Part 15

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Síra, i híni tyaller tyalmë lócion:	       	Today, the children played a game of dragons:
2	hína er cóla cinta narrundo, il-hyë híni nórar ca se, colilë calpali quantë neno, ricilë luhtya sa.	                    	One child carries a small torch, the others run behind with pails of water, and try to extinguish it.
3	Qui i hína anya mar, sé ná i urulócë i utúrië.	            	If the child reaches the house, he is the fire-dragon who wins.
4	Hyaqui, i hína as calpa ye uluhtyanië i fá narrundo ná i turuila neno-lócë.	               	Otherwise, the child with a pail that extinguished the flame of the torch is the victorious water-dragon.
5	I paityalë ná i vacco i turuina urulóceva, hya i hinwa as i telima calpa i oloitanië.	                  	The prize is the coat of the losing fire-dragon, or of the child with the last pail that missed.
6	Valyaneltë; engë lio norië ar lalië.	;      	They were excited, there was much running and laughing.
7	Verressenya holtunë tén á cimba, mal yú raines.	         	My sister-in-law yelled at them to be careful, but she was smiling too.
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9	Undómessë, hánonya ar i rendo nár i nyarnamaitaru.	         	In the evening, my brother and the cousin are the story-tellers.
10	Hárattë arë ruimen ar ilquenen ettë quétar i nyarna:	         	They sit by the hearth and tell everybody the story:
11	I urulócë, milca vanima mardelman ar tauren, tuldë atar matë me.	             	The fire-dragon, greedy for our beautiful home and forest, came to devour us.
12	Lendelmë sírinna ar arcanelmë i tári nindaríva, antaila sen aranaitë fanta ve rantië.	              	We traveled to the river and petitioned the queen of the river spirits, giving her a royal mantle as tribute.
13	Fasta annanen, mennes veruryanna, i neno-lócë, oíla ailinessë imbë i oronti.	              	Pleased with the gift, she went to her husband, the water-dragon living in a lake between the mountains.
14	Se cuitanë hye hundonen et anda laire-lorië, ar mirquetë hye rehta elmë.	             	She awoke him, with thunder, from a long summer slumber, and persuaded him to help us.
15	I heru neno-lócë, rehtolma, tuldë ar carnë mahtalë ó i urulócë, ar turunes.	                	The lord water-dragon, our savior, came and fought the fire-dragon, and defeated him.
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17	I híni tyaþir ar savir sina nyarna; ar nótimë ressen, apa ulma, inyë yú carë.	      ;           	The children love and believe this story; and on some days, after a flagon, so do I.
18	I veri i rendo néma alasseä, lië sí equë sen anessë Tárindil, meldë tário siryo.	                 	The wife of the cousin looks happy, others now call her Tárindil, the friend of the river queen.
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20	Síra, coiteälmë.	   	Today, is when we are alive.

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