'And just as I'd taken the highest tree in the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a shriek, 'and just as I was thinking I should be free of them at last, they must needs come wriggling down from the sky!
"Kaj ĵus kiam mi elektis la plej altan arbon en la tuta arbaro," daŭrigis la Kolombo per voĉo absolute kriega, "por ke mi fine liberiĝu de ili, ili venas tordegante sin el la ĉielo mem.