19 Charlies Flying Lessons

Charlie's Flying Lessons written by Pam Holden illustrated by Kelvin Hawley

《查理的飞行课》，帕姆·霍尔顿著，开尔文·霍利配图

Charlie watched some herons when they made their nest up high in a tree. One day he saw a baby bird fall out of its nest. It fell a long way down. Charlie could not put it back way up there!

查理看到一些苍鹭在高高的树上筑巢。 一天，他看见一只小鸟从巢里掉了出来。 它掉了很长一段路。查理没法把它放回去!

"I could look after you, little bird," he said. "I know what you need." He took the baby heron home to look after it. First, he made a little nest for it.

“我可以照顾你，小鸟，”他说。 “我知道你需要什么。”他把小苍鹭带回家照顾它。 首先，他为它做了一个小巢。

Charlie gave worms and water to the baby heron. It was hungry and its beak was open. His Dad helped him. They gave the little bird good food every day.

查理给小苍鹭喂虫子和水。 它饿了，嘴巴张着。 他的爸爸帮助了他。他们每天给这只小鸟好食物。

Soon the heron got big. It ran along with Charlie every day, but it didn't ever try to fly. "When will your bird learn to fly?" asked Dad.

不久，苍鹭长大了。它每天和查理一起跑，但从来没有试着飞起来。 “你的鸟什么时候才能学会飞?”爸爸问。

Charlie said, "I will try to show him how to fly." He ran with his kite flying up high to show the bird how things fly. The heron went along with him, but it didn't look up at the kite.

查理说:“我会试着教他怎么飞。” 他带着风筝飞得很高，向鸟儿展示事物是如何飞行的。 苍鹭跟着他走，但它没有抬头看风筝。