He was often mistaken for a ghost by children; and for a pollard willow by men, when, on their way home in the dusk, they saw him motionless by some rushy bank, unobservant of the decline of day.

他孩子误认为是鬼魂；而对于一棵男的柳树，当他在黄昏回家的路上，他他在一些湍急的河岸上一动不动，没有注意白天的衰落。