Opahtielva 2025-02: Arinwat
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This story was written by Chaered and discussed in the VL Opahtielva channel on 2025-02-15. It is a "Who am I?" guessing game story. Reproduced here under CC-BY-SA 4.0 license.
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【1】 Yá eccuinun amauressë, nanyë maita.
► When I wake up at dawn, I am hungry.
【2】 Lorin malto hamnassë.
► I sleep on a pile of gold.
【3】 Ta lás aþima, mal ui ecë nin tuvë mustalan ta höa ve ni.
► That is not comfortable, but I cannot find a mattress as big as me.
【4】 Na tuvë arinwat, vilin felconyallo i nesselennar.
► To find breakfast, I fly from my cave to the pastures.
【5】 Tenna yenya manten yaxi, mal tá hlassen i láreä mat ná olca homen.
► Until last year I ate cows, but then I heard that fatty food is bad for the heart.
【6】 Etta sí senyavë matin wendi.
► So now I usually eat maidens.
【7】 Lúmelissen arinwat insa tullë felconyanna, ohtar hya arquen.
► Sometimes breakfast comes to my cave by itself, [as] a warrior or a knight.
【8】 Si ná fastima, mal hrávelta ná tarya, ar nihtar varmo himyar imbë nelcenyar.
► This is convenient, but their meat is tough, and bits of [their] armor stick between my teeth.
【10】 M1: Man nanyë?
► Q1: Who am I?
【11】 M2: Manan vistanen arinwatinyo matta?
► Q2: Why did I change my breakfast diet?
【12】 M3: To mana lorin?
► Q3: What do I sleep on?
【13】 M4: Mana himya imbë nelcenyar?
► Q4: What gets between my teeth?