'
ekeinoi me empirical echoun mia isikhia gi 'autous
those with experience have a quiet about them
aux stratiotis kitaxe irema the neolea
the soldier calmly regarded the youth
,
eicha these epithymies mia, eipe isicha
"I've had my wishes," he said, quietly
kai to kilidomeno prosopo the egine catalyco
and his blotchy face turned a grave white
" ;"
"kai eichate pragmatic explersion these treis epithymies;"
"And did you really have the three wishes granted?"
, ß ß
eicha explersion these epithymies mia, epivevaiose aux lochias
"I had my wishes granted," confirmed the sergeant-major
;
kai euchethece kaneis allos; rotise iii gria
"And has anybody else wished?" asked the old lady
,
aux protos anthropos eiche these treis epithymies the, itan iii apantisi
"The first man had his three wishes," was the reply
den xero poies itan oi dyo protes euches
"I don't know what the first two wishes were"
allow iii third euche itan gia thanato
"but the third wish was for death"
etsi pira to podi ths maimous
"That's how I got the monkey's paw"
