I went and cut boughs of trees, and branches of such shrubs as I could find, and threw it over, and having fed it, I tied it as I did before, to lead it away; but it was so tame with being hungry, that I had no need to have tied it, for it followed me like a dog: and as I continually fed it, the creature became so loving, so gentle, and so fond, that it became from that time one of my domestics also, and would never leave me afterwards.
Ma poteva risparmiare la cautela del guinzaglio, perchè la fame l’aveva tanto addimesticata, che mi seguì a guisa d’un cagnolino. Avendo poi sempre continuato a nutrirla, divenne sì amorosa e gentile che fu in appresso anch’essa nel numero della mia gente di casa, nè avrebbe mai voluto staccarsi da me.