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Centum Verba: Leo Senex et Vulpes
Leo, rex bestiarum, senex est.
Venari non potest, quod vires desunt.
Esuriens, in spelunca recubat.
Alta voce ad bestias clamat,
"O bestiae, audite omnes:
aeger sum!
Solus in spelunca mea recubo.
Quare me non visitatis?
Ad me advenite, bestiae omnes!
Ego, rex bestiarum, vos advoco!"
Leo aeger non est, sed simulat.
Bestiae multae regem visitant,
et leo illas protinus devorat!
Etiam vulpes regem visitat,
sed vulpes aliis bestiis cautior est.
Ante speluncam procul stat, et dicit,
"Rex regum, te saluto!"
Leo interrogat,
"Et ego te, vulpes!
Cur in speluncam non intras?"
Vulpes respondet,
"Quod vestigia intrantium multa video,
exeuntium nulla."
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Here is the version of the fable in Mille Fabulae et Una:
Mille Fabulae et Una: 25. Leo Senex et Vulpes.
Leo, defectus annis, recubabat in spelunca sua et aegrum simulabat. Visitatum regem complures venerunt bestiae, quas protinus devoravit. Accessit etiam vulpes, sed cauta ante speluncam procul stabat, salutans regem. “Cur non intras?” interrogavit leo. Vulpes respondit, “Quod video vestigia intrantium multa, at nulla exeuntium.”
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 Visits the Lion
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 Visits the Lion
There was once a lion, king of the animals, who had grown old. He lay in his cave, pretending to be sick. Many different animals came to visit their king, and he devoured the animals one after another after another.
The fox also came, but stood cautiously in front of the cave, greeting the king from there. "I salute you, Your Mightiness!" shouted the fox.
"How good to see you, my dear fox!" replied the lion. "Why don't you come closer?"
"Because I see many tracks of animals going in," replied the fox, "but no tracks of animals coming out."
