With that alertness of the senses which is at once the marvel and despair of civilised peoples, they knew that the pirates were on the island from the moment one of them trod on a dry stick; and in an incredibly short space of time the coyote cries began.
Herri zibilizatuen miresmena eta desesperazioa pizten dituen sentimenen zorroztasunarekin, adar siku baten kraska-hotsa entzun zen unetik jakin zuten piratak irlan zeudela; eta harritzeko moduko denbora tarte laburrean koioteen uluak entzuten hasi ziren.