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Mole found a baby bird.

鼹鼠發現了一隻小鳥。

It had fallen out of its nest.

小鳥從鳥巢裡掉了下來。

Mole waited and waited:

鼹鼠等啊等啊：

but no big bird came to help it -

但是沒有大鳥過來幫忙。

so mole took the baby bird home.

于是，鼹鼠把小鳥帶回了家。

He made a nest for it.

他為小鳥做了一個鳥窩。

"Look!" he said to his mother.

“看，”他對媽媽說。

"It's very, very hard to take care of a baby bird," she said.

“照顧鳥寶寶是件非常非常辛苦的事。”媽媽說。

"They usually die," said his dad.

“它們通常都會死的。”鼹鼠爸爸說。

"My bird won't die," said Mole.

“我的鳥不會死。”小鼹鼠說。

His friends helped him find food for the baby.

他的小夥伴們幫他給鳥寶寶找食物。

His mother showed him how to feed it.

媽媽教小鼹鼠怎麼喂鳥寶寶。

Mole fed it whenever it chirped.

鳥寶寶隻要唧唧一叫，小鼹鼠就喂它。

And the bird didn't die! It grew.

鳥寶寶沒有死，它長大了。

"It's my pet bird," said Mole.

“它是我的寵物鳥，”小鼹鼠說。

"It's not a pet bird.

“它不是寵物鳥，

It's a wild bird," said his mother.

它是一隻野生的小鳥，”媽媽說。

The bird fluttered its wings.

鳥寶寶扇動着它的翅膀。

"Your bird is trying to fly," said his mother.

“你的鳥兒正在試着飛呢，”媽媽說。

"No!" cried Mole. "It mustn't fly!"

“不！”小鼹鼠哭着說：“我不許它飛走！”

Mole found some wood and some nails.

小鼹鼠找了些木頭和釘子。

He borrowed his dad's toolbox.

還從爸爸那裡借來了工具箱。

"What are you making?" asked his dad.

“你要做什麼？”爸爸問。

"I'm making a cage for my pet bird!" said Mole.

“我要給我的寵物鳥做個鳥籠子！”小鼹鼠說。

He put his bird into its new cage.

他把鳥兒放在新籠子裡。

Mole's mother was sad, too.

鼹鼠媽媽也很憂傷。

But Mole kept his bird,

但小鼹鼠就是關着他的鳥，

because he loved it.

因為他愛它。

Then - Grandad came to visit.

有一天爺爺來做客。

He looked at Mole's pet bird.

他看了看小鼹鼠的寵物鳥。

Presently Grandad said,

過了一會爺爺說：

"Let's go for a walk, little Mole."

“我們一起散步去吧，小鼹鼠。”

Grandad took Mole to the top of a high hill.

爺爺帶着小鼹鼠走到了山頂上。

Mole looked down at the trees far below.

小鼹鼠向山下望去，看到了遠處的樹林。

He felt the wild wind trying to lift him.

他覺得原野的風快把他給舉起來了。

"Wheee! I'm flying!" cried Mole.

“哇哦！我在飛啦！”小鼹鼠激動地叫着。

"Nearly," said Grandad.

“差不多啦！”爺爺說。

When Mole got home

當小鼹鼠回到家，

he looked at his bird.

他看了看他的鳥。

It was sitting very still in its cage

在小鼹鼠黑黑的地下室裡，

in Mole's dark underground room.

鳥兒安靜地待在籠子裡。

"Birds are meant to fly, " said Mole.

“鳥兒注定是要飛翔的，”小鼹鼠說。

He opened the cage door,

他打開鳥籠，

and he let his bird fly away,

讓他的鳥飛走了，

because he loved it.

因為他愛它。

Then he cried.

然後，他哭了。

The next day Mole went into the forest.

第二天，小鼹鼠來到森林裡。

He saw his bird flying, soaring, free.

他看到他的鳥自由地飛着。

And Mole was glad.

小鼹鼠感到很高興。