I first encountered this story in French when I was in high school. Now I've translated it into Sandic from English. Order: Traditional Sandic, Híies tsidai, Smooth English, Original (English). Found it here.
No new words here this time.
No new words here this time.
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"Wenaira baahl jéb ba akathîâ," baxmî ba helkaolé, "skra jebé ba gléni wî faccoi! A ydéva ân mî ba wenai noaglët baneot ahl ân bian mato wenarai wwhé ereka ta thîan!"
Biab niamî baxmî ba helkaolé- a skra bra ba ba akathîa baxwîc ân mée ân mîb wenarai balëlét, baxmalëî. A búnab baxyum ra!
Natul biab baxade ba helkaolé, kataeni- "Lëé akathîâ auzoi, mî pé wenai baahl noaglët, a gre ân kant tré opéma xsin."
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Akathíane bunap ousoui bahhlét, ví pa çémé kadami baskiep. Hielkaoléne katrékai uak bep basraouk, ví skra damvís basriep han ksin fun han dam ba bunap ra. Skra ma ba funsai bep baslét.
"Vienaira bal çéb ba akathía," basmí ba hielkaolé, "skra çiebé ba gléni ví fassoi! A idéva han mí ba wienai noahht banyot al han ben mato vienarai ué ierieka ta thían!"
Bep nemí basmí ba hielkaolé- a skra bra ba ba akathía basvís han méie han míp vienarai bashhlét, basmahhí. A bunap basyoum ra!
Natoul bep basadie ba hielkaolé, katíieni- "Hhé akathíya autsoi, mí pé vienai baal noahht, a grie han kant tré opéma ksin."
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A crow had a piece of found meat and was sitting in a tree eating it. A fox which was walking by saw it sitting there and because of hunger began to think of eating that particular meat. Because of a clever action, it got it.
"That crow is very beautiful," said the fox, "because of its black sleek body! But I think that its voice is not beautiful enough for it to be beautiful like the king of birds."
The fox said this as a lie- but because the crow heard and wished to show that its voice was beautiful enough, it cried out. But the meat fell down!
The fox grabbed it up very quickly, laughing- "O good crow, your voice is beautiful enough, but you should first think before singing."
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A crow having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. A Fox, seeing this, longed to possess the meat himself, and by a wily stratagem succeeded.
"How handsome is the Crow," he exclaimed, in the beauty of her shape and in the fairness of her complexion! Oh, if her voice were only equal to her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the Queen of Birds!"
This he said deceitfully; but the Crow, anxious to refute the reflection cast upon her voice, set up a loud caw and dropped the flesh.
The Fox quickly picked it up, and thus addressed the Crow: "My good Crow, your voice is right enough, but your wit is wanting."
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