Candide was touched with compassion; he had learned to shoot while he was among the Bulgarians, and he could hit a filbert in a hedge without touching a leaf. Accordingly he took up his double-barrelled Spanish gun, pulled the trigger, and laid the two monkeys lifeless on the ground.
Movióse Candido á compasion; habia aprendido á tirar con los Búlgaros, y era tan diestro que derribaba una avellana del árbol sin tocar á las hojas; cogió pues su escopeta madrileña de dos cañones, tiró, y mató ámbos ximios.