Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2025. Reviewed for language by Raccoon.
Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-15; reviewed by VL user Raccoon. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: LINK .
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Motto: It is easy and also contemptible to kick a man that is down.
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【1】 Röar yo Rusco
► The Dogs & the Fox
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【3】 Umë Röar túver Rauro helma ar yesenter ascarávë ripta sa nelcintainen.
► Some Dogs found the skin of a Lion and furiously began to tear it with their teeth.
¶ Ecestanen Rusco cennë te ar landë yaiwenen.
► A Fox chanced to see them and laughed scornfully.
【4】 “Quíta tana Rauro nánë coina,” eques, “nai nánes amalavéla quenta.
► "If that Lion had been alive," he said, "it would have been a very different story.
¶ Appaniévaneltë yandë raccaryar nár maicë epë nelceldar.”
► He would have made you feel how much sharper his claws are than your teeth."
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【6】 Eques: Atalanteäva lahië ná aþcárima ta nattírima.
► Motto: It is easy and also contemptible to kick a man that is down.
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