Everybody got a little impatient creeping through the reeds. We were like an old widow anxious for her grandchild to be born, waiting in vain for that first shout while the baby dawdles, unwilling to come out into the air.
匍匐在蘆葦堆裡，大夥兒都有點不耐煩，老寡婦等著抱孫子一樣，就乾等那第一聲啼叫，偏偏那小娃子待在裡面不願出來透口空氣。