She sat down on a divan next to me without any protest, but when I tried to pet her, I got a slap as startling as the one I got the day I was born.
Nere ondoan jarri zen, diban batean, protestarik egin gabe, baina ferekatzen hasi nintzaionean, gizaseme baten bizitzan gogoan hartzeko moduko zaplasteko parea jaso nuen.