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Ursus mel amat.
Apes in domibus suis mel faciunt;
apium domus "alvearium" est.
Ursus in apium alveario mel quaerit,
sed apes domum suam defendunt.
Apes domum defendunt aculeis!
Ursus magnus est, et apes minusculae,
sed apes ursum non timent.
Ursus fur est!
Ursum videns, apis eum invadit.
Apis ursi nasum pungit!
Ab ape punctus, ursus ira incensus est.
Ursi ira enormis est!
Apium alvearia unguibus discerpit.
Tunc apes universae ursum invadunt.
Apes multae ursum pungunt!
Apes aculeis ursum aggrediuntur et paene necant.
Ursus vix effugit, clamans,
"Melius est unius apis tolerare aculeum
quam tot in me hostes excitare iracundia mea."
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Here is the version of the fable in Mille Fabulae et Una:
Mille Fabulae et Una: 133. Ursus et Apes.
Ursus, ab ape ictus, tanta ira incensus est ut alvaria unguibus discerperet. Tunc autem apes universae ursum aggressae sunt aculeis et paene necaverunt. Cum vix effugisset, secum “Sane,” inquit, “melius erat unius apis tolerare aculeum quam tot in me hostes excitare iracundia mea.”
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 Bear and the Bees
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 Bear and the Bees
Once there was a bear in the woods, looking for honey, and he was stung by a bee. This enraged the bear! Roaring loudly, the bear grabbed the beehive, slashing it with his claws.
The bear's attack roused all the bees in the hive who then chased the bear in a mighty swarm, stinging him all over. He barely managed to escape.
Licking his wounds later, the bear said to himself, "One bee sting wasn't that bad, but now I've been stung by hundreds of bees, all because I let myself get angry. My anger was my own worst enemy!"
