He was quite unaware already that he had ever been human, and thought he was a bird, even in appearance, just the same as in his early days, and when he tried to catch a fly he did not understand that the reason he missed it was because he had attempted to seize it with his hand, which, of course, a bird never does.
Ez zen konturatzen noizbait gizakia izan zela, eta txoria zela uste zuen, itxuragatik ere bai, bere hasierako egunetan bezalatsu; eta euli bat harrapatzen saiatu zenean, ez zuen ulertu eskuekin harrapatu nahi izateagatik egin ziola ihes euliak, zeren, jakina, txori batek ez luke horrelakorik inoiz egingo.