Na cait fhiáine

Chaith siad isteach é.

They threw him in.

Bhí sé ag iarraidh foscadh, ' siúl thart leis na... ' caint leis na coillte go bhfuair sé teach in áit a rabh cait fhiáin.

He was looking for shelter, walking around the.... talking to the woods until he found a house in a place where there were wild cats.

Fuaigh sé isteach go teach seo is bhí tinidh ann.

He went into this house and there was a fire there.

Théigh sé é féin ag an tinidh agus fuaigh sé isteach faoin mbairille.

He heated himself by the fire and he went in under the barrel.

Dúirt sé 'Fanfaidh mé anseo faoin mbairille seo a fhad agus bheas mé beo'.

He said, "I'll stay here under this barrel while I am alive".

"Coinneoidh sé foscadh orm".

"It will keep me sheltered."

Tháinig na cait fhiáin isteach gan mórán moille i ndéidh a bheith amuigh ag seilg i rith an lae.

The wild cats came in shortly after that having been out hunting for the day.

Thoisigh siad ag bruith is ag róstadh, ag fáil suipéir (ar chúlú) réidh dhóibh féin.

They started boiling and roasting, preparing a (...) supper for themselves.

Nuair a bhí an suipéar réidh d'ith siad é.

When the supper was ready the ate it.

Fuaigh siad... Shuigh siad thart.

They went.... They sat around.

'Dé a' scéal? arsa cat eicinteacht acu.

"What's the story?" said one of the cats.

Fuaigh sé thart go ndeachaigh sé ag an rí-chat.

He went around until the came to the king-cat.

Thit sé ar an rí-chat an scéal a insean.

It fell to the king-cat to tell the story.

D'inis sé scéal fá bhean óg... an bás uirthi... a leithide seo dh'áit.

He told a story about a young woman... dying(?)... in a certain place.

(Ar seisean), Tá cúig phunta, cúig mhíle dhéag de phuntaí de thíocht isteach aici sa bhliain.

He said, "She has five pounds, fifteen thousand pounds of income per year".