His arbour, as he called the reeking outhouse which he shared with the cat and the garden tools, served him also as a sounding-box: and every morning he hummed contentedly one of his favourite songs:
Bere lorietak, hala deitzen baitzion katua eta jardineko erremintekin partekatzen zuen etxorde ketsuari, oihartzun-kaxa ere egiten zion eta goizero kanta-murriatzen zuen alaikiro gustukoen zituen abestietako bat: