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Ciconia et Corvus

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The story of The Stork and the Crow is adapted from a fable by Odo of Cheriton.

You can find this poem, Odo 11, along with other stories by Odo, at the aesopica.net website.

You can find a translation of this story in Aesop's Fables, by Laura Gibbs (Oxford University Press, 2003).

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Ciconia semel rixata est
cum uxore sua
et cum rostro
oculum uxoris extraxit. 		Additional grammar commentary to be added... meanwhile, if you have questions, use the Comments? Questions? Suggestions? link at the top or bottom of this page if you have a query. You might also want to look at these Tips on Using Segmented Texts.
Verecundata Ciconia,
quod talem iniuriam intulerit,
in aliam regionem
volare cepit. 		image: ciconia
Obviavit ei Corvus
et quaesivit causam itineris. 		 
Ciconia dixit
quod cum rostro
oculum uxoris extraxit. 		 
Respondit Corvus:
Nonne adhuc habes
idem rostrum?
Dixit Ciconia
quod sic. 		 
Dixit Corvus:
Quare igitur fugis,
quoniam,
ubicumque fueris,
semper rostrum tuum
tecum portas? 		 
Sic quidam
fecerunt multa peccata,
et in aliam regionem
vel in claustrum
fugiunt. 		 
Tamen semper rostrum suum,
id est
malitiam suam,
secum portant:		 image: ciconia
Caelum, non animum,
mutant.
 [this is a famous line from a poem by Horace]
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