All my concerns, all my thoughts were centered upon one thing-to feed my beast, to propitiate the master of my life with enough food, pleasing to his palate, and served on time, so as not to incur his displeasure, so as to escape the terrors of a beating, to get him to spare me but once!
Nire ardura guztiek, nire pentsamendu guztiek jomuga bakarra zuten: piztiari jana ematea, haren gogara eta asetzeko beste, garaiz gogobetetzea haserre ez zedin, jipoiekin ikara ez nintzan eta, behin besterik ez bazen ere, nitaz urrikal zedin.