Kawoomba comments on Bed time stories with clear concepts - Less Wrong

21 Post author: Gunnar_Zarncke 01 September 2013 12:26PM

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Comment author: Kawoomba 01 September 2013 01:10:58PM *  18 points [-]

I couldn't find an English translations of this (does anybody volunteer?)

Roughly:

"A dog ran to the kitchen, from the cook an egg he stole

The cook tore the dog asunder, with his cooking pole

Then all the dogs came running, and dug the dog a grave

And they put up a headstone, on which this was engraved:"

Comment author: fubarobfusco 01 September 2013 10:04:44PM 11 points [-]

More literally:

A dog loped in the kitchen, and stole [from] the cook an egg.
Then took the cook a spoon, and smote the dog in twain.
Then came all the dogs, and dug for him a grave,
And set up a gravestone, whereon engravéd was:

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 01 September 2013 10:20:24PM 0 points [-]

Thank you. Both actually.