Not long after Tian Ya-ke and his wife were married, for many nights he sat on the lawn outside their house watching the Chinese parasol trees on the distant slopes of the mountain opposite, quietly awaiting the "melody" of the owls.
田雅各和太太成婚不久，好幾個夜晚他就坐在住家草坪上，遠望對面山坡的梧桐樹，靜靜等待貓頭鷹的「旋律」。