4 Part 04

After a while he said, 'That's enough sticks. Now I want leaves and feathers and things like that to make the inside nice and soft.' The building of the nest went on and on. It took a long time. But at last it was finished. 'Try it,' said Mr Gregg, hopping back. He was very pleased with his work. 'Oh, isn't it lovely!' cried Mrs Gregg, going into it and sitting down. 'I feel I might lay an egg any moment!' The others all got in beside her. 'How warm it is!' said William. 'And what fun to be living so high up,' said Philip. 'We may be small, but nobody can hurt us up here.' 'But what about food?' said Mrs Gregg. 'We haven't had a thing to eat all day.' 'That's right,' Mr Gregg said. 'So we will now fly back to the house and go in by an open window and get the tin of biscuits when the ducks aren't looking.'

过了一会儿，他说:“这些棍子够了。 现在我想要树叶和羽毛之类的东西，让里面又软又漂亮。”鸟巢的建造一直在进行。 花了很长时间。但最后还是完成了。 “试试吧，”葛雷格先生说着跳了回来。 他对自己的工作非常满意。 “啊，多可爱啊!”葛雷格太太喊道，走进去坐了下来。 “我觉得我随时都可能下蛋!”其他人都在她旁边上了车。 “多暖和啊!”威廉说。 "住在这么高的地方，真有意思，"菲利普说。 “我们也许很小，但在这里没人能伤害我们。“那食物呢?”葛雷格太太说。 “我们一整天没吃东西了。“对，”葛雷格先生说。 “所以我们现在要飞回房子，趁鸭子们不注意的时候，从一扇开着的窗户进去拿那罐饼干。”

'Oh, we will be pecked to bits by those dirty great ducks!' cried Mrs Gregg. 'We shall be very careful, my love,' said Mr Gregg. And off they went. But when they got to the house, they found all the windows and doors closed. There was no way in. 'Just look at that beastly duck cooking at my stove!' cried Mrs Gregg as she flew past the kitchen window. 'How dare she!' 'And look at that one holding my lovely gun!' shouted Mr Gregg.

“哦，我们会被那些肮脏的大鸭子啄成碎片的!”葛雷格太太叫道。 “我们会非常小心的，亲爱的，”葛雷格先生说。 他们走了。但是当他们到达房子时，他们发现所有的窗户和门都关着。 没有办法进去。“看看那只在我炉子边做饭的可恶的鸭子!”葛雷格夫人飞过厨房窗户时叫道。 “她怎么敢!”“看那个拿着我可爱的枪的人!”葛雷格先生喊道。

'One of them is lying in my bed!' yelled William, looking into a top window. 'And one of them is playing with my electric train!' cried Philip.

“其中一个躺在我的床上!”威廉望着顶楼的窗户喊道。 “其中一个在玩我的电动火车!”菲利普嚷道。

'Oh, dear! Oh, dear!' said Mrs Gregg. 'They have taken over our whole house! We shall never get it back. And what are we going to eat?' 'I will not eat worms,' said Philip. 'I would rather die.' 'Or slugs,' said William. Mrs Gregg took the two boys under her wings and hugged them. 'Don't worry,' she said. 'I can mince it all up very fine and you won't even know the difference. Lovely slugburgers. Delicious wormburgers.'

“哦,亲爱的!哦,天哪!葛雷格太太说。 “他们占领了我们整个房子!”我们再也拿不回来了。 那我们吃什么呢?"我不吃虫子，"菲利普说。 “我宁愿去死。“或者鼻涕虫。”威廉说。 葛雷格太太把两个男孩抱在怀里。 “别担心，”她说。“我可以把它们剁得很碎，你甚至看不出有什么区别。 可爱的slugburgers。美味wormburgers。”

'Oh no!' cried William. 'Never!' said Philip. 'Disgusting!' said Mr Gregg. 'Just because we have wings, we don't have to eat bird food. We shall eat apples instead. Our trees are full of them. Come on!' So they flew off to an apple tree.

“哦,不!威廉叫道。“从来没有!”菲利普说。 “恶心!”葛雷格先生说。 “仅仅因为我们有翅膀，我们就不必吃鸟食。 我们改吃苹果吧。 我们的树上满是它们。 来吧!”于是他们飞到一棵苹果树上。

But to eat an apple without holding it in your hands is not at all easy. Every time you try to get your teeth into it, it just pushes away. In the end, they were able to get a few small bites each. And then it began to get dark, so they all flew back to the nest and lay down to sleep.

但是要吃苹果而不拿在手里是不容易的。 每次你想把牙齿咬进去，它就会推开。 最后，他们每个人都能咬上几口。 然后天开始变黑了，所以他们都飞回了巢，躺下睡觉。