and airy squadrons of flies, borne on the breeze, enter boldly, as though free of the house, and, taking advantage of the fact that the glare of the sunshine is troubling the old lady's sight, disperse themselves over broken and unbroken fragments alike, even though the lethargy induced by the opulence of summer and the rich shower of dainties to be encountered at every step has induced them to enter less for the purpose of eating than for that of showing themselves in public, of parading up and down the sugar loaf, of rubbing both their hindquarters and their fore against one another, of cleaning their bodies under the wings, of extending their forelegs over their heads and grooming themselves, and of flying out of the window again to return with other predatory squadrons.
Udako oparotasunak asebeterik-urtaro horrek jaki gozo ugari eskaintzen baitizkie berez-, ez dira jatera inguratzen, ezpada beren burua erakustera: aurrera eta atzera ibiltzen dira azukre-mokorren gainean, ukitutxoak egiten dizkiote elkarri aurreko zein atzeko hankatxoekin, edo hazka aritzen dira hegaltxoen azpian, edo-aurreko bi zangoak luzaturik-buru gaina igurtzitzen dute, jiratu eta hegaz alde egiten dute, eta atzera itzultzen dira gero eskuadroi gogaikarri gehiagok lagundurik.