Some people laughed to see the alteration in him, but he let them laugh, and little heeded them; for he was wise enough to know that nothing ever happened on this globe, for good, at which some people did not have their fill of laughter in the outset;
Batzuek nola aldatu zen ikustean barre egiten zuten, baina Scroogek barre egiten utzi, eta kasu gutxi egiten zien; ze munduan, hasieran, barreekin hartzen ez den ezer gutxi gertatzen dela jakiteko bezain jakintsua zen;