Aesop 024: The Mother & the Wolf

【1】 Amil ar Ráca

  

► The Mother & the Wolf

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【3】 Uma amaurë maita ráca hlincë os cöa i·opeléva cimbassë, yá hlasses miuyaila hína i·cöassë.

               

► Early one morning a hungry Wolf was prowling around a cottage at the edge of a village, when he heard a child crying in the house.

¶ Tá hlasses i·amilwa óma quetë:

     

► Then he heard the Mother's voice say:

【4】 “Á quilda, hína, á quilda!

      

► "Hush, child, hush!

¶ Á pusta miuletya, hyaqui antauvan tye i·rácanna!”

       

► Stop your crying, or I will give you to the Wolf!"

【5】 Aitaina mal alaryaila ecestanen samë elmendeä héramat, i·ráca cainë nu palyanë calcalassë, horaila i·þenwan samë i·hína antaina sen.

                    

► Surprised but delighted at the prospect of so delicious a meal, the Wolf settled down under an open window, expecting every moment to have the child handed out to him.

¶ Mal equi i·vinimo tainanë ñwarë, i·ráca renþë ilqualumë lustavë.

          

► But though the little one continued to fret, the Wolf waited all day in vain.

¶ Tá, mórilantassë, hlasses i·emilwa óma ata lan harunes arë lattin lirë vinimoryanna ar lornataitas.

                

► Then, toward nightfall, he heard the Mother's voice again as she sat down near the window to sing and rock her baby to sleep.

【6】 “Á ná séressë, hína! i·Ráca ú-ñetuva tye!

       

► "There, child, there! The Wolf shall not get you.

¶ Ui, ui! Atar tíra ar atar qualtauva se iqui tulis areä tyen!”

            

► No, no! Daddy is watching and Daddy will kill him if he should come near!"

【7】 Tana þenwassë i·atar túlë cenessë i·mardo, ar i·ráca arcavë unþë i·röar noriénen finyavë.

              

► Just then the Father came within sight of the home, and the Wolf was barely able to save himself from the Dogs by a clever bit of running.

【9】 Eques: Áva savë ilyama ya hlarityë.

       

► Motto: Do not believe everything you hear.