By-and-by I saw a great fowl, like a hawk, sitting upon a tree within shot; so, to let Friday understand a little what I would do, I called him to me again, pointed at the fowl, which was indeed a parrot, though I thought it had been a hawk; I say, pointing to the parrot, and to my gun, and to the ground under the parrot, to let him see I would make it fall, I made him understand that I would shoot and kill that bird; accordingly, I fired, and bade him look, and immediately he saw the parrot fall.
Volví a cargar la escopeta, y para que Viernes comprendiera un poco lo que iba a hacer, lo llamé nuevamente y le mostré el pájaro, que, en realidad era una cotorra, aunque al principio me hubiese parecido un halcón. Entonces, señalé al pájaro y luego a mi escopeta y a la tierra que estaba debajo del pájaro para que viera dónde lo haría caer.