Today's stories come from Colson's Stories and Legends: A First Greek Reader which is available at the Internet Archive. You'll find the stories below, first in Greek, then segmented, and then interwoven with English; the title is linked to the Internet Archive page.
And remember, I'm on the every-other-day schedule now, alternating between this blog and the Latin proverbs, so I'll be back with a proverb post here day after tomorrow.
ΛΥΚΟΣ. ὦ κύον, πῶς ἐγένου οὕτω μέγας καὶ πίων;
ΚΥΩΝ. οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν, ὦ λύκε: ὁ γὰρ δεσπότης τρυφερῶς ἐμὲ βόσκει καὶ τρέφει.
ΛΥΚΟΣ. φθονῶ σοι τῆς εὐδαιμονίας. ὁ δὲ τράχηλος πῶς σοι λευκὸς ἐγένετο;
ΚΥΩΝ. τέτριμμαι τὴν σάρκα τῷ κλοιῷ.
ΛΥΚΟΣ. μή μοι γένοιτο βίος τοιοῦτος. βούλομαι γὰρ πεινῆν, μᾶλλον ἢ δοῦλος εἶναι.
ΛΥΚΟΣ. ὦ κύον,
πῶς ἐγένου
οὕτω μέγας καὶ πίων;
ΚΥΩΝ. οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν,
ὦ λύκε:
ὁ γὰρ δεσπότης
τρυφερῶς ἐμὲ βόσκει
καὶ τρέφει.
Λ. φθονῶ σοι τῆς εὐδαιμονίας.
ὁ δὲ τράχηλος
πῶς σοι λευκὸς ἐγένετο;
Κ. τέτριμμαι τὴν σάρκα
τῷ κλοιῷ.
Λ. μή μοι γένοιτο βίος τοιοῦτος.
βούλομαι γὰρ πεινῆν,
μᾶλλον ἢ δοῦλος εἶναι.
ΛΥΚΟΣ. ὦ κύον ... O dog,
πῶς ἐγένου ... how did you get to be
οὕτω μέγας καὶ πίων ... so big and fat?
ΚΥΩΝ. οὐδὲν θαυμαστόν ... Nothing strange aboutit,
ὦ λύκε ... O wolf:
ὁ γὰρ δεσπότης ... my master
ἐμὲ βόσκει καὶ τρέφει ... feeds and nourishes me
τρυφερῶς ... luxuriously.
Λ. φθονῶ σοι ... I envy you
τῆς εὐδαιμονίας ... your happiness.
ὁ δὲ τράχηλος σοι ... But your neck:
πῶς λευκὸς ἐγένετο ... how did it get to be white?
Κ. τέτριμμαι τὴν σάρκα ... My flesh gets rubbed
τῷ κλοιῷ ... by the dog-collar.
Λ. μή μοι γένοιτο ... I don't ever want to have
βίος τοιοῦτος ... a life like that.
βούλομαι γὰρ πεινῆν ... I prefer to be hungry
μᾶλλον ἢ δοῦλος εἶναι ... rather than to be a slave.
ὁ λέων ποτὲ ἐπολέμει κώνωπι. ὁ δὲ κώνωψ δάκνων τὴν ῥῖνα τοῦ λέοντος πολὺ ἐλύπησε. ὁ δὲ λέων ἐπειρᾶτο μὲν ἀμύνειν τοῖς ὄνυξι ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἑαυτοῦ ῥῖνα ἤμυσσεν, τὸν δὲ κώνωπα οὐκ ἔβλαπτεν. ὁ δὲ κώνωψ ἀπῴχετο μέγα φρονῶν ὅτι τὸν λέοντα νενίκηκεν. πορευόμενος δὲ ὑπὸ ἀράχνης ἁλίσκεται. ἐσθιόμενος δὲ εἶπεν, “ οἴμοι, τὸ μέγιστον τῶν ζῴων νενικηκώς, ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐλαχίστου νῦν ἀπολλυμαι.
ὁ λέων ποτὲ
ἐπολέμει κώνωπι.
ὁ δὲ κώνωψ
δάκνων τὴν ῥῖνα τοῦ λέοντος
πολὺ ἐλύπησε.
ὁ δὲ λέων
ἐπειρᾶτο μὲν ἀμύνειν τοῖς ὄνυξι
ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν
τὴν μὲν γὰρ ἑαυτοῦ ῥῖνα ἤμυσσεν,
τὸν δὲ κώνωπα οὐκ ἔβλαπτεν.
ὁ δὲ κώνωψ
ἀπῴχετο
μέγα φρονῶν
ὅτι τὸν λέοντα νενίκηκεν.
πορευόμενος δὲ
ὑπὸ ἀράχνης ἁλίσκεται.
ἐσθιόμενος δὲ εἶπεν,
οἴμοι,
τὸ μέγιστον τῶν ζῴων νενικηκώς,
ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐλαχίστου νῦν ἀπολλυμαι.
ὁ λέων ποτὲ ... Once upon a time lion
ἐπολέμει κώνωπι ... was at war with a gnat.
ὁ δὲ κώνωψ ... The gnat
δάκνων τὴν ῥῖνα τοῦ λέοντος ... bit the lion's nose
πολὺ ἐλύπησε ... and caused him great pain.
ὁ δὲ λέων ... The lion
ἐπειρᾶτο μὲν ἀμύνειν ... tried to keep the gnat away
τοῖς ὄνυξι ... with this claws
ἀλλ᾿ οὐδὲν ἐποίησεν ... but he accomplished nothing.
ἤμυσσεν μὲν γὰρ ... For the gnat kept scratching
τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ῥῖνα ... his nose
οὐκ ἔβλαπτεν δὲ ... but he couldn't hurt
τὸν κώνωπα ... the gnat.
ὁ δὲ κώνωψ ἀπῴχετο ... The gnat departed
μέγα φρονῶν ... feeling high-spiried
ὅτι νενίκηκεν ... because he had defeated
τὸν λέοντα ... the lion.
πορευόμενος δὲ ... But as he went along
ὑπὸ ἀράχνης ἁλίσκεται ... he was caught by spider,
ἐσθιόμενος δὲ ... and as he was being eaten
εἶπεν οἴμοι ... he said, "Woe is me!
νενικηκώς ... I have conquered
τὸ μέγιστον τῶν ζῴων ... the greatest of creatures,
νῦν ἀπολλυμαι ... and now I am undone
ὑπὸ τοῦ ἐλαχίστου ... by the least (of creatures).
And here's a random proverb and a random LOLCat too:
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