Aesop 014: The Wild Boar & the Fox
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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-19; not reviewed yet.
Missing words: make a great show of, guarantee.
Motto: Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.
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【1】 Hróva Carcapolca ar Rusco
► The Wild Boar & the Fox
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【3】 Hróva Carcapolca íí maicateánë carcaryat ricítë anat aldo tolbo, yá Rusco mennë arë. Sí i Rusco íí vorë þurnë ecesta na yaita armaroryar. Etta ?? ?? ?? ?? ?? ostirë tíreleä, ve þoryaila halda cotto. Mal i Carcapolca téravë cacarranë mólerya.
► A Wild Boar was sharpening his tusks busily against the stump of a tree, when a Fox happened by. Now the Fox was always looking for a chance to make fun of his neighbors. So he made a great show of looking anxiously about, as if in fear of some hidden enemy. But the Boar kept right on with his work.
【4】 “Maro cáralyë ta?” maquentë i Rusco teldavë ó reo. “Ui eä aiana raxë ya polin cenë.”
► "Why are you doing that?" asked the Fox at last with a grin. "There isn't any danger that I can see."
【5】 “Faren naitë,” hanquentë i Carcapolca, “mal yá raxë tulë, penuva lúmë sítë mólen. Mávauva carmanyant ná feryu yuhtiën tá, hyaqui cainúva sassë.
► "True enough," replied the Boar, "but when danger does come there will not be time for such work as this. My weapons will have to be ready for use then, or I shall suffer for it."
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【7】 Eques: Návë ferya ohtan ná aryë ?? rainen.
► Motto: Preparedness for war is the best guarantee of peace.