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me le lorxu .e lei vanyjba
.i lo lorxu noi xagji ku'o ca lenu viska loi vanyjba noi dandu lo tricu cu
djica lenu cpacu ra gi'e naka'e cpacu .i lego'i ca lenu vimcu vo'a cu tavla
be vo'a bacru lu lei jbari cu slari li'u
ni'o si'a so'i remna noi na'eka'e xagri'a lei cuntu ki'u loka ruble cu fuzysku
le tcini

Fox and grape bunch. A hungry fox, upon seeing bunches of grapes hanging from
some trellis, wished to obtain them and could not. Removing itself it said to
itself: They are sour. Thus too some people unable to improve things because
of weakness blame the times.

lu xyxipa fuzysku xyxire li'u dunli lu xyxipa cusku ledu'u xyxire fuzme li'u


me le calkrdanlrkankre .e le mamta be ra
.i lu ko na'e mlafa'a cadzu to'i lo calkrdanlrkankre le mamta cu se tavla toi
.iji'a le cilmo rokci leko xadni mlana na te morsa li'u .i leke'unai
calkrdanlrkankre cu bacru lu doi mamta ko noi ca ctuca cu mo'ica'u cadzu
.ija'ebo mi fau lenu viska do cu smizu'e li'u
ni'o xusra ve cusku ledu'u lei pajni be lei prenu be'o cusku cu .eiro'a vrude
tarti je sa'enai cadzu cei bu'a .iba'ojenaipubo.ei ra cu ctuca lenu bu'a

Crab and Mother. Not to walk crooked, a crab was told by its mother, nor to
rub its sides on the wet stone. And it said: "Mother, you who teach walk
straight, and watching you I will imitate." That it is meet for the critical
to live and walk straight, and then to teach the same.

calkrdanlrkankre: (calku)(danlu)kankre. Latin ablatives favoured, after Latino
sine Flexione.


me le cipnrkorvo .e le lorxu
.i lo cipnrkorvo noi ba'o kavbu lo rectu cu zutse lo tricu .i lo lorxu
noi viska ra gi'e djica lenu cpacu le rectu cu sanli gi'e zanru skicu le
cipnrkorvo. ri lo xadbadyxau je melbi gi'eji'a bacru ledu'u ge ra nu'o turni
.ei lei cipni gi lenu'onu ra cu se voksa lo xamgu cu nibli lenu pu'i turni
.i le cipnrkorvo noi djica lenu jarco fi le lorxu fe lenu pu'i voksa lo xamgu
cu renro le rectu gi'e cladu krixa .i le lorxu cu bajra gi'e bacru ba'o lenu
kavbu le rectu kei lu doi cipnrkorvo noda fau lenu'onu do se menli lo xamgu
cu fanta lenu do turni roda li'u
ni'o le prenu noi bebna ku'o le se cusku cu pilno se xamgu

Crow and Fox. A crow having snatched some meat sat on some tree. And a fox
seeing it and wishing to obtain the meat, having stood praised it as well-
proportioned and beautiful, also saying that it should indeed be king of
the birds, and that this would have happened, if he had a voice. And it wishing
to show it that it also had a voice, having thrown off the meat shouted loudly.
And it having run to it and having snatched the meat said: "O Crow, and if you
had brains too, nothing would be lacking for you to be king of everything."
The word is opportune for a foolish man.


me le fetcinfo .e le lorxu
.i lo fetcinfo noi se ckasu lo lorxu lenu ra roroi se jbena lo pamei cu bacru
lu go'i lo pamei noiku'i cinfo li'u ni'o xusra ve cusku ledu'u loni xamgu cu
se merli fi lo klani na.e leni srana loka vrude

Lioness and Fox. A Lioness being mocked by a fox on always giving birth to
one, said "One, but a lion." That the good should not be measured in quantity,
but in its relation to virtue.

The phrase "Enan, alla leonta", in its nominative form "Enas, alla lewn", is
proverbial in Modern Greek.

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Nick Nicholas, Melbourne Uni, Australia.  nsn@{munagin.ee|mullauna.cs}.mu.oz.au
"Despite millions of dollars of research, death continues to be this nation's
number one killer"      - Henry Gibson, Kentucky Fried Movie
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