They went mushrooming (irse.. de hongos) at dawn (a la madrugada), having previously bathed (bañarse.. previamente) in (en) the river (… río), dressed correctly (vestidos correctamente),
in order (para) to protect themselves (protegerse) from (de) the bites (… picaduras) of (de) mosquitoes and snakes (mosquitos y serpientes), which (que) lived (vivir) in huge numbers (en grandes cantidades) in the forest.
About two hours passed (pasar.. unas dos horas), the friends gathered (recoger) a lot of different mushrooms, and satisfied (satisfechos) returned home (volver.. a casa).
Their wives (sus esposas), after (después de) consulting (consultar) among themselves (entre sí), decided to distrust (decidir.. desconfiar de) those mushrooms (esos hongos), and ruled on their case (y disponer..):
– For now (por ahora) we will not eat (no comer..) these (estos) mushrooms, and we’ll not allow you (no le permitir.. que) to poison (envenenar..)! our precious children (nuestros preciosos hijos).
Go eating (Vosotros ir.. a comer) your grebes and fly agarics (vuestros grebes y amanitas muscarias) yourselves (-), and we will get along (y llevar.. bien) with (con) our Ukrainian borsch and pampushkas (nuestro borsch ucraniano y pampushkas).
If (si) the two of you (los dos) are (estar) fine (bien) tomorrow (mañana), and none of you (nadie) is dead (estar.. muerto), we’ll taste (probar) these (estos) mushrooms too (también).
And so they did (y así lo hacer..).
Cooking together is always more fun (ser.. siempre más divertido cocinar juntos), so (así que) the friends amicably set to work (ponerse.. a trabajar amistosamente).
Once again looking through all the mushrooms (examinar.. todos los hongos una vez más,), they chose (eligir) only the most reliable in appearance (solo los del aspecto más confiable), on throwing away