| There were other ways of knowing:
| Había otras formas de saber:
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| he stepped into a yellow morning which seemed to him to be,
| entró en una mañana amarilla que le pareció ser,
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| well, not gray but kind of a grayish maroon.
| bueno, no gris, sino una especie de granate grisáceo.
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| He couldn’t figure out why;
| No podía entender por qué;
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| he hadn’t eaten mushrooms in at least a week.
| no había comido hongos en al menos una semana.
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| He stumble-crawled towards Dave’s Luncheonette, climbed into a booth.
| Se arrastró a trompicones hacia Dave's Luncheonette, se subió a una cabina.
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| He insisted on looking at the menu for six minutes and thirty seven seconds
| Insistió en mirar el menú durante seis minutos y treinta y siete segundos.
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| every day
| todos los días
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| even though he always ordered bacon and eggs, toast and coffee.
| a pesar de que siempre pedía tocino y huevos, tostadas y café.
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| This morning, he also ordered water, but he didn’t drink any of it.
| Esta mañana también pidió agua, pero no bebió nada.
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| It was Thursday, April 20, 1967. He was waiting for something to happen.
| Era jueves 20 de abril de 1967. Estaba esperando que sucediera algo.
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| As he was eating, some of the water evaporated,
| Mientras comía, parte del agua se evaporó,
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| some people were born, some were married, a star imploded, a friends of his was
| algunas personas nacieron, algunas se casaron, una estrella implosionó, un amigo suyo fue
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| throwing up, two others were having sex.
| vomitando, otros dos estaban teniendo sexo.
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| As he finished his last forkful of eggs, a fly sitting directly opposite from
| Cuando terminó su último tenedor de huevos, una mosca posada justo enfrente de
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| him, died.
| él, murió.
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| He left Dave’s, headed north.
| Dejó la casa de Dave y se dirigió al norte.
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| Nothing much happened the rest of the day.
| No sucedió gran cosa el resto del día.
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| Had he known it was Hitler’s birthday, he would not have celebrated. | Si hubiera sabido que era el cumpleaños de Hitler, no lo habría celebrado. |