49 Wait and See

Wait and See by Elena Martin With the Editors of TIME FOR KIDS

埃琳娜·马丁和《儿童时代》的编辑们一起等着瞧

Chapter 1 An Egg Hatches What is hatching from these eggs? Baby birds! The mother laid the eggs. The mother and father kept the eggs warm. The parents will give the babies food and keep them safe after they hatch. Soon the babies will grow up. They will care for themselves. Other animals hatch from eggs, too. Birds take care of their young, or babies. But many animals leave before their eggs hatch. Look at the eggs in these pictures. What will hatch? How will the babies eat? How will they stay safe? Wait and see!

第一章蛋孵出来了这些蛋孵出了什么? 小鸟小孩!妈妈下了蛋。 妈妈和爸爸给蛋保温。 幼崽孵化后，父母会给它们食物并保护它们的安全。 孩子们很快就要长大了。 他们会照顾自己。 其他动物也是蛋孵出来的。 鸟类照顾它们的幼鸟或婴儿。 但许多动物在蛋孵化前就离开了。 看看这些图片里的蛋。 什么会孵化?孩子们怎么吃? 他们如何保证安全?等着瞧!

Chapter 2 Big Changes A mother animal left the egg in this picture. The mother traveled many miles. She found a milkweed plant. She put this small egg on a leaf. Then she flew away. When the baby hatches, it will not look like its mother. The baby hatches. It is a hungry caterpillar! The caterpillar eats her egg. Then she eats the milkweed leaf. She grows for two weeks. She makes a case around herself. Now the caterpillar is a pupa.

在这幅图中，一只母动物留下了蛋。 母亲跋涉了许多英里。 她发现了一株马利筋。 她把这个小鸡蛋放在一片叶子上。 然后她飞走了。当宝宝孵化出来时，它看起来不会像它的妈妈。 婴儿孵出来了。这是一只饥饿的毛毛虫!毛毛虫吃了她的蛋。 然后她吃了马利筋的叶子。 她长了两个星期。她以自己为例。 现在毛毛虫是蛹。

Two more weeks pass. The pupa changed. She is a beautiful monarch butterfly! Now the butterfly will fly away. In a year, the butterfly will look for a milkweed leaf. What will the butterfly do when she finds a milkweed leaf?

又过了两个星期。蛹变了。 她是一只美丽的帝王蝶!现在蝴蝶要飞走了。 一年后，蝴蝶会寻找马利筋的叶子。 当蝴蝶发现马利筋叶子时会做什么?

Chapter 3 Make a Splash A small frog found a good place in the rain forest. She laid eggs. The mother left jelly around the eggs to keep them safe. Then she hopped away. The father stayed to watch over the eggs. The mother will come back when the eggs hatch. Tadpoles hatch from the eggs. The tadpoles wiggle onto their mother's back. The tadpoles look like fish. They have gills like fish, too. The tadpoles need to be in water to breathe. The mother puts her tadpoles in water.

一只小青蛙在雨林里找到了一个好地方。 她下蛋了。母亲在蛋周围留下了果冻以保证它们的安全。 然后她跳开了。父亲留下来照看蛋。 蛋孵化后，母企鹅就会回来。 蝌蚪从卵中孵化出来。 蝌蚪们在妈妈的背上扭动。 蝌蚪看起来像鱼。 它们也像鱼一样有鳃。 蝌蚪需要在水里呼吸。 妈妈把她的蝌蚪放进水里。