Los campesinos de las casas cercanas acudían a tal diversión; se lo comunicaban de puerta en puerta, y la cocina de la granja se encontraba llena cada día. A veces colocaban sobre la mesa, ante su plato, donde él empezaba a tomar el caldo, un gato o un perro. El animal olfateaba por instinto la invalidez del hombre y, muy suavemente, se acercaba, comía sin ruido, lamiendo con delicadeza; y cuando un chapoteo de la lengua un poco más ruidoso despertaba la atención del pobre diablo, se alejaba prudentemente para eludir el golpe de la cuchara que él lanzaba al azar ante si.
The peasants from the nearest houses came to this entertainment; it was talked about from door to door, and every day the kitchen of the farmhouse was full of people. Sometimes they placed before his plate, when he was beginning to eat his soup, some cat or dog. The animal instinctively perceived the man's infirmity, and, softly approaching, commenced eating noiselessly, lapping up the soup daintily; and, when they lapped the food rather noisily, rousing the poor fellow's attention, they would prudently scamper away to avoid the blow of the spoon directed at random by the blind man!