Sutoris Corvus et Imperator

A Grammar of the Latin Language by D. Yenni. Internet Archive link. This is story 1 in the "Narratives and Anecdotes" section.

Sutor quidam corvum instituerat, ut Augustum his verbis salutaret:  "Ave, Caesar, victor, imperator!" Quoties autem corvus hanc salutationem recitare noluerat, sutor indignabundus dixerat, "Oleum et operam perdidi." Tandem avem obtulit Augusto. Qui cum audiret corvi salutationem, "Satis," inquit, "domi salutatorum talium habeo." Tum corvus addidit, "Oleum et operam perdidi." Risit Augustus, emique avem jussit, quanti nullam adhuc emerat.

Sutor quidam
corvum instituerat
ut
Augustum
his verbis salutaret:
"Ave, Caesar, victor, imperator!"
Quoties autem
corvus
hanc salutationem recitare 
noluerat,
sutor, indignabundus,
dixerat,
"Oleum et operam
perdidi."
Tandem 
avem obtulit
Augusto.
Qui,
cum audiret
corvi salutationem,
"Satis," inquit, "domi
salutatorum talium
habeo."
Tum corvus addidit,
"Oleum et operam perdidi."
Risit Augustus,
emique avem
jussit,
quanti
nullam adhuc emerat.




A certain cobbler had taught his crow Sutor quidam corvum instituerat, to salute Augustus with these words: ut Augustum his verbis salutaret:  "Hail, Caesar, victor! Emperor!" "Ave, Caesar, victor, imperator!" But whenever the crow refused to recite this salutation, Quoties autem corvus hanc salutationem recitare noluerat, the cobbler got angry and said, sutor indignabundus dixerat, "What a waste of oil and effort!" "Oleum et operam perdidi." Finally he brought the bird to Augustus. Tandem avem obtulit Augusto. When he heard the salutation of the crow, he said, Qui cum audiret corvi salutationem inquit, "I've got enough of such saluters in my house." "Satis domi salutatorum talium habeo." Then the crow added, Tum corvus addidit, "What a waste of oil and effort!"  "Oleum et operam perdidi." Augustus laughed,  Risit Augustus, and he ordered that the bird be bought emique avem jussit, at a price he had paid for no bird ever before quanti nullam adhuc emerat.


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