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I left the slave collecting his leaves individually, then placing them in a bucket one by one as if they were very thin-shelled eggs.
Dejé al esclavo recogiendo sus hojas y colocándolas en un cubo una a una, como si fueran huevos de cáscara muy fina.
If there had once been hens, they must have been hoarse, pox-ridden laying-fowl that produced soft-shelled eggs.
Si realmente había habido gallinas en otro tiempo, debieron de ser aves raquíticas y enfermas que ponían huevos de cáscara frágil.