When you were a bird you knew the fairies pretty well, and you remember a good deal about them in your babyhood, which it is a great pity you can't write down, for gradually you forget, and I have heard of children who declared that they had never once seen a fairy.
nire hitza duzue hala dela! Txoriak zinetenean, oso ondo ezagutzen zenituzten maitagarriak, eta eurei buruzko gauza mordoa gogoratzen zenuten txikitan, baina pena handia da ezin duzuela horri buruz idatzi, ze apurka-apurka ahaztuz joan zarete, eta esan didate badaudela umeak sekula maitagarririk ikusi ez dutela diotenak.