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No.	Quenya	Tengwar	Means
1	Mórilantassë i métima menelyo i asto, rendo nanewénië taurello ar cacannanë: Nus usqueo eä vílessë hyarmello!	                 	At nightfall of the last Wednesday of the month, a cousin had returned from the forest and proclaimed: There is a smell of smoke in the breeze from the south!
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3	Mennelmë ettë ar hententanelmë néca cálë hyarnúmessë.	       	We went outside and spotted a faint glow to the south-west.
4	I rendo equë: Némas avahaira, mal hánonya þoryaila equë: “Yá nus urulóceo anya, i lócë hilyauva, ar ecë sén matë taurë ar amavilë alarcavë lá yallë noruvatyë!	                               	The cousin said it seemed far away, but my brother was worried, and said: "When the smell of the fire dragon leads, the dragon will follow, and he can eat a forest and fly faster than you can run!
5	Nai mára cáralmë lenwë, lá istyalmë i lóceo saicë.”	           	Best we should leave, we do not know how hungry this dragon is."
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7	Mal rendo hanquentë: “Sinomë aryonië menya ar hilmíva!	        	But the cousin replied: This place is our inheritance, and that of our children!
8	Mauralvë etulya nén nendello martamenna, ar rehta hauralvar.	         	We must put water from the lake on the house, and save our stores.
9	Entë i ruivë ná haira, ar ecë i vaiwen querë ollo ve.	             	Moreover, the fire is far off, and the wind may turn away from us.
10	Exa lië náquenter sen, lá aþailë avarta mardinta hya penta míri auriëntali.	             	Others agreed with him, reluctant to abandon their dear home or lose their precious belongings.
11	San costanelmë i lómenna, pen autië.	       	So we argued into the night, and did not leave.

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