This white, waddling thing was fully six feet high, yet we seemed to realise at once that it was not one of those others. They were larger and dark, and according to the sculptures their motion over land surfaces was a swift, assured matter despite the queerness of their sea-born tentacle equipment.
Ahateen ibilera traketsa zuen izaki hura sei oin pasatxo altu zen; baina, unean bertan nabaritu genuen ez zela beste izaki haietako bat. Izan ere, haiek handiago eta ilunagoak ziren, erliebeen arabera, eta bizkor eta ziurtasunez mugitzen ziren lehorrean, nahiz eta beren garro arraroak itsas bizimodurako garatuak ziren.