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Part 13

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This is original text by chaered, first posted on VL. The text is still under review, so NOT FINISHED YET! (Caveat lector.)

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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Apa min ránasta, attië lelendë i orontinnar itan hostauvattë istalë pá i luimë.	              	One month later, a group of two traveled to the mountains to gather information about the flood.
2	Entulessettassë, ósantettë tercelli.	    	Upon their return, they shared their insights.
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4	Sillë quentettë:	  	So they recounted:
5	I yána ailin orwa ortostassë avánië!	     	The big lake high up in the mountains is gone!
6	Sí en eä nan yó sír.	      	Now there is just a valley with a stream.
7	Ta únemmë hírë i felya arë i ailin, tana nómë silumë etsir i vinya nandello.	                	Also we did not find the mine near the lake, that area is now the mouth of the new valley.
8	Sáneämmë i ailin et-rancë, nai i felyar acariër loica i anastorna ondo axë nún i hríma ailinwa.	                  	We think the lake broke through, maybe the mines had weakened the tough stone ridge below the rim of the lake.
9	Cenasta i úrin lairë aiantanië tiquilë areä helcelmeo i tiucatanë i ailin, nemba nés añquanta.	                	The hot summer could have meant more melting of the nearby glacier that fed the lake, it must have been very full.
10	Encë i hundo ar ulo ortostanna ná i telda nihta i sampaneo i carnë hríma rúvina ar sennë i oloirë.	                    	The thunder and rain above the mountains may have been the final piece of the combination that burst the rim and unleashed the flood.
11	Qui anyaniëlvë i felya talumë andúnessë, nauvalvë ascatainë loicoli loxossë.	           	If we had reached the mine that evening, we would have been shredded corpses in the mud.

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