Chapter 2

Chapter 2 "We're here!" announced Barbara. She walked around to the back of the car, popped open the hatch, and gently placed the birdcage on the ground. "Welcome to the farm!" She grabbed her backpack, opened the birdcage door, and headed toward the house. "Make yourselves at home." J. J. jumped out of the hatch and bolted toward the wide, grassy field. Moosh sprung out right behind him and then made a beeline for the front porch to reunite with her sisters. Dirt, Poppy, and Sweetie hopped out of the open birdcage and waited for Sugar to join them. "Well?" prodded Dirt.

“我们到了！”芭芭拉宣布。 她走到车后面，打开舱门，轻轻地把鸟笼放在地上。 “欢迎来到农场！”她抓起背包，打开鸟笼门，朝房子走去。 “别客气。” J. J.跳出舱口，奔向宽阔的草地。 木什就在他身后跳了出来，然后径直跑到前廊去和她的姐妹们团聚。 泥土、波比和小甜甜从敞开的鸟笼里跳出来，等着小甜甜加入他们。 “怎么样？”

"I have a weird feeling," said Sugar. "I can't put my finger on it." "Oh-kay," Dirt said slowly. "What kind of weird feeling?" "It's called instinct, kid," answered Sugar. "Oh-kay," Dirt said slowly again. "Do you feel it now?" asked Sugar. "Feel what?" asked Dirt. "The weird feeling?" Sugar insisted. "Yes," replied Dirt. "A mob of awkwardly silent chicken cousins is staring at us now. And you're right, that does feel really weird." Dirt turned to the crowd and gave them a small wave. "Be right with you!" J. J. trotted back to the cage. "Well?"

“我有一种奇怪的感觉，”休格说。 “我说不清楚。” “哦——好吧。”泥土慢慢地说。 “什么奇怪的感觉？”“这叫本能，孩子，”休格回答。 “哦——好吧。”泥土又慢慢地说。 “你现在感觉到了吗？”糖问道。 “感觉什么？”泥土问。“那种奇怪的感觉？”糖坚持。 “是的。”泥土回答。“一群沉默得令人尴尬的鸡表亲正盯着我们看。 你说得对，这确实感觉很奇怪。” Dirt转向人群，向他们挥了挥手。 “我马上就来！”J·J。 跑回笼子。“嗯?”

"Sugar feels weird," explained Dirt. "Sugar is weird," sighed J. J. He shrugged and ran back toward the open fields. "Are you afraid of new places too?" asked Sugar. "You can have my shoe: I always take it with me when I feel a little bit scared. It's right here in the car." "Who said anything about being scared?" asked Sugar. "I just—" "Come on, Sugar!" Moosh called, emerging from the family flock on the porch. "Come meet your cousins! They're all so excited!!" "Coming, Mom!" Sugar reluctantly left the cage and trudged to the front porch with Poppy, Sweetie, and Dirt. Before the first cousin could open his mouth, a Moosh look-alike appeared next to Moosh and blew into a whistle hanging around her neck. "Line up! Single file! No talking! Take your places!" Dirt and Sugar exchanged glances. "Like we practiced!" said the Moosh look-alike. The

“糖感觉怪怪的，”污垢解释道。 “糖很奇怪，”J叹了口气。 他耸耸肩，跑回空旷的田野。 “你也害怕新地方吗？”糖问道。 “你可以拿着我的鞋：当我感到有点害怕的时候，我总是带着它。” 就在车里。” “谁说我害怕了？”休格问。 “我只是——”“来吧，甜心！”木什叫道，从门廊上的家庭鸟群中走了出来。 “来见见你的表兄妹吧！”他们都很兴奋！！”“来,妈妈!”小甜甜不情愿地离开笼子，和波比、小甜甜、小土一起艰难地走到前廊。 第一个表兄还没来得及开口，一个长得像穆希的人就出现在穆希身边，对着挂在穆希脖子上的哨子吹了一声。 “排队!单一文件!不说话!各就各位！”污垢和糖交换了一下眼色。 “就像我们练习过一样！”长得像木什的人说。 的

chaotic mob of porch chickens was now an orderly single-file line that wrapped all the way around the house. They marched past the chicken squad and nodded hello, giving their names one at a time. "Bailey." "Bassie." "Beatrice." "Belle." "Bernadette." "Bert." Sugar, Dirt, Poppy, and Sweetie nodded politely at each chicken as they politely introduced themselves, with no end in sight. After the first few minutes, Moosh and the Moosh-look-alike whistling chicken climbed back to the porch to catch up with their sisters.

门廊上那群乱糟糟的鸡，现在已经整齐地排成一列纵队，把房子团团围住了。 他们走过养鸡队，点头问好，一次报出一个名字。 “贝利”。“是。”“贝雅特丽齐。” “美女”。“伯纳黛特。”“伯特”。 Sugar, Dirt， Poppy和Sweetie礼貌地向每只鸡点头，礼貌地自我介绍，没完没了。 几分钟后，穆希和那只长得像穆希的吹着口哨的小鸡爬回门廊去追它们的姐妹们。

"How are we ever going to remember all of their names?" cried Poppy. "I don't want to be rude!" "They're in alphabetical order," answered Dirt. "And I'm writing them all down." "They all have B names, kid," said Sugar. "You can't alphabetize words that start with the same letter." The chicken squad continued to

“我们怎么可能记住他们所有人的名字呢？”波比叫道。 “我不想失礼！”“它们是按字母顺序排列的。”泥土回答。 “我把它们都写下来了。” “他们的名字都是B，孩子，”休格说。 “你不能把以同一个字母开头的单词按字母顺序排列。” 鸡队继续