Vir Saevus et Germani Improbi

Vir Saevus et Germani Improbi written by Erik Hunter illustrated by Sara Ellis

Vir est saevus.

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Germanî quinque improbî sunt. Virurn saevum

facere optant miserum, ita currit ab oppidô.

Vir saevus ambulat dë templô sacrô.

Germanî in tectô templî cum situlă plenâ aquae sunt.

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Situla Plena aquae in caput viri saevi cadit.

Germani ä templö currunt.

Germanï ad secretum subterraneum latibulum per cuniculum ëunt coniürâre.

Germanî foveam statuunt fodere, et foveam

cum foliîs involvere.

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Vir saevus supra viam ambulat. Foveam

non videt, et in foveamcadit.

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Germani cum virö saevö dicunt. Dicunt, "Tü

liberamus, sed modosi ab oppidö currit.

Vir dicit, "Nôn est." Germanï â fovea ambulant.

Germanî cum virô iterum dicunt. Iterum, dicit, ”Nôn est. ” Germanî â foveâ ambulant.

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Tertiô dië, vir dicit, "Nônest." Germanï â foveâ ambulant.

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Quartô dië, vir dicit, "Nôn est." Germanï a fovea ambulant.

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Quintôdië, vir dicit, "Nônest." Germanî â foveâ ambulant.

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Sextô dië, vir dicit, ”Curram ab oppidô.”

Germanî sunt laetî.

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Germanî laetî virum ë foveâ tractant.

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Vir currit ab oppidô, et nunquam saevus iterum est.

Germanî gaudënt, et numquam improbî

iterum sunt.

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To Mr. Raven, the best

science teacher ever.

Glossary ä, ab (+ abl.) from, away from

tü your

ad (+ acc.) to, towards ambulö, äre, ävi, ätum to walk aqua, aquae water arbor, arboris tree cadö cadere, cedidi, casus - to fall caput, capitis - head coniürö, äre, ävi, ätum to plot, to conspire cum (+ abl.) with cunidulus,i tunnel currö, currere, cucurri, cursum to run dé (+ abl.) - downfrom (fico, dicere, dixi, dictum to speak, to say diés, diei day e, ex (+ abl.) out of, from eö, ire, n, itum - to go

via, ae - road

folium,i - leaf

si- if

—and fodiö, fodere, födi, fossum to dig

fovea, ae -pit gaudeö, gaudére, gävisum to rejoice

germanus,i brother

improbus, a, um - mischievous

in (+ abl.) - in, on in (+ acc.) into, onto involvö, involvere, involvi, involutum

to disguise ita - so iterum - again laetus, a, um - happy

latibulum,i - lair liberö, äre, ävi, ätum - to set free miser, a, um - miserable modo - only tertius, a, um - third tractö, äre, ävi, ätum to pull

videö, vidére, vidi, visum to see vir, viri - man nön - not

nönest - no nunquam never observö,äre, ävi, ätum - to observe oppidum,i - town opto, optäre, ävi, ätum to desire, to wish per (+ acc.) through plenus, a, um - full quartus, a, um fourth quinque- five quintus, a, um fifth sacer, sacra, sacrum - sacred saevus, a, um - cruel secretus, a, um secret sed but sextus, a, um sixth situla, ae - pail statuö, statuere, statui, statütum to decide subterräneus, a, um - underground sum, esse, fui, futurum to be suprä (+ acc.) - on top of tectum, i- roof templum, i- temple

The man is cruel.

The five brothers are mischievous. They wish to make the cruel man miserable so he runs away from the town.

The cruel man is walking down from the sacred temple. The brothers are on the roof of the temple with a pail full of water.

The pail full of water falls onto the head of the cruel man. The brothers run away from the temple.

The brothers go to the secret undergroundlair through a tunnel to plot.

The brothers decide to dig a pit and to disguise the pit with leaves.

The cruel man is walking on top of the road. He does not see the pit and he falls into the pit. The brothers watch from a tree.

The brothers speak with the cruel man. They say, "We will set you free, but only if you run away from the town."

The man says, "No!" The brotherswalk away from the pit.

The brothers speak with the man again. Again, he says, "No!" The brothers walk away from the pit.

On the third day, the man says, "No!" The brothers walk away from the pit.

On the fourth day, the man says, "No!" The brothers walk away from the pit.

On the fifth day, the man says, "No." The brothers walk away from the pit.

On the sixth day, the man says, "I will run away from the town."

The brothers are happy.

The happy brothers pull the man out of the pit.

The man runs away from the town and is never cruel again.

The brothers rejoice, and they are never mischievous again.