82 Monster or Fish

Monster or fish?

是妖还是鱼?

Fishermen and sailors sometimes claim to have seen monsters in the sea.

渔夫和水手们有时声称自己看到过海里的妖怪。

Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen,

虽然人们常常对水手们讲的故事付诸一笑,

it is now known that many of these ‘monsters’which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish.

但现在看来,人们有时看到的这些“妖怪”很多不过是些奇怪的鱼。

Occasionally, unusual creatures are washed to the shore,

一些异常的生物偶尔会被冲到岸上来,

but they are rarely caught out at sea.

但它们在海上却极少能被捕到。