"That squid wasn't quick enough." He figured it out. "The squid couldn't kill the lobster--he had no weapon. The lobster could kill the squid--he was heavily armed. There was nothing for the squid to feed on; the lobster had the squid as prey. What was the result to be? What else could it be? He didn't have a chance," he concluded finally, as he trotted on homeward. The incident made a great impression on him.英文原著 · 《The Financier》
One morning he stood in front of the tank, his nose almost pressed to the glass. Only a portion of the squid remained, and his ink-bag was emptier than ever. In the corner of the tank sat the lobster, poised apparently for action. The boy stayed as long as he could, the bitter struggle fascinating him. Now, maybe, or in an hour or a day, the squid might die, slain by the lobster, and the lobster would eat him. He looked again at the greenish-copperish engine of destruction in the corner and wondered when this would be. To-night, maybe. He would come back to-night.英文原著 · 《The Financier》
He returned that night, and lo! the expected had happened. There was a little crowd around the tank. The lobster was in the corner. Before him was the squid cut in two and partially devoured. "He got him at last," observed one bystander. "I was standing right here an hour ago, and up he leaped and grabbed him. The squid was too tired.英文原著 · 《The Financier》
He wasn't quick enough. He did back up, but that lobster he calculated on his doing that. He's been figuring on his movements for a long time now. He got him to-day."
Frank only stared. Too bad he had missed this. The least touch of sorrow for the squid came to him as he stared at it slain. Then he gazed at the victor. "That's the way it has to be, I guess," he commented to himself.英文原著 · 《The Financier》
It answered in a rough way that riddle which had been annoying him so much in the past: "How is life organized?" Things lived on each other--that was it. Lobsters lived on squids and other things. What lived on lobsters? Men, of course! Sure, that was it! And what lived on men? he asked himself. Was it other men?英文原著 · 《The Financier》
That light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in, that light can penetrate the depth of the water the squid lives in,演讲 · 《How bacteria talk ~ Bonnie Bassler》