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Bueno, primero tengo que ir a Saigón conseguir un nuevo varal, traerlo aquí... Veamos, van a ser...
Well, I gotta get a couple of boys trekking down to Saigon for help, and by the time I get a new shaft and propeller in it, it'll be, let me see now...
La corriente nos empujó aún más y el varal se partió...
The current gets her in deeper, and tried to pull her out, a shaft snaps in two... like a stick of macaroni.
el pequeño caballo, que conocía esos setos, caracoleaba con impaciencia en los varales.
the pony, knowing these hedges, rocketed hopefully in the shafts.
En un rincón había un carro con dos caballos aún enganchados a los varales.
In the corner was a wagon with two horses still yoked to the shaft.
Una carreta vacía, con los varales en alto, descansaba delante de la puerta.
An empty cart rested, shafts up, against the wall near the door.
—Tirando de los varales, se adentró con el carro en la lluvia, y la noche la engulló.
Throwing her weight against the shafts, she pulled the cart into the rain, and the night swallowed her. “Sticks?”
Los caballos se agitaron nerviosamente en los varales y entonces salieron disparados de nuevo hacia delante. —¡Detenlos!
The horses jerked nervously in the shafts and then shot forward again. “Hold them!”
La primera vez que habíamos enganchado a Amaranta nos habíamos dado cuenta que faltaba la correa con hebilla que sujeta el varal.
The first time we’d tried Amarante in the plow we had realized that the buckle and strap fastening the shaft to her harness was inadequate.
Al cabo de un mes comenzó a enganchar a la yegua entre los varales de un calesín que había comprado a un ropavejero y restaurado poco a poco.
In a month’s time, Floti was able to saddle her up to the shafts of a little carriage he had bought from a secondhand dealer and fixed up a bit at a time.
Greebo cogió a uno de ellos por el cuello de la camisa, y lo sacudió de un lado a otro mientras los caballos, enloquecidos, trataban de liberarse del varal.
Greebo picked one of them up by his collar and bounced him up and down while the maddened horses fought to get out of the shafts.
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