Corium depressum in fluvio viderunt canes, id ut comesse extractum possent facilius, aquam coepere ebibere: sed rupti prius periere quam quod petierant contingerent.
Some dogs saw a hide sunk in a river and, in order to get it out more easily and devour it, they set about drinking up the water. But they burst themselves and died before they could attain their object.
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