首先，奇怪的是，猫头鹰已经死了。当时它似乎几乎很有趣，那只胖，蓬松的白鸟躺在这里和那里，在院子里和街道上。不像活着的猫头鹰那样逃脱的通知，不像暮光之城更早出来。
(First, strangely, the owls had died. At the time it had seemed almost funny, the fat, fluffy white birds lying here and there, in yards and on streets; coming out no earlier than twilight as they had while alive the owls escaped notice.)