Latin Fable

Latin 3 Fable with Steve and Matt

Characters

1. Frog (main)
2. Fly (defendant)
3. Alligator (killer)

Moral

Bigger does not equal smarter; Brain over brawn

Plot/Rough Story

Fly buzzes around the swamp. Fly sees frog and lands on its back, in order to not get eaten.

Frog says: Why have you landed on my back? (for what reason)

Fly: I do not wish to be eaten by the likes of you

Frog: Jumps up and down while saying “How dare you insult me, I am bigger then you.” While frog tries to shack fly off his back, fly sees alligator, flies away, frog gets eaten

English

Narrator: In order to find food, the fly was flying around the swamp. The fly caught sight of a frog. The fly was so scared of the frog, that in order not to be eaten; it landed on the back of the frog.

Frog: I know why you have landed on my back.

Fly: I have landed on your back in order not to be eaten by the likes of you.

Frog: How dare you insult me? I am both bigger and stronger than you.

Narrator: The frog, knowing that he could shake the fly off, began to jump up and down and make noise. The fly, having seen the alligator approaching, silently flew off the back of the frog. The frog, while still making noise, was quickly eaten by the alligator.

Latin

Ut invenire cibum, musca volabat circum paluem. Musca conspexit ranam. Musca erat tam territus ut ne cenari, musca considet in tergem ranae.

Rana: Scio cur tu consederit in meo tergo.

Musca: Consedi in tergo ne cenarer a te.

(edit stop)

Rana: Cur maledicet meo (?dat). Ego sum magnior (comp) et valior quam tuo.

Selected Dictionary

• musca, fly
• palud, swamp
• rana, frog