27 THE GOSLING

CHAPTER 27 THE GOSLING Something was happening inside the goose egg. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap, CRUNCH! A tiny bill poked through the eggshell, peeped once, and then continued crunching away. The hole grew bigger and bigger, and then, like a robot breaking from a crate, the hatchling pulled himself out into the world. He lay quietly in his nest with his eyes closed, surrounded by chips of broken shell. And when his eyes slowly winked open, the very first thing he saw was the robot looking back. "Mama! Mama!" peeped the gosling. "I am not your mother," said the robot. "Mama! Mama!" "I am not your mother." "Food! Food!"

第二十七章小鹅蛋里发生了什么事。 拍，拍，拍。拍，拍，拍。 咔嚓，咔嚓，咔嚓！一只小喙从蛋壳里探出头来，瞄了一眼，然后继续吱吱作响。 洞变得越来越大，然后，就像一个机器人从板条箱里挣脱出来一样，刚孵化出来的小家伙把自己拉到了外面的世界里。 他闭着眼睛静静地躺在窝里，周围是破碎的贝壳碎片。 当他的眼睛慢慢睁开时，他看到的第一件事就是机器人在回头看。 “妈妈!妈妈！”小鹅偷偷地说。 “我不是你的妈妈，”机器人说。 “妈妈!妈妈!”“我不是你妈妈。” “食物!食物!”

The gosling was hungry. Of course he was. So, using her friendliest voice, Roz said, "What would you like to eat, little darling?" "Food!" was the only response. The hatchling was far too young to be helpful. Roz needed to find a grown goose. So she scooped up the nest with the gosling inside, placed it on her flat shoulder, and marched through the forest, searching for geese.

小鹅饿了。他当然是。 于是，罗兹用她最友好的声音说：“小宝贝，你想吃点什么？”“吃的！”这是唯一的回答。 这只刚孵化的幼崽还太小，无法提供帮助。 罗兹需要找一只成年鹅。 于是，她把里面有小鹅的巢舀起来，放在她平坦的肩上，穿过森林，寻找鹅。