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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	I lairë tullë, ar horina fanyar lerencer telumello, öar olanwa anar náriéo.	              	The summer came, and the driven clouds fled the sky, away from the full sun of June.
2	Aureä endaurë, hánonya nanwennë mar séren.	       	One brightly-lit noon, my brother returned home for a break.
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	Sulpaila yulda neno i tampollo, equë: “Siarë anar sisíla úrin, ve urulócë néfa elvenna i restassen!”	                  	Gulping down a draught of water from the well, he said: "Today the sun is shining red-hot, like a fire-dragon is breathing down on us in the fields."
4	Telwavë enyaluvan quetiërya.	   	Later, I would recall his words.
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6	Cermiéno pimpessë, i amparca taureo olassë engwavë nimpa, i soica salquenor veältanë vanya-loxa farma, ar lina yaustar oller hessë i restassen.	                        	At the tail end of July, the foliage of the bone-dry forest was drooping sickly, the thirsty grassland resembled a blond-brown carpet, and many crops turned withered in the fields.
7	I laireo anar nihtanë linqui nelleli cintë celetannar.	        	The summer sun reduced flowing brooks to small trickles.
8	Rië min sírë sartavë sirinyë; sa celunë ailillillon i orontissen.	    ;      	Only one river kept flowing steadily; it sprang from some lakes high up in the mountains.
9	Ilya hyana nen·celu fifirunë yávelóra úvanë loxonna.	       	Every other water source turned into ugly barren mud.
10	Tauressë, castori avaranter fai oloinë mardintar, ar i lindë aiwion rísimandë hlussë.	              	In the forest, beavers abandoned their once-submerged dwellings, and the song of birds was a scattered whisper.

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