As if I had never seen my shoes before, I set myself to study their looks, their characteristics, and, when I stir my foot, their shape and their worn uppers. I discover that their creases and white seams give them expression-impart a physiognomy to them. Something of my own nature had gone over into these shoes;
zorrotz eta zuhurtasunez mintzatu nintzaion neure buruari, eta energiaz igurtzi nituen begiak malkoak urruntzearren. Nire zapatak inoiz ikusi ez banitu bezala, haien tankera, haien mimika oina mugitzean, haien forma eta goialde gastatuak aztertzeari ekiten diot, eta zimurrek eta koloregabeturiko josturek espresioa ematen dietela, fisionomia bat komunikatzen dietela konturatzen naiz.