But as the beasts ruined me before, while my corn was in the blade, so the birds were as likely to ruin me now, when it was in the ear; for, going along by the place to see how it throve, I saw my little crop surrounded with fowls, of I know not how many sorts, who stood, as it were, watching till I should be gone.
Non minor rovina di quella che m’aveano minacciata i quadrupedi, finchè il mio grano fu in erba, mi giurarono i volatili appena questo mise le spighe; perchè un giorno mentre io passeggiava pel mio campicello per vedere come prosperasse, lo vidi attorniato di uccelli non so dire di quante specie, i quali pareva stessero guatando l’istante che io ne fossi uscito.