uritur impatiens et magni corporis aestu huc atque huc iactas accendit belua flammas, donec vicini tandem se fluminis undis praecipitem dedit et, tenui decepta liquore stagnantis per plana vadi, tulit incita longis exstantem ripis flammam; tum denique sese gurgitis immersit molem capiente profundo.
Maddened by the heat, the huge beasts in their torment tossed the fire on all sides and spread it, till they plunged headlong into the stream beside them. But deceived by the shallow water that overflowed the level plain, they rushed far along the banks, and the flame, rising above the water, went with them. At last they dived beneath the stream, where the water was deep enough to cover their huge bodies.
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