"I will not be able to take you out,"

No podré sacarte,

"because you put me in danger," the guy [snake] said to him.

porque vos me pones en peligro, --le dijo el tipo.

--and then in the end the young man took him out, it turns out.

--y después a la cansada el muchacho lo sacó.

And when he got out,

Y al salir de ahí,

the snake came to eat him.

ya vino la víbora para comerle.

"Those ones grab us, rope us, gets on us,"

"Esos a nosotros nos agarran, nos enlazan,"

"This one ties our head to the wood,"

"Este nos ata nuestra cabeza por la madera,"

and now he wants to eat him?

y ahora él le quiere comer a él?

And then the female (tiger) let him warm up.

Y la mujer le dejó calentarse.

And she let him sleep.

Y le dejo dormir.

to invite her also for his saint day.

a invitarla también para su día santo.

And his close friend did not let him down.

Y su comadre al fín no le defraudó.

She came out to meet him.

Salió luego a su encuentro [a encontrarle].

only his friend (she-goat) did not let him down.

su comadre solita no lo defraudó.

The mistress of the house was not entirely happy; something was bothering her.

La dueña de casa no estaba muy contenta [amable]; había algo que le molestaba.

They all got together and took him far from there.

Se juntaron todos y le llevaron lejos de ahí.

And the tiger thought that they would untie him [he realized],

Y el jaguareté creyó que le iban a desatar [se dio cuenta],

And the monkeys threw him to the ground

Y le echaron los monos al suelo

to untie him.

para deshacerle sus ataduras.

in case he comes to eat them.

por si viene a comerles.

A wagon passed on top of a snake and broke it in half.

Sobre una víbora pasó una carreta y le trozó la cintura.

he put a stick under it, he sat it down, and with patience lifted it.

puso debajo [de la víbora] un garrote [un palo], le sentó bien, con paciencia le alzó.

He removed it from the trail.

Lo sacó del camino.

Slowly he pushed it, sending the tail to the end of the anthill,

Lentamente le empujó, la cola mandó al fondo del hormiguero,

(he thought he was talking about the shovels).

(creyó que le decía por las palas, había sido).

And he shoved them into the room and made them cluck outloud, all three of them.

Y ya a empujones ya les metió en la pieza, y les hizo cacarear a todas las tres.

and told his friend to raise [the container].

y le dijo a su compañero para que le alze (el cántaro).

They remained completely in the dark, [the lightning] threw Leokádio backwards,

Se quedaron totalmente en la oscuridad, [el rayo] le echó [a Leokadio] de espalda,