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Part 13

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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 tiucanë 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 aniénelvë 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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