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Aesop 098: The Cat & the Birds

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Translated into Quenya by Chaered in 2026.

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First posted on VL, on 2026-07-08; not reviewed yet. Analysis posted to submissions/Aesops: VL.

Motto: Be wise and shun the quack.

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【1】 Miuë ar Aiwi

  

► The Cat & the Birds

【2】 --

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【3】 Miuë óleánë analinya.

   

► A Cat was growing very thin.

Ve intiévalyë, únes ñetë fáreä matta.

       

► As you have guessed, he did not get enough to eat.

Umaurë hlasses i umë Aiwi i maryondessë náner hlaiwë ar mauraner aþar.

            

► One day he heard that some Birds in the neighborhood were ailing and needed a doctor.

Epetai sestanes hencalcat, ar ó aluo colca máryassë, tonnes i fennassë i Aiwíva mardo.

                

► So he put on a pair of spectacles, and with a leather box in his hand, knocked at the door of the Bird's home.

【4】 I Aiwi tirner esta, ar Aþar Miuë nilinquavë maquentë mallë naltë.

            

► The Birds peeped out, and Dr. Cat, with much solicitude, asked how they were.

Cé alaryuvas anta ten hatwar.

     

► He would be very happy to give them some medicine.

【5】 “Pip, pip,” lander i Aiwi. “Anfinca, é nalyë? Nalmë aryë, hantalmel, ar ambë tallë, au elyë auva sio.”

                         

► "Tweet, tweet," laughed the Birds. "Very smart, aren't you? We are very well, thank you, and more so, if you only keep away from here."

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【7】 Eques: Á ná saila, avanevë söaþar.

        

► Motto: Be wise and shun the quack.

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