The dog and the lamb among the goats
A dog met a lamb who was bleating among the she-goats and said, 'You fool, your mother is not here.' As he spoke, the dog pointed to a separate flock of sheep grazing in the distance. 'I do not want that mother!' said the lamb. 'She conceives when it is her pleasure, carries her unknown burden for a certain number of months, and in the end she simply lets go and plops her bundle on the ground. No, I am looking for the mother who offers me her udder and feeds me, and even cheats her own children of milk so that I will not go hungry.' 'Still, the one who gave birth to you is more important,' said the dog. 'Not correct,' replied the lamb. 'Was it some great favour that she brought me into the world when I might expect the arrival of the butcher at any moment? Could she even be certain whether I would be born black or white? And if perhaps she would have preferred a girl, what would she have thought of me, since I am a boy? Given that she took no decision in the matter of my conception, why should I now prefer that mother to the mother who took pity on me as I was lying there and who freely offers me her sweet affection?'
| Language | Translation | Interlinear? | Translator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rusnis | Koçaga bęlo içaril ukсoçika, kętoro bęlo blęl sorǫd içokegalą, va belo skaząl: "Duręn̆, bu tï mamaga cemęsta nę." Seçavokęt skaząl, koçaga kǫląl şi oklosna odato ukcogalą, bole çubalillą vouzako. "Ą nęt seça zakaril etę mama!" - belo skazęl içokecinik. "Ǫna bile zokloçąl kida bile zazakarąl, neşąl bu ǫna nęt znanonana taź nętkiąbo kşęgalą, va v indo fokoęt lǫhaąl va pramoatąl bu ǫna molïş şi ęro. Nę, bu ą seça kadril mama, kętoro ... (to be written) | No | VyaCHACHsel ●1 |
| Tallfellow | Horower rum remendi numbrafmiwer nu de rum sefomo enongendalumb barsunung ir rum ma, "Bobund furd, birm lem umbur holerumb wur." Ri de ma, horo rum bomrom raflibwa numbraf nu de rum marfmo fung sle. "Pin nopa birmum wur!" numbraf rum ma. "Sal mabre ingung sal roblis, wirf bildwo embelo ri de mawu efropa libwar ir, rawar sal abu selohar ir dri lond sul roniró. Henglar, pin de bro birm u nolo eremri pin ir noma pin ir, osmirmbe im dremilom elarusó imboró lohotar imo pin wan mombelni wur.' 'Gropar, bobund u rum mabre emb umbur wumbon flimbor ehengul,' horo rum ma. 'Lenis,' numbrafmi rum rama. 'So sal rum ronir pin dombelosumb wondehar dermetar ri ingumb lipunung robinolurnd wan ronir srasar? So sal rum umbel dermetar so ilgu bli wan umbur ropa mo swifi? Ir, li sal rum mondel larus ros flimbor srasar, smom sal wan mosne pin belsar, ri pin umbur pibin? Sal rum soblu wonul momerumb birblomblir gwéro, swalfir pin bren nopa birmer ri de flimbor birm u rum orno pin ri pin de rum mugro holumumb ir nu nolo molim ermalil pin gupar gwehar?' | No | Enrique Gamez ●1 ●4 |
