In a conical recipient of thick smoked glass swollen tadpoles were helterskeltering down in spirals. When they reached the bottom they darted off again up to the surface and began their eccentric gyration all over again, leaving a whitish wake of ruffled water behind them.
Beira lodizko ontzi koniko batean, zapaburu puztu batzuk zebiltzan beherakako espiralean jiraka eta beheraino jaisten ziren, gero fletxak bezala itzultzen ziren ur gainera eta berriro ekiten zieten beren bira aldrebes haiei, ur lodizko urrats zuriska batzuk atzean utziz.