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WHAT MOTHER PARTRIDGE TAUGHT HER BABIES
鷓鴣媽媽教給孩子們的東西
The sun was hot now, and there was an open place to cross on the way to the water. So the mother spread out her tail like a fan, and gathered the little things in the shadow under it. In this way, she kept off all danger of sunstroke until they reached the bushes by the stream.
現在太陽很烈，到水邊需要穿過一片空地。于是鷓鴣媽媽把尾巴展成扇子狀，把孩子們聚到它的陰影下面。這樣，她能避開中暑的所有危險，直到到達溪邊的灌木叢里。
Here a cotton-tail rabbit leaped out and gave them a great scare. But he was an old friend; and one of the many things the little partridges learned that day was that Bunny always wants to live in peace with his neighbors.
這時，一只白尾灰兔跳了出來，嚇了他們一大跳。但他是個老朋友了。小鷓鴣們那天學到的許多東西中，有一件就是兔子總想和鄰居和睦相處。
And then came the drink, the purest of running water. At first the little fellows didn't know how to drink, but they watched their mother, and soon learned to drink as she did.
隨后他們到了飲水的地方，也就是最純凈的活水那里。起初，小家伙們不知道怎么喝水，但他們看了媽媽的做法后，不久就學會像她一樣喝水了。
There they stood in a row along the edge of the brook, twelve little brown-and-golden balls on twenty-four little pink-toed feet, with twelve sweet little golden heads bowing and drinking.
他們排成一排站在小溪邊，就像12顆棕金色的小球長著24只帶粉紅腳尖的小腳，12顆可愛的小金頭一彎一彎地喝著水。
Then Mother Partridge led her brood to the meadow. Here there was a great grassy hump, which she had seen some time before.
然后，鷓鴣媽媽帶著她的孩子們來到草地上。這兒有一個大草包，她以前見過。
This was an ants' nest. The mother stepped on top of it, and then gave half a dozen rakes with her claws. The ant-hill was broken open and its insides scattered.
它是螞蟻的巢穴。鷓鴣媽媽踩到它上面，用爪子耙了六下。蟻丘被打破了，里面的東西散落一地。
