A setting hen under the hay flew into my face and floated to earth, squawking and shrilling.

干草下的一只落水母鸡飞到我的脸上， 然后飘到地上， 尖叫着。

I needed no proof that they were with me, but he burrowed under the house to make his point and after frightening a setting hen from her nest near one chimney, emerged with termites clustered in dozens on his shirt sleeves.

我不需要证明他们和我在一起的证据，但他在房子下面挖了个洞来证明他的观点，在从一个靠近烟囱的巢穴里吓跑了一只母鸡后，他的衬衫袖子上出现了成群结队的白蚁。