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Part 9

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Pen tië, vantalma nánë lenca.	      	Without a road, our progress was slower.
2	Yeä, mauranelmë hauta yá nerca cirda cirnë tál híno, ar carnelmë cinta colma.	               	Moreover, we had to stop when a sharp splinter cut a child's foot, and we made a small stretcher.
3	Túvelmë yára vata rómenna, mal uile-tupina.	       	We found an old path east, but it was overgrown.
4	Ananta enera patanelmë lúmë atta, patilë véra halalmannar, taurello hlöanna.	            	Still, we marched on for two hours, walking into our own shadow, from the forest into the fenland.
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6	I aurë ollë hiþwa.	    	The day turned darker.
7	Yestiëssë sannen i quonda afantië Anar, nó an cennen i vaiwë emerner ambë lumboli.	               	At first I thought the smoke had veiled the sun, but then I saw the wind had herded more clouds.
8	Vaiwi váyailë i orontinnar lillumë tulyaiti ulo ardanna nún, ar siarë yavaneltë.	             	Winds blowing towards the mountains often bring rain to the lands below, and today they would bear fruit.
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10	Lúrë carnë vata hrai-cenina, tallë haunelmë.	       	Dark weather made the path hard to see, so we stopped.
11	Lá eä alya cauma apa al-tupin hlöa, mal alastanelmë yá ullë tal, ar equë almiën.	                 	There is no good shelter in the open fenlands, but we were glad when rain came down, and we cheered.
12	Quië ruivë ná cotto, tá nén ná málo.	         	Whenever fire is your enemy, water is your friend.
13	Epeta neuna engë hundo ar menel-ítar, i þostanë me.	          	Then thunder and lightning followed, which scared us.
14	Menel-íta únë nalanta elmë, mal ai nalantanes hyana nómë hlöassë.	           	The lightning did not hit us, but alas it struck elsewhere in the fens.
15	Sáneän i hirnë yárë firini aldali rómessë, pan arrongo cennelmë vercálë rúnyar accalë talo, capaiti casta.	                  	I think it struck some old dead trees to our east, because we promptly saw sudden red flames from that direction, leaping up.
16	Engë marta ninquelë canwalmassë; únelmë maura isima handelman cahtava tana calo.	   ;        	There was fey pallor in our faces; we did not need imagination to understand the cause of that light.
17	Lé sina vinyanóna hinyë urulóceo, elmë náner mandanor aparuiveo i os·acaitanië me.	             	With this new baby of the fire dragon, we were prisoners of the wild fire that had surrounded us.
18	Lá engë uþwë silumë!	   	There was no escape now!

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