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Finally we started whistling to make him hold his head up. When we first whistled, he ran off a few feet but soon returned. We whistled again, and he just looked up at us. Now Dick caught hold of the two wires which controlled the flares. To set them off the wires had to be touched together. The lion looked up just then, but he was not in the right position. Dick was going to whistle once more, but just as he drew in his breath, the flare went off with a loud report and a blinding flash. His hands had been shaking so that the wires had touched without his knowing it. We teased Dick about that for the rest of the trip. But from the way the truck was shaking at the time, our hands and bodies were trembling as much as his.
最后我們開始吹口哨，讓獅子抬起頭來。我們剛吹口哨時，它跑掉了幾英尺，但很快就回來了。我們又吹口哨，它只是抬頭看著我們。現在迪克抓住了控制信號彈的兩根電線。要把它們分開，就必須把電線連在一起。就在這時，獅子抬起頭來，但他的位置不對。迪克打算再吹一次口哨，但就在吸氣時，信號彈隨著一聲巨響和一道眩目的閃光熄滅了。他的手一直在顫抖，不知不覺竟然碰到了電線。我們在余下的旅程中一直取笑迪克。但從當時卡車搖晃的樣子來看，我們的手和身體也和他一樣在顫抖。
Then this conversation took place.
然后我們開始了如下對話。
Dick said: “I bet the lion wasn’t even in the picture.”
迪克說:“我敢打賭獅子根本不在照片里。”
