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Aesop 075: The Wolf & the Ass

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Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2026.

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First posted on VL, on 2026-05-25; not reviewed yet. Translation ongoing.

Missing words: hobble, tumbling, get to your feet, serves you right, (by) trade.

Motto: Stick to your trade.

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【1】 Ñarmo ar Pellopë

  

► The Wolf & the Ass

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【3】 Pellopë nánë néranë nesselessë arë taurë yá cennes Ñarmo halda i halassen pelas i hehta.

               

► An Ass was feeding in a pasture near a wood when he saw a Wolf lurking in the shadows along the hedge.

Aþcarë intinyes ya i Ñarmo þellë, ar nauyanë panwë rehtiëryan.

           

► He easily guessed what the Wolf had in mind, and thought of a plan to save himself.

Epetai nentanes i nánes lalevítë, ar yesentes ?? vequi ñwálanë.

           

► So he pretended he was lame, and began to hobble painfully.

【4】 Yá i Ñarmo tullë sen, maquentes i Pellopen ya acárië se lalevítë, ar i Pellopë hanquentë i pantë maica necelenna.

                      

► When the Wolf came up, he asked the Ass what had made him lame, and the Ass replied that he had stepped on a sharp thorn.

【5】 “Mecin á ete·lepë sa,” inques, ñónanes ve naiceleä. “Qui uilyë, cé himyuvas hlunculyassë yá matilyen.

                   

► "Please pull it out," he pleaded, groaning as if in pain. "If you do not, it might stick in your throat when you eat me."

【6】 I Ñarmo cennë i ???? tercen, pan mernes matë mulerya ú quoriéno raxeo.

              

► The Wolf saw the wisdom of the advice, for he wanted to enjoy his meal without any danger of choking.

Epetai i Pellopë ortanë tál ar i Ñarmo yesentë ceþë lai arivë ar tercaravë i necel.

                

► So the Ass lifted up his foot and the Wolf began to search very closely and carefully for the thorn.

【7】 Poicavë tá Pellopë laccë quanna poldorénen, ?? i Ñarmo ?? yunquë öa.

             

► Just then the Ass kicked out with all his might, tumbling the Wolf a dozen paces away.

Ar lan i Ñarmo nánë ?? lai lenca ar ?? ?? ????, i Pellopë hó·lompë varna.

                 

► And while the Wolf was getting very slowly and painfully to his feet, the Ass galloped away in safety.

【8】 “?? ?? ??,” i Ñarmo yarranë lan hlinces mina i tussar. “Nanyë celvacir ?? ??, ú aþar.”

                    

► "Serves me right," growled the Wolf as he crept into the bushes. "I'm a butcher by trade, not a doctor."

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【10】 Eques: ?? ?? ?? ??.

      

► Motto: Stick to your trade.

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