Aesop 137: The Wolf, the Kid, & the Goat

【1】 Ñarmo, Neäquin, Naico

    

► The Wolf, the Kid, & the Goat

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【3】 Amil Nyéni ménanë mancanómenna uma amauressë na tulya matta orenderyan, ya parnanë rië min níca Neäquin ar insë.

                   

► Mother Goat was going to market one morning to get provisions for her household, which consisted of but one little Kid and herself.

【4】 “Á cimba mai i mar, yonyo,” eques i Neäquinen, lan tirítë holonyes i fenna pirindanen. “Vá lavë mon mitta, laqui quetis tyen sina muina quettalë: Á queletya i Ñarmo ar quanna nostalerya!"

                                     "

► "Take good care of the house, my son," she said to the Kid, as she carefully latched the door. "Do not let anyone in, unless he gives you this password: 'Down with the Wolf and all his race!'"

【5】 Aia otulmanen, Ñarmo hlícanë areä ar hlassë ya i Nyéni quétiénë.

            

► Strangely enough, a Wolf was lurking near and heard what the Goat had said.

¶ Epetai, éya Amil Nyéni nánë et cen, patanes i fennanna ar tonnë.

              

► So, as soon as Mother Goat was out of sight, up he trotted to the door and knocked.

【6】 “Á queletya i Ñarmo ar quanna nostalerya,” equë i Ñarmo quildavë.

            

► "Down with the Wolf and all his race," said the Wolf softly.

【7】 Nánes i téra muina quettalë, mal yá i Neäquin tihtanë ter cirissë i fennassë ar cennë i nulla canta ettë, aqua únes felë aþima.

                          

► It was the right password, but when the Kid peeped through a crack in the door and saw the shadowy figure outside, he did not feel at all easy.

【8】 “Á tana nin fána póto,” eques, “hyaqui úvanyë lavë lyen mitta.”

             

► "Show me a white paw," he said, "or I won't let you in."

【9】 Fána póto, aþahanyë, ná lengë ya semítë Ñarmor polir tana, ar epetai maunë Heru Ñarmon auta ta maita ve túliénes.

                       

► A white paw, of course, is a feature few Wolves can show, and so Master Wolf had to go away as hungry as he had come.

【10】 “Allumë ecë ná acca tanca,” equë i Neäquin, yá cennes i Ñarmo auta i taurenna.

                 

► "You can never be too sure," said the Kid, when he saw the Wolf making off to the woods.

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【12】 Eques: Nembalë atta ná aryat epë min.

        

► Motto: Two sureties are better than one.