Aesop 090: The Two Pots

【1】 Tambit

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► The Two Pots

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【3】 Tambë atta, atwë calasso ar etwë cemnasseo, tarnë hapassë i ruimen talamessë. Uma ressë i Calasso Tambë cétanë i Cemnasseo Tambiën i lelyuvattë mina Ambar hapanna. Mal i Cemnasseo Tambë aptanë, ar quentë i nai nauva saila insen reþië i neltessë ar' i ruimen.

                                                 

► Two Pots, one of brass and the other of clay, stood together on the hearthstone. One day the Brass Pot proposed to the Earthen Pot that they go out into the world together. But the Earthen Pot excused himself, saying that it would be wiser for him to stay in the corner by the fire.

【4】 “Ecuva aiana pitya naten hatë ni,” eques. “Istalyë yandë rácula nanyë. Níca rinca tancavë farya na hatë ni!”

                    

► "It would take so little to break me," he said. "You know how fragile I am. The least shock is sure to shatter me!"

【5】 “Vályë lavë ta hapë lye maryë,” siunë i Calasso Tambë. “Aryavë riþuvanyel. Qui tuvinquë torna aima, patúvan mitta ar rehtauvanyel.”

                        

► "Don't let that keep you at home," urged the Brass Pot. "I shall take very good care of you. If we should happen to meet anything hard I will step between and save you."

【6】 Epetai i Cemnasseo Tambë teldavë þáquentë, ar i attië lenwentë permë ara permë, rihtailu ener anþennë telquínen neldë, sí sina permenna, tá tana permenna, ar yondarmailu atwë etwen ilya patessë.

                                   

► So the Earthen Pot at last consented, and the two set out side by side, jolting along on three stubby legs first to this side, then to that, and bumping into each other at every step.

【7】 I Cemnasseo Tambë únë polë tauva taitë armenië andavë. Uiénettë menë patínen quain nó i Cemnasseo Tambë rancë hattiénen, ar neuna rincassë rances nihtannar húmë.

                           

► The Earthen Pot could not survive that sort of companionship very long. They had not gone ten paces before the Earthen Pot cracked, and at the next jolt he flew into a thousand pieces.

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【9】 Eques: Imyar añcamaiti málor.

     

► Motto: Equals make the best friends.