The creature did not understand me at all, but thought I had asked who was his father—but I took it up by another handle, and asked him who made the sea, the ground we walked on, and the hills and woods.
De arme knaap begreep mij volstrekt niet, maar dacht, dat ik vroeg wie zijn vader was. Ik vatte dus de zaak anders aan, wees hem op de zee, den grond waarop hij trad, de heuvels en de bosschen.