p1002_Snake_TYE Miguel 0:00.000 0:00.000 Yo, como me crié en ese pueblito de allí, de Texas, ah, I, since I grew up in that little town from there, from Texas, uh, 0:05.209 0:07.774 era peligroso porque allí había mucha víbora de cascabel. it was dangerous because back there there were a lot of rattlesnakes. Lalo 0:08.401 0:12.540 Sí, he sabido. Yes, I´ve been told (I´ve known). Miguel 0:09.449 0:14.103 Había mucha víbora de cascabel y pues, There were a lot of rattlesnakes and well, 0:11.245 0:16.783 hasta el día hay. there still are today. 0:12.192 0:18.197 Y mi mamá siempre temía And my mother was always afraid 0:14.736 0:21.994 que yo fuera a pisar una víbora that I was going to step on a snake 0:16.482 0:24.600 o andando entre las hierbas or walking in the grass 0:18.178 0:27.132 o entre el…el monte allí que fuera a pisar una víbora or around the...the woodland there that I would step on a snake 0:21.720 0:32.419 y aunque no me lo crea pero varias veces and although you might not believe me, but several times 0:24.165 0:36.067 llegué pero cerquititas por pisar una víbora. I was really close to stepping on a snake. Lalo 0:26.559 0:39.641 ¿En serio? Seriously? Miguel 0:27.308 0:40.758 Así fue. Y…y como unas dos o tres veces That’s right. And...and like two or three times 0:30.351 0:45.300 el perro que teníamos me...me salvó. the dog we had saved me...me. Lalo 0:32.446 0:48.426 ¿A poco? Really? Miguel 0:33.144 0:49.469 Me salvó. He saved me. Miguel 0:00.000 0:00.000 Siempre ya ve que los perros casi siempre van en frente. You always see that the dogs almost always go in front. 0:03.112 0:04.645 Los perros siempre van en frente, The dogs always go in front, 0:05.057 0:07.548 y allí cerca de donde yo vivía había poco monte. and there close to where I lived there was little woodland. 0:08.051 0:12.016 Y, este, y el perro andaba allí oliendo, oliendo. And, uh, and the dog walked there smelling, smelling 0:11.977 0:17.876 Y…y yo llegaba y el perro ladraba, empezaba a aullar. and I would get there and the dog would bark, he would start to howl. 0:17.368 0:25.922 Y pues yo de pequeño, uno de pequeño no sabe. And, well I as a child, and as a child one doesn't know. 0:20.607 0:30.757 Piensa que el perro no más anda de allí haciendo ruido, ¿no? [Ah-jah] You think the dog just goes over there making noise, you know? [Uh-huh] 0:22.353 0:33.363 Entonces, yo llegaba y el perro se me ponía en frente. So, I got there and the dog would get in front of me. 0:23.588 0:35.205 Entonces ya después de unas dos otras veces, So then after one or two other times, 0:27.279 0:40.715 cuando el perro iba delante, when the dog would go ahead, 0:29.577 0:44.144 y que empezaba a ladrar, and when he started to bark, 0:30.874 0:46.080 yo sabía que allí había algo, I knew that there was something there, 0:33.368 0:49.803 y yo me iba para otro lado. and I would go to the other side. Lalo 0:35.164 0:52.483 Fíjate que, You know, 0:36.760 0:54.866 allí en México donde yo nací, Durango, There in Mexico where I was born, Durango, 0:38.036 0:56.771 es muy conocido por sus alacranes. It’s really well known for its scorpions. Miguel 0:40.849 1:00.969 Oh sí. Sí he escuchado. Oh yes. I’ve heard. Lalo 0:42.944 1:04.096 ¿Sí has escuchado, verdad? You’ve heard, right? Lalo 0:00.000 0:00.000 Entonces en cierta ocasión, So on one occasion, 0:02.393 0:03.571 yo estaba chico--unos cinco, seis años, I was little—about five, six years old, 0:03.989 0:05.954 andaban tumbando tierra para hacer adobes. They were going around excavating to make adobes. 0:06.583 0:09.825 El adobe es como un ladrillo [Sí] o bloque, An adobe is like a brick [Yes] or block, 0:10.574 0:15.782 no sé cómo le llaman aquí, I don’t know how they call it here, 0:11.621 0:17.345 un bloque para casas. a block for houses. 0:12.519 0:18.685 [Ok, sí] Verdad, para construcción. [Ok, yes] Right, for construction. 0:13.766 0:20.547 Y mi papá andaba allí con su herramienta, And my father would go there with his tools, 0:16.330 0:24.372 él y varios hombres. he and several men. 0:17.145 0:25.590 Cuando picaban con el pico, When they dug with the pick, 0:18.830 0:28.105 la herramienta para que la tierra cayera, the tool so the dirt would fall, 0:20.726 0:30.934 salían alacranes [¿A poco?] de la tierra. scorpions would come out [Really?] of the ground. 0:23.819 0:35.551 Y salían bastantes, And tons would come out, 0:25.346 0:37.830 pero era increíble, había nidos. [Sí] but it was incredible, there were nests. [Yes] 0:26.775 0:39.963 Y esos alacranes, pues teníamos que matarlos rápido. And those scorpions, well we had to kill them quickly. 0:29.528 0:44.072 Eh, yo estaba chico, Uh, I was little, 0:30.476 0:45.487 pero sí me acordé por lo que me platicaste but I do remember because of what you told me 0:32.771 0:48.912 que en tu pueblo de Texas había víboras [Sí] that in your town in Texas there were snakes 0:35.315 0:52.709 y en el mío había alacranes. and in mine there were scorpions.