The Lion
"'Lion'." by Biblioteca Rector Machado y Nuñez is marked with Public Domain Mark 1.0.
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The Lion (Leo)
The Lion (Leo)
A CGI animated short by ESMA |TheCGBros (2021)
(6:42 minutes)
Vocabula
Vocabula
Adnuo -ere to nod in assent
Genius, genii, m. spirit
iuba, iubae, f. mane
Leo leonis, m. lion
Pangolin, pangolinis, c. pangolin (a scaly anteater that lives in Africa)
Percutio, percutere to strike hard or beat
Ungula, ungulae, f. hoof
Viresco -ere to become green
Vivesco -ere to become alive
Expressing necessity in Latin (the Passive Periphrastic)
Examples: nunc est bibendum. “Now we must drink.” (Lit. now it must be drunk.)
De gustibus non est disputandum. “About tastes it must not be disputed.”
Aliquid faciendum est. “Something must be done.”
Fabulae scriptum
Fabulae scriptum
Sol calidissime ardet.
Leo in arida terra ambulat, sitiens. Per arbores vastas lente procedit.
Ad aquam accedit, sed leonem percutit ingens bos.
Vulneratus ille se recipit ad arbores.
Sub arbore iacet et somniare coepit. Animalia videt:
Zebras et dorcades currentes, aves volantes, pangolinem volventem, rhinocerum, camelopardales–multa animalia.
Postridie leo evigilat et circumspectat.
mox lux fit clarior; sol oritur. Arbores vastas ubīque videt. Sol calidissime ardet. Aliquid faciendum est.
Ingens bos caput tollit et murmurat; arbor cadit; leo magna voce fremit.
Leo ad ingentem bovem celerius currit. Alter alterum ad stagnum spectat.
Ille leonem petit et temptat leonem conspicere. Subito leo oppugnat.
Iterum ingens bos petit et leonem in terram impellit.
Ille surgit et tergum ingentis bovis ascendit sed bos eum excutit.
Ille genium maiorum cognoscit, fremit; ungulam bovis tenet et non mittit.
Ingens bos magno dolore murmurat et in stagnum cadit.
Mox aqua per aridam terram ubique fundit. Tota terra virescit.
Leo ad ripam rivi procedit et arbores vivescunt et animalia fiunt: zebras, leopardum, camelopardalem. In caelo aves pipiant. Sol lucet.
Leo matura cum iuba pubescit. In scopulo leo regnum spectat et adnuit.
Post legendum
Post legendum
Reading Comprehension
If animals could talk! After hearing the story of the Lion, write a short dialogue (at least three turns each) between the lion and the water buffalo and then insert their words into the script. Who would speak first? Would the lion make a request? A complaint? A command? What is the water buffalo’s perspective?
Reflection
During the battle with the water buffalo, the lion is driven into a rock. When he gets up, his shadow seems to come alive. Why do the filmmakers include this image of the lion? Other animals seem to come alive at various times during the film. What might these signify?
Water scarcity affects both animal and human habitats. For example, 1.1 billion people worldwide lack access to water, and a total of 2.7 billion find water scarce for at least one month of the year (World Wildlife Fund). Agriculture uses 70% of the world’s accessible freshwater, but some 60% of this is wasted due to leaky irrigation systems, inefficient application methods as well as the cultivation of crops that are too thirsty for the environment in which they are grown (WWF). How might we, like the lion, protect our dwindling water resources?
“4 Billion People Face Water Scarcity.” National Geographic Education Blog.
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