but the Egyptians say that as they were sitting round at table, the wife took a lettuce and pulled off the leaves all round, and then asked her husband whether the lettuce was fairer when thus plucked round or when covered with leaves, and he said "when covered with leaves":
mahaian zeudelarik, emakumeak letxu bat hartu eta orriak kentzen hasi omen zen, eta gizonari letxu orrigabetua ala orriztatua zen ederrago galdetu omen zion, eta honek orriztatua erantzun;