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Tertia Fabula
De Minimo - Third Story About Minimus NOW WITH A TRANSLATION |
(Minimus et unoculus feles in frutice sedent. consumunt caseum!) Minimus and the one-eyed cat are sitting in the shrub. They are eating cheese!
Minimus: caseus est optimum! gratias!
The cheese is very good! Thanks!
unoculus feles: ita vero! caseus est optimum!
Yes! The cheese is very good!
Minimus: consumisne mures?
Do you eat mice?
unoculus feles: non consumo mures! consumo caseum, herbam et fructum. ego sum plantavor. I do not eat mice! I eat cheese, grass and fruit. I am a vegetarian.
Minimus: eheu! eheu! terres mures! omnes amici erant perterriti !
Ha, Ha! You scare mice! All the friends were very scared.
unoculus feles: paeniteo…nam sum feles…
I am sorry...for I am a cat
Minimus: minime. es ingens unoculus feles…monstrum sed monstrum bonum!
No. You are a huge one-eyed cat...a monster but a very good monster.
unoculus feles: gratias. es mus optimus!
Thanks, You are an awesome mouse!
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WORDS TO HELP
unoculus - one-eyed in frutice - in the bush sedent - are sitting (they) consumunt - are eating (they) consumisne?- do you eat? herbam - grass, greens fructum - fruit plantavor - vegetarian eheu! eheu! - Ha, ha! terres - You do scare omnes - all erant - were (they) perterriti - terrified paeniteo - I am sorry nam - for
WORDS TO KNOW
optimum - excellent, the best, very good gratias - thanks ita vero - indeed, yes mures - mice sum - I am minime - no es - you are ingens - huge bonum - good, nice mus - mouse
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