He rested for what could have been two or ten minutes, thinking of nothing at all but the gathering of strength enough to haul himself into the boat, and finally he made slow jumps up and down in the water and threw his weight over and lay face down in the boat, his feet dangling over the gunwale.
Atseden hartu zuen agian bi, agian hamar minutuz, ezertxo ere pentsatu gabe, soilik indarra bildu behar zuela txaluparaino igotzeko, eta, azkenean, uretan gora eta behera jauzi txiki batzuk egin ondoren, bere pisu guztia aurrerantz bota eta txalupan ahuspez etzanda aurkitu zen, hankak kareletik zintzilik zituela.