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Aesop 124: Two Travelers & a Bear

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Translated into Quenya by Rínor. Reviewed for language by Laiqua, and Chaered.

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First posted on VL, on 2025-12-10. The Sindarin translation is by Rínor, retrieved 2026-04-27.

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Motto: Misfortune is the test of true friendship.

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Nér atta ar Morco	   	Two Travelers & a Bear
2	--		--
3	Nér atta léleáner oliëssë ter taurë, yá, alahorinávë, melehta morco nornë et i·tussallo artë.	                 	Two men were traveling in company through [a] forest, when, unexpectedly, [a] mighty bear ran out from the bushes near them.
4	Mo i·nerion, mirtaila rië inseo caumarya, rentë alda.	          	One of the men, valuing only his protection of himself, climbed [a] tree.
5	i·Hyana nér, úpolila mahta i·hravan er, hantë insë hunessë ar caitanë úlevila, vequi nánes loico.	                  	The other man, unable to fight the wild beast alone, flung himself on the ground and lay not moving, as if he were dead.
	Hláriénes i morco úappuva loico.	     	He had heard that [a] bear will not touch [a] dead body.
6	Möa essen ná naitë, pan i·morco nussë i·cas nero lúmincen ar, nemila fartaina i nánes loico, lonyes.	                    	Must for it to be true, for the bear smelled [the] head of the man for [a] moment, seeming satisfied that he was dead, he left.
7	i·Nér i·aldassë nunyë sallo.	    	The man in the tree descended from it.
8	“Tana morco nemnë ve hlussanes hlaretyassë,” quentes.	        	“That bear seemed like he whispered in your ear,” he said.
	“Mana quentes tyen?”	  	“What [did] he say to you?”
9	“Quentes nin i nánen alasaila pan sataryanen mo i lercuva þenwassë raxeo,” hanquentë i·hyana nér.	                	“He said to me that I was unwise because I trusted one who will flee in [a] moment of danger,” answered the other man.
10	--		--
11	Eques: Umbar nevië naitë nilmeo.	      	Motto: Misfortune [is the] test of true friendship.

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