" Go? " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“走？”除路易斯外的所有天鹅都叫起来。

" Why not? " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“为什么不能？”除路易斯外的所有天鹅大嚷。

" Ready! " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“准备好了！”除路易斯外的所有天鹅都这么大叫。

Four cygnets were stolen but were later recovered from a local pet shop.

四只天鹅盗，但后来从当地一家宠找回。

" Ko-hoh! " cried the cygnet. He rushed to his father and mother. " Look! Look! Look! "

“吭—嗬！”这只天鹅叫起来。他跑到了他的父。“看！看！看！”

The cygnets crept under their mother's wings. Darkness settled on woods and fields and marsh.

天鹅们都钻到他们妈妈的翅膀底下去了。黑暗笼罩了森林，野地和沼泽。

She walked over to where her sleeping cygnets were and settled down next to them.

她走到她的天鹅们睡觉的地方，挨着他们蹲坐下来。

" One, two, three, four, five. Five cygnets, just as sure as I'm alive! "

“一、二、三、四、五。五只天鹅，这就像我还活着一样可以肯定！”

Actually, I think you are perhaps the brightest, smartest, most intelligent of all my cygnets.

实际上，我认为你可能是我所有的孩子中最聪明的，最机灵的，最有才能的。

Thoughts of springtime and nesting and little cygnets. Oh, ever in the greening spring!

想着春天和鸟窝还有天鹅们。哦，又到了绿色的春天！

There are five cygnets. They are sort of a dirty brownish-gray color, but very cute.

有了五只天鹅。他们都是棕灰色的，看起来有点儿脏，不过很可爱。

And his family had increased during the months he had spent with Sam Beaver at school. There were now six new cygnets.

在他和萨姆比弗一起上学的这几个月里，他的家庭成员增加了。现在这里多了六只新生的天鹅。

The cob stared at it. The mother swan stared at it. The cygnets stared at it. They just stared and stared.

雄天鹅看见了。雌天鹅看见了。天鹅们也看见了。他们光是看了又看而已。

Anyway, it's a cygnet, and it's alive and healthy.

不管怎么说，它都是一只天鹅，而且活得很健康。

My bird book says baby swans are called cygnets.

我的那本介绍鸟类的书里说刚出生的天鹅叫Cygnets。

Soon another cygnet appeared. Then another. Then the first one worked his way down into his mother's feathers again, for warmth.

不久，另一只天鹅也出来了。然后是另一只。这时那第一只为了取暖又跑回到妈妈的羽毛里面去了。

The young females were beginning to notice him because he looked entirely different from the other cygnets.

年轻的雌天鹅们都开始注意他了，因为他显得和其他的天鹅们完全不同。

The cygnets gazed for a second at the water, then tottered forward, gave a jump, and were afloat.

天鹅们对水看了一眼，然后摇晃着走上前去，跳进水里浮了起来。

In time, the eggs were laid and the cygnets were hatched--four of them.

到时候，蛋终于下了出来，天鹅们也孵出了壳——共有四只。

Louis would donate one of his cygnets, just as he had promised.

路易斯就会捐出他的一只天鹅来，就像他曾经答应过的那样。