Aesop 049: The Wolf & His Shadow
Attribution
Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2026.
Notes
First posted on VL, on 2026-07-12; not reviewed yet. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL.
Motto: Do not let your fancy make you forget realities.
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【1】 Ñarmo ar Halarya
► The Wolf & His Shadow
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【3】 Ñarmo lonyë eccarya uma undómessë alasseä ar maimaita.
► A Wolf left his lair one evening in fine spirits and an excellent appetite.
¶ Lan nornes, andúyaila Anar embanë halarya háya i hunessë, ar íí nemnes vequi i Ñarmo nánë tuxallumë anhöa epë naitië nánes.
► As he ran, the setting sun cast his shadow far out on the ground, and it looked as if the wolf were a hundred times bigger than he really was.
【4】 “Ela,” holtunë i Ñarmo valateä, “á cenë yandë höa nanyë! Ela quistar hónoritanya nípa Raurollo! Tanuvanyë sen ye canta ná aran, issë hya inyë.”
► "Why," exclaimed the Wolf proudly, "see how big I am! Fancy me running away from a puny Lion! I'll show him who is fit to be king, he or I."
【5】 Poicavë talumë íí anhöa hala aqua untumpë se, ar neuna þenwassë Rauro pentë se hunenna palpenen min.
► Just then an immense shadow blotted him out entirely, and the next instant a Lion struck him down with a single blow.
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【7】 Eques: Vá lavë i nauþelya tyarë lyen i litya lyen nanwië.
► Motto: Do not let your fancy make you forget realities.