She had just succeeded in curving it down into a graceful zigzag, and was going to dive in among the leaves, which she found to be nothing but the tops of the trees under which she had been wandering, when a sharp hiss made her draw back in a hurry: a large pigeon had flown into her face, and was beating her violently with its wings.
Elle venait de réussir à le plier en un gracieux zigzag, et allait plonger parmi les feuilles, qui étaient tout simplement le haut des arbres sous lesquels elle avait erré, quand un sifflement aigu la força de reculer promptement ; un gros pigeon venait de lui voler à la figure, et lui donnait de grands coups d’ailes.