Folk Tale

Yn Tortoise as yn Urley

Translated From

Χελώνη καὶ ἀετός

AuthorΑἴσωπος
LanguageAncient Greek

Other Translations / Adaptations

Text titleLanguageAuthorPublication Date
Y crwban a’r eryrWelshGan Glan Alun1887
The Tortoise and the EagleEnglishGeorge Fyler Townsend1867
De schildpad en de arendDutch__
AuthorEdward Faragher
Book TitleSkeealyn Aesop
Publication Date1901
ATU225A
LanguageManx
OriginGreece

Va tortoise dy litcheragh ghrianey ee hene, as plaiynt gys ushagyn ny marrey jeh'n cronney creoi eck, nagh jinnagh unnane jeu gynsaghey ee dy etlagh. Va urley crowal er-gerrey, as tra ren eh clashtyn e geccan as playnt, ren eh briaght jee cre'n leagh yinnagh ee chur da son gynsaghey ee dy etlagh as dy hiauill ayns yn aer. "Ver-yms diu," dooyrt ee, "ooilley berchys yn Aarkey-Jiarg." "Neeyms gunsaghey shiu dy etlagh," dooyrt yn urley, as goaill ee seose ayns e chroagyn, hug eh lesh er-gerrey da'n bodjalyn agh dy doaltattym lhig eh yn raa j'ee, huitt ee er slieu ard, as va'n tlig eck brisht ayns meeryn. Dooyrt yn tortoise ayns tullagh e vaaish: "Ta mee er hoilchin my chronney; son cre va ayms dy yannoo rish skianyn as bodjalyn, nagh voddagh fegooish doilleeid goll mygeayrt er y thalloo." Dy jinnagh deiney geddyn ooilley ny ta'd dy dy yeearree, veagh ad dy mennick currit naardey.


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