Το πόδι του πιθήκου / The Monkey's Paw

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