Audiobook Dictation: “For all its appalling speed, the…”

For all its appalling speed, the sound of his flight was nothing more than a strong pulsating hiss.

Meski melesat dengan kecepatan yang mengerikan, bunyi terbangnya tak lebih dari desisan kuat yang berdenyut.

Close ahead of him now the teal saw refuge--the flashing line of the rapids.

Kini, tak jauh di depannya, si itik teal melihat tempat berlindung--garis jeram yang berkilauan.

But the hawk was already close upon him.

Tetapi elang itu sudah begitu dekat.

In despair he hurled himself downward too soon.

Dengan putus asa, ia menukik ke bawah terlalu cepat.

It was enough, however, and the unhappy teal was hurled earthward, flapping through the tips of the branches.

Namun itu sudah cukup, dan itik teal yang malang itu terlempar ke tanah, menggelepar menembus ujung-ujung dahan.

The great hawk followed hurriedly, to retrieve his prey from the ground.

Elang besar itu buru-buru menyusul, untuk mengambil mangsanya dari tanah.

As it chanced, however, the victim came down with a thud almost beneath the whiskered nose of the wildcat.

Namun kebetulan, korban itu jatuh berdebam hampir tepat di bawah moncong berkumis si kucing hutan.

A pounce, and the great cat had her paw upon it, and crouched snarling up at the hawk.

Sekali terkam, kucing besar itu sudah menindihnya dengan cakar, lalu meringkuk sambil menggeram ke arah elang.

But wisdom came to him just in time, and he did not strike home.

Tetapi kebijaksanaan datang kepadanya tepat pada waktunya, dan ia tidak jadi menyambar.