You've made a nice mess you have; why couldn't you wind it up properly, you silly dummy?" he grunts from time to time as he struggles wildly with it, and lays it out flat on the tow-path, and runs round and round it, trying to find the end.
Non potevi arrotolarlo a modo, bestia che non sei altro? — brontola di tanto in tanto, affaticandosi, e lo mette di piatto sulla strada d’alzaia, e gli gira intorno per trovarne l’estremità.