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. I immediately let fly among them, for I always had my gun with me.
Ahogy a kecskék és vadnyulak veszélyt jelentettek a zöldellő kalászra, éppúgy jelentettek fenyegetést az érett gabonára a madarak. Éppen kint jártam, hogy megszemléljem a termést, amikor rengeteg madár lepte el a környéket, és csak arra vártak, hogy elmenjek.