Ōlim fuit fēmina, nōmine Carolīna, quae in turre includēbātur, sed haec turris saltem bona erat: Gausapīna balneāria multa molliaque erant, māchina expressa caffeāria erat, et librī optimī! Quōdam diē spatium sēcrētum invēnit sub gausapīnīs, quod librum magnum pulvere tēctum continuit. Cum hunc librum legere coepit, Carolīna stupuit quia longa fābula, quae inerat, dē hāc turre ipsā erat!
Plūrimās post diēs multumque expressārum, ad fīnem librī Carolīna pervēnit didiceratque turrem aedificātam fuisse a diīs ut quandam deam inclūderent, cuius memoriae ab eīsdem etiam ablātae erant. Illa dea autem in turre librum quendam cēlāverat in locum tam obscūrum ut nūllus deus eum invenīre posset. Quin etiam in pāginā ultimā erat sententia magica, quae memoriās deae redderet dummodo dea ipsa eam recitāret.
Forte Carolīna semper clārē legēbat (ut minus solitūdinem sentīret) et postquam hanc sententiam lēgit, sīc scīvit tandem quae quālisque fuit ipsa. Scīlicet quae ipsam memorātur liberāta est, utrum dea annōn, utrum in turre inclūsā annōn. Nihilōminus, potestātibus suīs iam agnitīs, Carolīna discēdit et māchinam expressam sēcum tulit.
Salve! Really cool that you write in Latin. I learned Latin at school quite a while ago, but I enjoyed it and I still benefit a lot from knowing Latin. I was thinking about reviving my Latin and also wondering why nobody ever tried to encourage us to use it instead of only translating it and doing grammar exercises. When I was in school, it seemed quite impossible for me that one can use Latin for reading, writing or speaking. I'm actually planning to get back to it in march after I'm done with my exams. Greetings from Germany!
Thanks, and hello from America! There are two different traditions in Latin, one where it's taught as a dead language and another in which it's treated the same as any living one. I had initially decided not to learn Latin, because the only books I'd seen up to that point followed the first tradition. But then I came across Familia Romana, by Hans Ørberg, and that little book changed my life, I loved it so much. There are a lot of people out there these days who not only write in Latin but speak it; I'm so happy that this community has come to be! Several inspired and inspiring people have worked hard to bring this language back to life, and they've succeeded as far as I'm concerned :)
Me valde delectat fabula tua. Optime scripsisti !
@Caia: Thanks for the information, I'll check that book out!
@eco-erich: Gratias tibi ago pro emendationibus et blanditiis! Sentio me fortiorem esse in arte scribendi; plus scribere temptabo :)