abscessere retro pavidique in terga relatos abduxere gradus; ut, laetus valle remota cum capream venator agit fessamque propinquo insequitur cursu et sperat iam tangere dextra, si ferus adverso subitum se protulit antro et stetit ante oculos frendens leo, deserit una et color et sanguis et tela minora periclo, nec iam speratae cura est in pectore praedae.
The foemen fell back and withdrew in fear. So a hunter gleefully chases a roe-deer in a distant valley, and follows close till it is weary, hoping soon to put his hand upon it; but, if a fierce lion suddenly emerges from a cave before him and stands in full view, gnashing its teeth, then the red blood leaves the hunters cheeks, and he drops the weapon that will not serve him at such a pass, and thinks no longer of the quarry he once counted on.
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