Audiobook Dictation: “Just as he made his cast…”

Just as he made his cast, he saw the fleeing drake and the pursuing hawk come round the bend.

Tepat saat ia melempar kailnya, ia melihat itik jantan yang melarikan diri dan elang yang mengejarnya muncul di tikungan.

He saw the frantic fugitive dive over the ledge and disappear.

Ia melihat buronan yang panik itu menukik melewati tebing dan menghilang.

He saw the great hawk swoop savagely.

Ia melihat elang besar itu menyambar dengan buas.

He tried to check his cast, but it was too late.

Ia mencoba menahan lemparannya, tetapi sudah terlambat.

The last drop-fly, as luck would have it, caught just in the corner of the hawk's angrily open beak, hooking itself firmly.

Umpan lalat terakhir, kebetulan sekali, tersangkut tepat di sudut paruh elang yang menganga marah, mengait dengan kuat.

At the sudden sharp sting of it, the great bird turned his head and noticed, for the first time, the fisherman standing on the bank.

Merasakan sengatan tajam yang tiba-tiba itu, burung besar itu menoleh dan, untuk pertama kalinya, melihat si pemancing yang berdiri di tepi sungai.

At the same moment he felt the light restraint of the almost invisible leader upon his wings, where the other two flies had affixed themselves.

Pada saat yang sama ia merasakan tahanan ringan dari tali pemimpin yang nyaris tak terlihat pada sayapnya, tempat dua umpan lalat lainnya tersangkut.

The drag upon his beak and the light check upon his wings were inexplicable to him, and appalling.

Tarikan pada paruhnya dan tahanan ringan pada sayapnya tak bisa ia pahami, dan sungguh mengerikan.

For a moment the fisherman, bewildered, tried to play him like a salmon.

Sejenak si pemancing, yang kebingungan, mencoba mengulurnya seperti ikan salmon.

Then the leader parted from the line.

Lalu tali pemimpin itu putus dari senar.