Degaspregos - Owos Ekwosikwe

The following story is a Degaspregos translation of Schleicher's Tale, one of the first stories written in Proto-Indo-European (PIE).

PIE	Degaspregos	English
Gwrrêi owis, kwesyo wl@nâ ne êst, ekwôns espeket, oinom ghe gwrrum woghom weghontm, oinomkwe megam bhorom, oinomkwe ghmmenm ôku bherontm.	Bergose owos kweos wulnom ne habit ekwomi weidakwit; oinos wegakwantas wogom gwaram, oinos berakwantas megam gwarom, oinoskwe gwigei berakwantas wirom.	On a hill, a sheep that had no wool saw horses, one of them pulling a heavy wagon, one carrying a big load, and one carrying a man quickly.
Owis nu ekwomos ewewkwet: "Kêr aghnutoi moi ekwôns agontm nerm widntei".	Owosatoi ekwobisi dikit: "Kerdos meosos meom kormat, weidakwantam wirom agerakwantam ekwomi."	The sheep said to the horses: "My heart pains me, seeing a man driving horses".
Ekwôs tu ewewkwont: "Kludhi, owei, kêr ghe aghnutoi nsmei widntmos: neer, potis, owiôm r wl@nâm sebhi gwhermom westrom kwrnneuti. Neghi owiôm wl@nâ esti".	Tanose ekwosi dikit: "Audoi, owote, meosoi kerdosi meomi kormobat, hwanose meosi weidakwobat kom: Wiros, aryos, wulnopsis owosoi westrom perekaiam deigasobat. E owokisi wulnopro esat nos."	The horses said: "Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see this: a man, the master, makes the wool of the sheep into a warm garment for himself. And the sheep has no wool".
Tod kekluwôs owis agrom ebhuget.	Audakwintas kom, owos agroto bugit.	Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain.

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