" I am not an eft" ! said Tom; " efts have tails" .
“我不是逃兵”!汤姆说; “eft 有尾巴”。
水孩子
You know they won't? Very well, I daresay you know best. But you see, some folks have a great liking for those poor little efts.
你知道他们不会吗?很好,我敢说你最清楚。但是你看,有些人非常喜欢那些可怜的小东西。
水孩子
" You are an eft, " said the otter, very positively; " I see your two hands quite plain, and I know you have a tail" .
“你是一只流浪汉,”水獭非常肯定地说。 “我看你两只手很素,就知道你有尾巴”。
水孩子
" Fish, you eft, great fish, nice fish to eat. They are the lords of the fish, and we are lords of the salmon;" and she laughed again.
“鱼,你这群鱼,大鱼,好吃的鱼。他们是鱼之王,我们是鲑鱼之王;”她又笑了。
塔中恋人(下)
Choosing her path amid the efts that were basking upon the outer slopes of the plantation she wound her way up the tree-shrouded camp to the wooden cabin in the centre.
And in the water-forest he saw the water-monkeys and water-squirrels (they had all six legs, though; everything almost has six legs in the water, except efts and water-babies); and nimbly enough they ran among the branches.