1. Chapter V Marcus to the Rescue

2. Cornēlia et Flāvia in hortō saepe ambulant.

3. Cornelia and Flavia often walk in the garden.

4. Sī diēs est calidus, ex hortō in silvam ambulant quod ibi est rīvus frīgidus.

5. If the day is warm, they walk out of the garden into the woods because there is a cold river.

6. In eādem silvā puerī quoque saepe errant.

7. The boys also often wander in the same woods.

8. Hodiē, quod diēs est calidus, puellae sub arbore prope rīvum sedent.

9. Today, because the day is warm, the girls sit under the tree near the river.

10. Dum ibi sedent, Flāvia, “Cūr Mārcus arborēs ascendere non vult? Estne puer ignāvus?”

11. While they sit there, Flavia says, “Why does Marcus not want to climb trees? Is he a lazy boy?”

12. “Minimē!” respondet Cornēlia. “Cūr tū Mārcum nōn amās?

13. “No!” replies Cornelia. “Why do you not like Marcus?

14. “Mārcus neque ignāvus neque temerārius est.”

15. “Marcus is neither lazy nor reckless.”

16. Tum Flāvia, “Sed Mārcus est semper sollicitus. Sextum nihil terret.”

17. Then Flavia says, “But Marcus is always worried. Nothing frightens Sextus.”

18. Subitō lupum cōnspiciunt quī ad rīvum fūrtim dēscendit.

19. Suddenly they catch sight of a wolf that is climbing down to the river stealthily.

20. Perterritiae sunt puellae. Statim clāmant, “Mārce! Sexte! Ferte auxilium!

21. The girls are terrified. Immediately they shout, “Marcus! Sextus! Bring help!

22. Puerī, ubi clāmōrem audiunt, statim ad puellās currunt.

23. The boys, when they hear the shout, immediately run to the girls.

24. Lupus eōs iam cōnspicit.

25. The wolf catches sight of them.

26. Tum Sextus, quod lupus eum terret, arborem petit et statim ascendit.

27. Then Sextus, because the wolf frightens him, looks for a tree and immediately climbs.

28. Sed Mārcus rāmum arripit et lupum repellit.

29. But Marcus grabs a branch and drives off the wolf.

30. Puellae ē silvā currunt et ad vīllam salvae adveniunt.

31. The girls run out of the woods and arrive safely to the house.

32. Brevī tempore, ubi Mārcus advenit, eum laetae excipiunt.

33. In a short time, when Marcus arrives, they welcome him happily.

34. Sextus, puer ignavus, adhūc sedet in arbore perterritus. Ex arbore dēscendere timet.

35. Sextus, a cowardly boy, still sits in the tree terrified. He is afraid to climb down out of the tree.