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English[en]
‘Then you’ve heard more than I can speak to,’ answered the Gaffer. I know nothing about jools. Mr. Bilbo is free with his money, and there seems no lack of it; but I know of no tunnel-making. I saw Mr. Bilbo when he came back, a matter of sixty years ago, when I was a lad. I’d not long come prentice to old Holman (him being my dad’s cousin), but he had me up at Bag End helping him to keep folks from trampling and trapessing all over the garden while the sale was on. And in the middle of it all Mr. Bilbo comes up the Hill with a pony and some mighty big bags and a couple of chests. I don’t doubt they were mostly full of treasure he had picked up in foreign parts, where there be mountains of gold, they say; but there wasn’t enough to fill tunnels. But my lad Sam will know more about that. He’s in and out of Bag End. Crazy about stories of the old days he is, and he listens to all Mr. Bilbo’s tales. Mr. Bilbo has learned him his letters - meaning no harm, mark you, and I hope no harm will come of it.
Cornish[kw]
‘Ty re glywas moy es dell allav vy afydhya,’ a worthybis an Gafer. ‘Ny wonn travyth yn kever jowelys. Mstr Bylbo yw hel gans y arghans, ha dell hevel nyns eus fowt anodho; mes ny wonn travyth ‘dro dhe gowfordhyans. My a welas Mstr Bylbo pan wrug ev dehweles, nans yw ‘dro dhe dri ugens blydhen, pan en vy chett. Nyns o termyn hir wosa my dhe dhos ha bos gwas dhe Holman koth (ev o kenderow ow thas), ev a’m worras dhe Bag End rag gweres orto lettya tus stankya ha treuspassya oll a-dreus an lowarth ha’n gwerth ow hwarvos. Hag yn mysk a’n bywder oll Mstr Bylbo a dheu yn-bann an vre gans hoba ha nebes saghow kowrek ha nebes arghow. Nyns eus dout dhymm i dhe vos leun a dresor ev dhe gavoes yn tiryow estrenyek, leow may ma menydhyow a owr, dell leverons; mes nyns o lowr dhe lenwel kowfordhow. Mes ow chett Sam a wodhvia moy ‘dro dhe henna. Yma ev a-ji hag yn mes a Bag End. Yma mall bras ganso rag hwedhlow a’n dydhyow koth, ev a woslow orth hwedhlow oll Mstr Bylbo. Mstr Bylbo re dhyskas orto y lytherennow – heb mynnes drog hwi a gonvedh, ha ny vydh drog dredho dell waytyav.