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Barlow 72. DE ASINO LEONIS PELLE INDUTO

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Asinus, in silvam veniens, exuvias Leonis offendit. Quibus indutus, in pascua redit, greges et armenta territans fugansque. Herus autem, qui vagum fallacemque Asinum perdiderat, occurrit. Asinus, viso Hero, cum rugitu obviam fecit. At Herus, prehensis quae extabant auriculis, “Alios licet (inquit) fallas; ego te probe novi.”

Here is a segmented version to help you see the grammatical patterns:

Asinus,

in silvam veniens,

exuvias Leonis offendit.

Quibus indutus,

in pascua redit,

greges et armenta

territans fugansque.

Herus autem,

qui

vagum fallacemque Asinum perdiderat,

occurrit.

Asinus,

viso Hero,

cum rugitu obviam fecit.

At Herus,

prehensis quae extabant auriculis:

"Alios licet (inquit) fallas;

ego

te probe novi."

Translation: A donkey went into the woods and came across the skin of a lion. He put it on, and went back to the pasture, and he terrified the flocks and herds, driving them away. Meanwhile, the master who had lost the wandering and deceitful donkey, ran up. The donkey, when he saw the master, brayed and went to meet him. But the master grabbed the donkey's ears that were sticking out from under the skin, and said: "Of course you can fool others, but I know you all too well!"

[This translation is meant as a help in understanding the story, not as a "crib" for the Latin. I have not hesitated to change the syntax to make it flow more smoothly in English, altering the verb tense consistently to narrative past tense, etc.]

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