Donnerstag, Juni 01, 2006

A happy lil' story

I had to write a short story for Latin class. I just finished it. I wanted to make it bizarre (almost like Waking Life) but unfortunately, I am not premium with Latin. My vocabulary is, er, limited. Here is my finished story:

FABULA IN LINGUA LATINA

Flaccus Quintum vocat. "Quinte!" dicit, "veni!"
Quintus Flaccum non audit. Ille est laeta.
Iam Flaccus iratus est. "Quinte!" clamat, "meus filius stultus!"
Flaccus exet casam, et constituit procedire in hortum. Sed Quintus non est in horto. Flaccus procedit in agrum, sed Quintus non in agro. Flaccus procedit in Quinti amici casas, sed Quintus non in casis amici! Quintus non adest!
Ubi est Quintus ipse? Quintus non est in terra. Immo est in aere! Quintus in aere volant! Iam Flaccus est valde iratus. Flaccus ambulat in casam, et Scintilla videt.
"Ubi est Quintus?" rogat.
Scintilla non respondet. Scintilla festinat ad ianuam et Quintum videt! "Aaaah!" clamat, "QUINTUS VOLAT!"
Flaccus dicit, "O dei boni! Puer stultus!"
Quintus cadit ad terram. "Salve, Mater! Salve, Pater!" dicit.
"Quintus!" Scintilla clamat. "Flaccus, Qunitus est mortuus!"
Quintus respondet, "Sum non mortuus. Sum laeta!"
"Fu, puer," Flaccus dicit. "Tuus mater est misera. Es puer malus."
"Sum non malus. Sum puer bonus," Quintus dicit. "Fu, pater!"
Quintus surgit in aerem. Mox Qunitus non adest.
Scintilla dicit, "Eheu."

Here is a translation:

STORY IN THE LATIN LANGUAGE

Flaccus calls Quintus. "Quintus!" he says, "come!"
Quintus does not hear Flaccus. He is happy.
Now, Flaccus is angry. "Quintus!" he shouts, "my foolish son!"
Flaccus goes out of the house, and decides to go forth into the garden. But Quintus is not in the garden. Flaccus goes forth into the field, but Quintus is not in the field. Flaccus goes forth into Quintus's friends' houses, but Quintus is not in his friends' houses. Quintus is not present!
Where is Quintus himself? Quintus is not on the earth. He is in the air! Quintus flies in the air! Now, Flaccus is very angry. Flaccus walks into the house, and sees Scintilla.
"Where is Quintus?" he asks.
Scintilla does not answer. Scintilla hurries to the door and sees Quintus! "Aaah!" she shouts. "Quintus is flying!"
Flaccus says, "Oh, good gods! Foolish boy!"
Quintus falls to the earth. "Hello, Mother! Hello, Father!" he says.
"Quintus!" Scintila shouts. "Flaccus, Quintus is dead!"
Quintus responds, "I am not dead. I am happy!"
"Fu, boy!" says Flaccus. "Your mother is miserable. You are a bad boy."
"I am not a bad boy! I am a good boy!" Quintus says. "Fu, Father!"
Quintus rises into the air. Soon, Quintus is not present.
Scintilla says, "Alas."

7 Kommentare:

Liz Woodbury hat gesagt…

i LOVE this story. i wish i could write that in latin.

charlotte hat gesagt…

what a nice story! i wish i knew latin so that i could read it in latin myself.

Anonym hat gesagt…

I think it *is* a little reminiscent of Waking Life and very clever. I can't believe that you can write an entertaining story in LATIN even!!

Anonym hat gesagt…

Fabulous fabula, Zoe! -Pop

Liz Woodbury hat gesagt…

why won't your blog let us comment on the newest post??

margot hat gesagt…

i've no idea! that's so weird!

margot hat gesagt…

there you are! for some reason it was set on not allowing comments. i have no idea why...