Just then she heard something splashing about in the pool a little way off, and she swam nearer to make out what it was: at first she thought it must be a walrus or hippopotamus, but then she remembered how small she was now, and she soon made out that it was only a mouse that had slipped in like herself.
E sentendo qualche cosa sguazzare nello stagno, si volse e le parve vedere un vitello marino o un ippopotamo, ma si ricordò d'essere in quel momento assai piccina, e s'accorse che l'ippopotamo non era altro che un topo, cascato come lei nello stagno.