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Aesop 121: The Boy & the Nettle

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Translation by VL user Chaered in 2025. First posted on VL, on 2025-12-28; not reviewed yet.

Motto: Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Yondo ar Itiþilassë	  	The Boy & the Nettle
2	--		--
3	Yonyo, nastaina ló Itiþilassë, nornë mar nítila, na tyarë amilya þúta naicessë ar miquë sa.	                  	A Boy, stung by a Nettle, ran home crying, to get his mother to blow on the hurt and kiss it.
4	“Yonyo,” equë i Yonyo amil, epetai aþyaniësses, “i neuna lú yá tuluva areä ara Itiþilassë, á napë sa tancan ar nauvas ta maxa ve samin.”	                             	"Son," said the Boy's mother, when she had comforted him, "the next time you come near a Nettle, grasp it firmly, and it will be as soft as silk."
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6	Eques: Aima ya carilyë, á carë sa quanna poldorelyanen.	           	Motto: Whatever you do, do with all your might.

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