A Story: To the fish stall

Characters: Scintilla, Horatia, Flaccus, Fisherman

Scintilla leads Flaccus and the daughter to the fish stall.
Flaccus: What are you doing, Scintilla? Where do you hurry? The fish are expensive.”
Scintilla: I buy good food. Fish are not very expensive.
Flaccus proceeds to the fish stall and looks at fish for a long time.
Fisherman: What are you doing? Why do you look at the fish like that?
Flaccus: The fish are bad, fisherman; they smell.
Fisherman: What did you say? The fish do not smell; they are good.
Scintilla: Be quiet, Flaccus! The fish do not smell. Fisherman, How much are these fish?
Fisherman: I am selling these fish [for] one denarii.
Horatia: You ask too much, fisherman.
Scintilla: Be quiet, Horatia! He asks not too much. I am buying the fish.
Scintilla hands over one denarii and receives the fish.
Horatia: Now we proceed home? I am starving.
Scintilla: We proceed home. Soon we shall dine well.
Flaccus: We will dine well, but how expensive this meal will be!