……这老人对于他的灯塔,灯,岩石,沙滩,和孤独的生活,都已渐渐熟习。而且他对于那些巢居于岩穴中的,每到薄暮时便飞集到塔顶上来的海鸥也熟悉了。史卡汶思基常常将残余的食物丢给它们,不久它们都驯服了,此后每当他给它们喂食的时候,便有一大阵白翅在他周围飞扑,于是老人在这些海鸟中 ... The old man has gradually become familiar with his beacon, lights, rocks, beaches, and lonely life. And he was also familiar with the seagulls flying to the top of the potholders every evening as they nestled in the cave. Schwanschi often threw the leftover food to them, and soon they both tamed, and every time he fed them, a large array of white winged bees flew around him, so the elderly in these seabirds