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Centum Verba: Vulpes et Vermiculus
Vermis in sterquilinio habitat.
Die quodam de sterquilinio emergit, et proclamat,
"Bestiae omnes, audite!
Nuntium ad aures vestras fero.
Ego, vermis, medicus sum!
Apollo medicus est, sed ego superior.
Apollo deorum medicus est;
ego, vermis divinus, totius mundi medicus sum.
Arte medica inter omnes excello.
Pharmacorum expers sum, et herbarum.
Ad me advenite omnes qui aegrotatis."
Bestiae admirantes dicunt,
"Quam pulchre loquitur!
Artis medicae expers, et Apolline superior!"
Sed vulpes vermem non laudat.
Vulpes ridet.
"Quid dicis, vermicule?
Oculis magis quam auribus credo.
Rugosus es, et deformis.
Nutas ridicule, capite quassante.
Cura te ipsum, medice!
Factis opus est, non verbis."
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Here is the version of the fable in Mille Fabulae et Una:
Mille Fabulae et Una: 57. Vulpes et Vermiculus
Emersus de sterquilinio, vermis coepit profiteri apud animantes se esse medicum summum, neque cedere Paeoni, deorum medico, usu et experientia artis. Quem rugis deformem et nutantem intuita, vulpes “Medice,” inquit, “teipsum curare prius atque ita profiteri artem debueras.”
And here is an English version of the fable. This is not a translation; it's another version of the same story in 100 English words.
100-Words: The Fox and the Worm
There was a worm who crawled out of a heap of manure. As soon as he emerged from the manure, he began boasting to all the animals about his medical skills. "I am as great a doctor as the famed Apollo, physician of the gods, with vast experience in medicine and boundless skills."
The fox took a look at the worm, and she was not impressed. The worm's skin was ugly and wrinkled, and as the worm moved he twisted and squirmed.
"O Doctor," said the fox, "you need to heal yourself first before you boast about your medical skills."
