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The more varied the kinds of land in the sanctuary, the greater is the variety of wild things that can grow and den and build there.
保護區的土地類型越多，各類野生動植物在這里成長，建巢穴的數量也就越多。
What a number of strange kinds of wild life can be found in any bit of water!
在這片小湖泊中你能發現大量奇怪的野生動物。
How many ferns and lichens will grow on the north walls of a rocky slope!
北面的陡峭斜坡上有很多蕨類植物和地衣。
On a single piece of swamp land as many as eight different wild orchids may grow,
僅在一片沼澤地或許就有八千種不同的蘭花，
and near at hand perhaps twenty-four kinds of ferns may be found.
旁邊或許就會有24種不同的蕨類植物。
The catbird likes a low, briery tangle for his nest; the brown thrasher likes the higher, hardwood sproutlands;
貓鳥喜歡在海拔低的地方建巢，鳥巢里需要布滿荊棘；棕色打谷鳥喜歡地勢高的硬木叢。
the crow wants a tall pine; the broad-winged hawk, a big hard-to-climb white oak.
烏鴉喜歡高高的松樹；寬翅膀的鷹喜歡棲息在高大，難以攀爬的白樺樹。
Get an old, wild-apple tree into the sanctuary for the bluebird, the kingbird, the tree swallow, and the chebec.
為青鳥、王霸鹟、樹燕以及北美小霸翁鳥在保護區種植有年頭的野蘋果樹。
Have a bit of pasture land for the vesper sparrow and the meadowlark;
為栗肩雀鹀和草地鷚設立一小片牧場；
and for the song sparrow put a patch of wild roses in the middle of it.
在保護區中心為歌帶鹀種植一片野玫瑰。
In this sanctuary, so far as possible, you wish every tree to dwell,
到此為止，希望保護區里的每一棵樹都可以成為鳥兒的棲息地，
every shrub, flower, fern, and lichen that were here in the beginning.
每一個灌木，每一朵花，每一個蕨類植物和地衣。
You want every bird and beast and reptile, every fish and frog and crab and shellfish,
你希望每一朵花，每一頭野獸，每一只爬行動物，每一條魚，每一只青蛙，螃蟹和貝類動物，
worm and smallest thing that formerly called the neighborhood his home, to find a dwelling place here, now and always.
蠕蟲，每一個小生物都可以稱這里為家，希望它們永遠可以找到棲息之所。
This will be a place as wild and natural as it originally was,
這里將像最初的樣子一樣，自然荒野，
into which you can slip now and then to watch the wild things all about you.
你可以進入這片保護區，看到圍繞在你周圍的野生動植物。
If arbutus never grew here, do not plant it, though it may grow in the woods not more than twenty miles away.
如果保護區沒有楊梅，那就不要種植，它或許會在不到20英里遠的叢林地區生長。
Don't build cages for wild animals that never belonged here. This is not a wild animal zoo.
不要為野生動物建籠子，它們永遠不屬于那里，這里不是野生動物園。
You don't want any stuffed specimens or boxes of insects and butterflies, for this is not a museum.
你不希望看到任何樣本，或裝箱的昆蟲和蝴蝶，因為這里不是博物館。
It is a wildlife sanctuary for all wild living things which know it as their home.
這里是野生動物保護區，所有野生動植物把這里看作是家。
