Even Slightly tried to tell a story that night, but the beginning was so fearfully dull that it appalled even himself, and he said gloomily:
Slightly ere saiatu zen gau hartan istorio bat kontatzen, baina hasiera hain zen aspergarria, ezen ez bakarrik gainontzekoak, ezpada bera ere lur jota geratu baitzen, eta pozik esan zuen: