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.

经常被孩子误认为是鬼魂；一棵男的柳树，在黄昏回家的路上，看到在一些湍急的河岸上一动不动，没有注意到白天的衰落。