With the eastern horizon just starting to redden, the birds were making increasingly numerous calls of various lengths. On the beach of several hundred meters I could make out the vague figures of awakening swans: some were washing their faces and preening their feathers; others, taking short steps, were extending their necks and puffing out their chests.
東方微紅的時辰，長短不一的鳴叫聲，漸次多起來，隱約可見數百米外的沙灘上，醒來的天鵝，有的洗面喙絨，有的引頸漫步，還有的伸直脖子，慢騰騰地伸懶腰。