'And just as I'd taken the highest tree in the wood,' continued the Pigeon, raising its voice to a shriek, 'and just as I was thinking I should be free of them at last, they must needs come wriggling down from the sky!
— E appunto quando avevo scelto l'albero più alto del bosco, — continuò il Colombo con un grido disperato, — e mi credevo al sicuro finalmente, ecco che mi discendono dal cielo! Ih!