12.1 Claudius Claudius quī who multās many terrās lands vīsitāverat had visited ad to urbem city Capuam Capua iter journey facere to make cōnstituit decided
12.2 In in viā road mercātōrem merchant parvum small obviam meeting factus having become est is quī who asinum donkey pigrum lazy dūcēbat was leading
12.3 Mercātor merchant asinum donkey Claudiō to Claudius vendere to sell temptāvit tried et and dīxit said asinum donkey celeriter swiftly sicut like equum horse currere to run posse to be able
12.4 Claudius Claudius rīdens laughing respondit replied sē himself numquam never asinum donkey tam so velocem swift vīdisse to have seen et and probātiōnem proof postulāvit demanded
12.5 Mercātor merchant callidus clever statim immediately vesīcam bladder aquā with water plēnam full sub under caudā tail asinī of donkey occultē secretly posuit placed
12.6 Deinde then virgā with rod acūtā sharp vesīcam bladder pupugit pricked et and aqua water fridigissima very cold asinum donkey aspersit sprinkled
12.7 Asinus donkey perterritus terrified subitō suddenly per through viam road celeritāte with speed maximā greatest cucurrit ran quasi as if ā by daemonibus demons āctus driven
12.8 Claudius Claudius attonitus astonished spectāculō by spectacle pretium price magnum large mercātōrī to merchant dedit gave et and asinum donkey ēmit bought
12.9 Laetus happy novō with new animālī animal Claudius Claudius ad to Capuam Capua profectus having set out est is sē himself celerrimē very swiftly iter journey perfectūrum about to complete esse to be putāns thinking
12.10 Sed but postquam after vesīca bladder vacua empty facta made est is asinus donkey lentē slowly et and pīgrē lazily ambulāre to walk coepit began
12.11 Claudius Claudius frūstrā in vain asinum donkey īrātus angry verberābat was beating quī who nūllō by no modō means movērī to be moved volēbat was willing
12.12 Viātōrēs travelers praetereuntēs passing by Claudium Claudius cum with asinō donkey immōbilī immobile vīdentēs seeing magnō with great rīsū laughter cachinnābant were cackling
12.13 Tandem finally mercātor merchant īdem same forte by chance revertēns returning Claudium Claudius miserum wretched cum with asinō donkey stante standing cōnspexit caught sight of
12.14 Claudius Claudius īrātissimus most angry exclāmāvit exclaimed sē himself dēceptum deceived esse to be et and pecūniam money suam his reposcere to demand back coepit began
12.15 Mercātor merchant versūtus crafty respondit replied vesīcam bladder novam new aquae of water tantum only decem ten dēnāriīs denarii constāre to cost
12.16 Omnēs all circumstantēs standing around audientēs hearing haec these things in into tantum such rīsum laughter ērūpērunt burst out ut that etiam even asinus donkey perterritus terrified iterum again currere to run inciperet began
12.17 Sīc thus Claudius Claudius tandem finally Capuam Capua pervēnit arrived at ubi where fābulam story suam his in in tabernā tavern narrāns telling omnēs all dēlectābat was delighting
12.18 Ex from illō that diē day Claudius Claudius numquam never iterum again asinum donkey ēmit bought et and semper always pedibus on foot iter journey facere to make mālēbat preferred
12.1 Claudius quī multās terrās vīsitāverat ad urbem Capuam iter facere cōnstituit.
12.2 In viā mercātōrem parvum obviam factus est quī asinum pigrum dūcēbat.
12.3 Mercātor asinum Claudiō vendere temptāvit et dīxit asinum celeriter sicut equum currere posse.
12.4 Claudius rīdens respondit sē numquam asinum tam velocem vīdisse et probātiōnem postulāvit.
12.5 Mercātor callidus statim vesīcam aquā plēnam sub caudā asinī occultē posuit.
12.6 Deinde virgā acūtā vesīcam pupugit et aqua fridigissima asinum aspersit.
12.7 Asinus perterritus subitō per viam celeritāte maximā cucurrit quasi ā daemonibus āctus.
12.8 Claudius attonitus spectāculō pretium magnum mercātōrī dedit et asinum ēmit.
12.9 Laetus novō animālī Claudius ad Capuam profectus est sē celerrimē iter perfectūrum esse putāns.
12.10 Sed postquam vesīca vacua facta est asinus lentē et pīgrē ambulāre coepit.
12.11 Claudius frūstrā asinum īrātus verberābat quī nūllō modō movērī volēbat.
12.12 Viātōrēs praetereuntēs Claudium cum asinō immōbilī vīdentēs magnō rīsū cachinnābant.
12.13 Tandem mercātor īdem forte revertēns Claudium miserum cum asinō stante cōnspexit.
12.14 Claudius īrātissimus exclāmāvit sē dēceptum esse et pecūniam suam reposcere coepit.
12.15 Mercātor versūtus respondit vesīcam novam aquae tantum decem dēnāriīs constāre.
12.16 Omnēs circumstantēs audientēs haec in tantum rīsum ērūpērunt ut etiam asinus perterritus iterum currere inciperet.
12.17 Sīc Claudius tandem Capuam pervēnit ubi fābulam suam in tabernā narrāns omnēs dēlectābat.
12.18 Ex illō diē Claudius numquam iterum asinum ēmit et semper pedibus iter facere mālēbat.
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