He had heard them in the days when he was a thrush, and though I suggested to him that perhaps it is really bird language he is remembering, he says not, for these phrases are about fun and adventures, and the birds talked of nothing but nest-building.
Birigarroa zenean entzun zizkien, eta beharbada txorien hizkera gogoratzen ari zela esan nion arren, berak ezetz dio, esaldiak dibertsioari eta abenturei buruzkoak direlako, eta txoriek habia-eraikuntzari buruz baino ez dutelako hitz egiten.