another
ludificor - make fun of, toy with
aliquando - sometime, at any time
ingens - huge, enormous
clamor - outcry, shouting
tollo - raise
auxilium - help
venio - come
adsum - be present, be here
rusticus - rural, farmer
propere - quickly, speedily
accurro - run, run to
is - he/she/it
rideo - laugh, mock
proximus - next
mensis - month
dolus - trick, treachery
repeto - repeat
paulo - by a little bit, a little
post - afterwards, later
res - thing, business
verus - true, real
appareo - appear, show up
iam - now
rursus - again
clamo - shout
at - but
nemo - no one, nobody
maior - bigger, greater, louder
vox - voice
lacrimo - weep, cry
eiulo - lament, wail
frustra - in vain
omnis - all, every
dico - say, speak
tertius - third
nos - we, us
decipio - deceive, trick
volo - want, will, wish
ita - thus, so
irrumpo - burst in, invade
plurimus - many
ovis - sheep
dilanio - tear to pieces, mangle

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Fabula Facilis: Mures Felem Contemplantes

Mures complures in parietis cavo commorantur.
Feles in tabulato recumbit,
capite demisso et vultu tristi.
Mures felem contemplantur.
Tunc unus ex muribus inquit,
"Hoc animal benignum mihi videtur,
et admodum mite.
Sanctimoniam quandam vultu ipso praefert.
Volo ipsum alloqui
et cum eo nectere indissolubilem amicitiam."
Mus propius accedit,
et feles eum capit et dilacerat.
Tunc mures ceteri haec vident
et secum dicunt,
"Vultui credendum non est!
Nulli profecto temere credite!"

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This story is based on 204. Mures Felem Contemplantes.

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Fabula Facilis: Asinus, Gallus, et Leo

Vocabula

Gallus cum asino pascitur;
leo autem asinum invadit.
Gallus exclamat,
et leo fugere incipit,
nam leones galli vocem timent.
Asinus dicit,
"Leo propter me fugit!
Ego leonem nunc invadam!"
Asinus sic leonem persequitur.
Tunc, procul a gallicinio,
leo convertitur et asinum devorat.
Asinus, moriens, clamat,
"Iusta patior!
Ex pugnacibus parentibus non natus sum.
Quamobrem in aciem irrui?"

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This story is based on 235. Asinus, Gallus, et Leo.

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asinus - donkey
gallus - rooster
et - and
leo - lion
cum - with, together with
pascor - feed, graze
autem - but, however
invado - attack
exclamo - cry out
fugio - flee, run away
incipio - begin
nam - for, because
vox - voice, sound
timeo - fear
dico - say, speak
propter - on account of
ego - I, me
nunc - now
sic - in this way, thus
persequor - pursue, chase
tunc - then
procul - far, at a distance
a - from
gallicinium - cock-crow
convertor - turn, turn around
devoro - devour, consume
morior - die
clamo - shout
iustus - just, right
patior - suffer, endure
ex - from, out from, out of
pugnax - fighting, pugnacious
parens - parent, mother, father
non - not, no
nascor - be born
quamobrem - for what reason, why
in - in, into
acies - battle line, battle
irruo - rush into

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