My father exerted every effort to make a useful son and helper out of me, and I resorted to every possible ruse to evade the tasks imposed; no hero of antiquity, when I attended school, commanded my sympathy more than Hercules, who was compelled to perform those renowned, irksome labors. I knew of nothing more wonderful than roaming idly about the mountains and meadows or along the lake.
Aitak ahalegin guztiak egin zituen nitaz seme baliagarri eta lankide bat egiteko, baina nik amarrukeria guztiak erabiltzen nituen ezarritako lanari ihes egiteko, eta batxilergoan nenbilela ere antzinako beste edozein heroirenganako baino erruki handiagoa sentitu izan nuen Herkulesenganako, lan astun sonatu haietara behartu zutelako.