The Boastful Gnat

A Greek Reader, selected principally from the (Elementarbuch) of F. Jacobs, by Charles Anthon. Internet Archive link. There are notes for the stories at the bottom of the page, and a vocabulary in the back of the book. The texts here come from Jacobs as reprinted in many other books, but the notes and vocabulary make this a very useful edition.

Κώνωψ επί κέρατος βοὸς εκαθέσθη καὶ ηὔλει· εἶπε δὲ πρὸς τὸν βοῦν, εἰ βαρῶ σου τὸν τένοντα, ἀναχωρήσω. Ὁ δὲ ἔφη, οὔτε ὅτε ἥλθες ἔγνων, οὔτε ἐὰν μένῃς, μελήσει μοι.

Κώνωψ
εκαθέσθη
επί κέρατος βοὸς
καὶ ηὔλει· 

εἶπε δὲ
πρὸς τὸν βοῦν, 

"εἰ βαρῶ
σου τὸν τένοντα,
ἀναχωρήσω."

Ὁ δὲ ἔφη,

"οὔτε ἔγνων,
ὅτε ἥλθες,
οὔτε,
μελήσει μοι
ἐὰν μένῃς."

A gnat
landed on the horn
of a ox

Κώνωψ
επί κέρατος βοὸς
εκαθέσθη

and hummed a tune

καὶ ηὔλει·

then he said

to the ox

εἶπε δὲ
πρὸς τὸν βοῦν, 

"If I'm burdening
your neck

εἰ βαρῶ
σου τὸν τένοντα

I'll go away

ἀναχωρήσω."

And the ox said,

Ὁ δὲ ἔφη,

"I didn't notice
when you came

οὔτε
ὅτε ἥλθες
ἔγνων

nor will it matter to me

οὔτε
μελήσει μοι

if you stay

ἐὰν μένῃς."

illustration by Rackham