He was on a little tricycle-truck, and seeing the birds he pedaled harder, as if he were chasing them, in the grip of a hunter's fantasy, though the only gun he had ever held was an army rifle.
Hiru gurpileko furgoneta txiki batean zihoan, eta txoriak ikusirik indar handiagoz eman zien pedalei, haien atzetik segika bezala, ehiztari ameskeria batek hartua, soldadu garaiko fusila baino beste armarik sekulan hartu ez bazuen ere.