He narrowly escaped being run over by a fat greasy taxi and owed his salvation entirely to a graceful leap which landed him right on the feet of a man on the pavement who let out a curse and went straight into hospital to be put together again.
Taxi lodi potolo batek ia harrapatu zuen; bere salbamena ibiltari baten hanka gainera egin zuen salto bati zor zion, honek birao bat bota zuen eta hospitalean sartu zen senda zezaten.