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Aesop 077: The Dogs & the Fox

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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-15; not reviewed yet.

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Motto: It is easy and also contemptible to kick a man that is down.

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No. Quenya Tengwar Means
1 Röar ar Rusco    The Dogs & the Fox
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3 Röali túver Rauro helma ar yesentë ascarávë ripta sa nelcintainen. Ecestanen Rusco cennë te ar landë yaiwenen.                    Some Dogs found the skin of a Lion and furiously began to tear it with their teeth. A Fox chanced to see them and laughed scornfully.
4 “Quíta tana Rauro naiévanë coina,” eques, “nai nánes amalavéla quenta. Cáriévanessë le appa yandë raccaryar nár maicë epë nelceldar.”                        "If that Lion had been alive," he said, "it would have been a very different story. He would have made you feel how much sharper his claws are than your teeth."
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6 Eques: Lahië atalanteä ná aþcárima ta nattírima.          Motto: It is easy and also contemptible to kick a man that is down.

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