Švejk took it on his lap, stroked it, and Max for the first time wagged the remains of its clipped tail in a friendly way, snapped gently at Švejk's hand, held it in its jaws and looked very wisely at Švejk, as though it was going to say:
Haginkada leun bat Xveiken eskuari eman, muturrean eutsi, eta Xveiki bizkor behatu zion, hauxe esan nahi balio bezala: