ell inspeccionava el botí: caminava al voltant de la bestiola; la flairava des d'una distancia confortable; tornava a caminar-li al voltant; es feia més gosat, i la flairava de més a prop; després aixeca el morro, i pega una cautelosa urpada, sense arribar a encertar; en pega una altra, i una altra; comença de fruir el divertiment; s'ensorra fins a l'estómac amb l'escarabat entre les seves urpes, i continua sos experiments; se'n fadiga al capdavall i romangué indiferent i distret.
He surveyed the prize; walked around it; smelt at it from a safe distance; walked around it again; grew bolder, and took a closer smell; then lifted his lip and made a gingerly snatch at it, just missing it; made another, and another; began to enjoy the diversion; subsided to his stomach with the beetle between his paws, and continued his experiments; grew weary at last, and then indifferent and absent-minded.