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.

他经常被孩子们误认为是鬼魂；而对于，当他们在黄昏回家路上，他们看到他在些湍急河岸上动不动，没有注意到白天衰落。