Then he was looking at his side and his sight went [saw] towards

Después fue mirando a su costado y vio [su mirada fue hacia]

When the snake saw the young man, he screamed at him:

Al ver la víbora al muchacho, le gritó:

The snake went in backwards into the place where he had been,

Entró otra vez la víbora reculando en el lugar donde estuvo,

However, when the day comes for them to run [race day],

Sin embargo, al llegar el día para que ellos corran [el día de la carrera],

In this way, firmly in place, when they left [their starting position],

De esa manera, bien plantados, al salir ellos [de su punto de partida],

And as he sat on the tree trunk, he heard a

Y al sentarse sobre el tronco del árbol, escuchó un

And "the race, Mr. Judge," at the moment that the monkey said to them,

Y "la carrera el señor juez", al decirles el mono,

When his saint day arrived,

Al llegar el día de su santo,

When he arrived behind the house,

Al llegar ya hacia detrás de la casa,

When the goat greeted them, the horse came out already smiling for no apparent reason:

Al saludarles la cabra, ya salió el caballo sonriente por ninguna razón aparente:

"My husband was killed when the new year began,

"A mi marido se le mató al comienzo de este nuevo año,

When leaving, the goal already felt sad,

Al salir de ahí, ya se sintió triste la cabra,

Around noon, his friend the goat came arriving at the party.

Hacía el mediodía, fue llegando su semejante la cabra a la fiesta.

"Look at this, you have a beard, you have horns, and you come with your bad odor,

"Mira un poco, tenés barba, tenés cuerno y venís con tu cantiga,

In the middle of the forest, when reaching a large ground area,

Dentro del bosque, al alcanzar nosotros un suelo grande,

And then one day, when the tiger came down again, he found that water turbulent,

Y después un día, al bajarse otra vez el jaguareté, encontró turbia esa agua,

"As they get close to me, I will jump on them,"

"Al acercarse a mí, voy a saltar encima de ellos,"

Then the gang of monkeys arrived, screeching together, [lit. came screeching]

Luego llegó la pandilla de monos, chillaron juntos al venir,

and when he saw the tiger extended there, one said:

y al ver extendido al jaguareté ahí, dijo uno:

When the "dead one" felt that, he held his breath, and said to himself:

Al sentir eso el muerto, atajó su respiración, y dijo para sí:

At that moment, a monkey approached him on his side

En ese momento se le acercó a su lado un mono

When he heard that, the tiger made an effort and puuu! Puuu! He released gas.

Al escuchar eso, hizo el esfuerzo el jaguareté y puuu! Puuu! Ventoseó.

the deer will be happy when they see that the tiger is dead.

que se alegren los venados al ver que se murió el jaguareté.

They all laughed when she arrived.

Se rieron cuando ella llegó.

The ostrich went running fast

Iba corriendo velozmente el avestruz,

and when it arrived at the head of the field,

y al ir llegando en la cabeza de la cancha

And at that moment, suddenly, a fox was getting close to them.

Y en ese momento, de repente, se iba acercándose a ellos un zorro.

"You will go up with your butt up and your head down (towards the ground)."

"Vas a subirte con la cola hacia arriba y tu cabeza hacia abajo."

And the fox tried it out: he put himself upside down (head down).

Y el zorro se puso a probar: se puso de cabeza [para abajo].

At the moment when he was half way up, he was about to reach

En el momento que iba por la mitad, estaba por alcanzar

And you see, the guy fox came down on his nose to the ground.

Y ya ves como se vino el zorro de nariz al suelo.

And the tiger sniffed around occasionally, dragging himself,

Y el tigre husmeaba en tanto en tanto y arrastrándose vino,

Slowly, he was getting close to them.

Lentamente iba acercándose a ellos.

And when he heard that, the tiger got frightened and went back.

Y cuando escuchó eso, le dio miedo al tigre y se volvió.

At that moment the donkey raises the tail

En ese momento el burro levanta la cola

The King took his future donkey, very happy he was going with it.

Llevó el Rey para su animal burro, muy contento se iba con él.

Then, it is said, Peru was arriving towards the back of the house,

Y después se dice que Peru venía llegando de hacia detrás de la casa,

And just then it is said he was arriving.

Y después recién se dice vino llegando.

And when Peru was going to leave, the snake said to him,

Cuando Peru se iba a ir, la víbora le dijo,

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

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

Then when I left Mr. Victor's house

Después al salir yo de la casa del Señor Victor

"When we had gone a stretch from there," he said to me.

"Cuando salimos de ahí un trecho," me dijo.

Each time lots more and more were buzzing all together in that way.

Cada vez más y más avispas que iban zumbando juntas así.

and it is said that when he came out, he threw out the container.

y al salir, dice que, tiró el cántaro afuera.

And at that point one day came

Y en ese punto un día le vino

an old card player was passing through around there.

iba pasando por ahí un viejo jugador de naipes.

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 Agustin heard the horse’s hoof and some that were talking as they came.

Y Agustín escuchó el ruido de los pasos de los caballos y de algunos que venían hablando.

the troops of Mariscal Lopez were getting close to them.

era el ejército del Mariscal López era lo que ya se le acercaba.

and as she went to the door she found Agustin

y al salir a la puerta le encontró a Agustín

And it is said that when the man came out of the tent,

Y se dice que al salir del campamento el señor,

and when he went out to the gate, again he did not feel anything.

y al salir al portón él, ya no se sintió más otra vez.

As he got on the wagon, it is said,

al subirse al vagón, se dice que,

Lots of them went to work at the lumberyard.

Muchos fueron a trabajar al obraje.

He saw, it is said, the dead guy arriving mounted on a white [horse]

Se dice que vio al finado llegar en un montado blanco

And then, it is said, as he spit, he looked again.

Y luego, se dice, al escupir, miró otra vez.

And it is said that he got up, and as he was going to go to the kitchen,

Y se dice que se levantó, y cuando iba a irse a la cocina,