1. The Lion, the Witch, and the-……I mean The Lion, the Hare, and the Deer

2. Leo, dormientem leporem nactus, confestim eum devorare parabat. While sleeping, the lion, having gotten a hare, immediately prepared to devour him.

4. Cervam interim praetereuntem conspicatus, relicto lepore, eam persequi coepit. In the meantime, a stag, which caught sight of this while passing by, began to pursue him, leaving the hare abandoned.

6. Lepus interea, strepitu excitatus, inde fugam abripuit. At the same time, the hare, awakened by the noise, ran off.

8. Leo autem, postquam cervam longe est insecutus nec eam adsequi potuit, ad leporem reversus est. The lion, however, after the stag pursued it far out of reach, returned to where the hare was.

10. Sed eum quoque fuga elapsum cum reperisset, “Ego mehercule digna patior,” inquit, “quia, paratam in manibus escam reiiciens, incertam volui spem sequi.” But he escaped through flight as well, and also realized, “I relate to you, and worthy is what I suffer,” he said, “because, by refusing food prepared in their hands, I have to follow uncertain hope.