I eat him up or do I just let him go?"

le como o le dejo ir?"

I eat him up or do I just let him go?"

le como o le dejo ir?"

"Eat him," he said,

"Comele sique," le dijo,

"these men do not want to know anything about us, they do not have a heart."

estos hombres no quieren saber nada de nosotros, no tienen corazón.

"Eat him," he said to the snake.

"Comele sique," le dijo a la víbora.

"'eat him' or 'do not eat him."

"'comele' o 'no le comas.'"

"Please put yourself again at the place where you were,

"Ponete otra vez en el lugar donde estabas,

"I will wait for them all to get closer"

"Voy a esperar que se acerquen todos,"

"Put him down in this bare field, let's take rest of this miserable animal."

"Bájanle en este campo pelado, descansemos de este mísero animal."

and brought [them] to his house.

y [los] trajo a su casa.

"Bring your finger and put it in my mouth."

"Trae tu dedo y lo mete en mi boca."

"Pass it to me; don’t be afraid.

"Pasámelo si que; no tengas miedo.

when removing it, it is said that a ring came out on his finger.

al sacarlo, dice que salió un anillo por su dedo.

"I threw it all out because my wife did not like it:

"Tiré todo porque a mi esposa no le gustó:

And he brought [it = what they had dug out] [and] he [it to] tied a piece of cloth

Y el trajo [lo desenterrado] [y] [lo] ató en un trapo

Mr. Vito threw [them] out in a reedbed.

el señor Victor [los] tiró en un cañaveral.

He did not throw [them] in the cemetery because he suspected

No [los] tiró en el cementerio porque desconfía de él

I should offer [it] to you first."

a vos te [la] tenía que ofrecer primero."

It is said that he had [them = the bones] a long time in his house,

Se dice que [los] tuvo mucho tiempo en su casa [los huesos],

He looked for [it] for a long time and then he stopped looking.

Mucho tiempo [lo] buscó y después dejó [de buscar].

And when he was about to lose, he gathered [them = the cards] again.

Y como cuando ya estaba por [a punto de] perder todo, [las] juntó otra vez.

He arrived, it is said, at the house, and he threw [it = the bone] in a corner of the kitchen;

Llegó, se dice que, a la casa, y al tirar[lo = el hueso] en una esquina de la cocina;

and asked him where he had found [it = the horse’s bone].

y le preguntó dónde [lo] había encontrado [= el hueso].

And they brought what they had, they put (it) in

Y traían lo que tenían, (lo) metieron

and lowered (it) onto a long bench.

y (lo) bajaron sobre un banco largo.

"You brought (it)," it is said that mother said.

"(Lo) trajeron!" les dijo mamá, dicen que.

"We brought (him), as soon as we had strength for him," they said (to her).

"¡(Lo) trajimos, apenas tuvimos fuerza por él!" les dijeron ellos.

Whatever his dad and mom put on him, he would take it off again.

Su papá y su mamá lo que le ponían se quitaba todo otra vez él.

"He died and we must let (him) rest.

"Murió y debemos dejar(lo) ya descansar.