A Prairie Dog's Life

A Prairie Dog's Life. Written by Julie Mettenberg.

《草原犬鼠的生活》，作者：朱莉·梅滕贝格

The Big Day Spring has come to the prairie. Today Charlie will go outside for the first time. Charlie has lived his first few months below ground. Charlie is a black -tailed prairie dog. But is he really a dog? No. Prairie dogs are actually squirrels, part of the rodent family.

重大的日子：春天来到了大草原上 今天是查理第一次出门 查理出生后的头几个月都住在地下 查理是一只黑尾草原犬鼠 可他真的是狗吗？ 不是哦 草原犬鼠其实属于松鼠类，是啮齿动物家族的一员

Pioneers named the prairie dog because they thought the animal's call sounded like a dog's bark. Charlie loves his warm, cozy burrow, but he wants to go outside. Lucky Charlie. Today, his mother will take him and his three sisters above ground. They will learn about the big world outside.

拓荒者给它起名叫草原犬鼠，是因为觉得它的叫声听起来像狗吠 查理很喜欢自己温暖舒适的地洞，可他好想出去看看呀 查理可真幸运 今天妈妈要带他和三个姐姐到地面上去啦 他们要去认识外面的广阔世界

Welcome to the prairie. The prairie, part of Charlie's name, comes from his habitat. All of the world's grasslands, or prairies, have burrowing mammals that create underground homes. In the United States, that animal is the prairie dog. When he is grown, Charlie will weigh 1 .5 to 3 pounds, 0 .68 to 1 .36 kilograms. Standing on his rear feet, he will be about 1 foot tall, 30 .48 centimeters. That is about the size of a large squirrel or a guinea pig.

欢迎来到大草原 查理名字里的“草原”二字，来源于他的栖息地哦 全世界的草原上，都有会挖洞建造地下家园的哺乳动物 在美国，这种动物就是草原犬鼠 查理成年后体重会达到1.5到3磅，也就是0.68到1.36公斤 用后脚站着的时候，他大概有1英尺高，也就是30.48厘米 差不多和一只大松鼠或者豚鼠一样大

There are five types of prairie dog. They are the Gunnison's, Black -tailed, White -tailed, Mexican, and Utah prairie dogs. The Black -tailed are the most common, living on low -land prairies.

草原犬鼠一共有五种 分别是甘尼森草原犬鼠、黑尾草原犬鼠、白尾草原犬鼠、墨西哥草原犬鼠和犹他草原犬鼠 其中黑尾草原犬鼠最常见，住在地势较低的草原上

Home below ground. Charlie's underground home is called a coterie. Each family has its own small coterie, a hole that is made up of small rooms. Many coteries together make a prairie dog colony. One colony can spread for hundreds of miles and house thousands of dogs.

地下的家 查理的地下家叫做“家族洞” 每个家庭都有自己的小家族洞，洞里有好多小房间哦 好多家族洞连在一起就组成了草原犬鼠的聚居地 一个聚居地可以绵延数百英里，住得上千只草原犬鼠