There was nothing but earth, earth that had been rapidly heaped up into roughly similar blocks on all sides to form shaky embankments. Sometimes a heavy mass of earth would break loose, roll all the way down the slope and squash itself flat on the surface of the road.
Batez ere lurra, alde bietan pilaturiko bloke uniformeetan, oreka egongaitzean eraturiko lurjauziak osatuz, eta, batzuetan, koloka zegoen masa astun bat mugitzen zen, ezpondan behera etortzen zen eta samur zanpatzen zen kaminuaren zoru gainean.