ولما في الآخر الصياد العجوز غرز الشوكه فيها وضربها ومسك السيف بتاعها اللي حرفه كان عامل زي الصنفره وقعد يضربها على حرف راسها لحد ما لونها بقا لون ضهر المرايه، وبعدين بمساعدة الولد راح رافعها فوق المركب، والدكر فضل ماشي جنب المركب. 
When the old man had gaffed her and clubbed her, holding the rapier bill with its sandpaper edge and dubbing her across the top of her head until her colour turned to a colour almost like the backing of mirrors, and then, with the boy's aid, hoisted her aboard, the male fish had stayed by the side of the boat.