(原版)澳大利亚语文第二册 LESSON 25
LESSON 25 THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES
THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES
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1. In a field of young, green wheat lark had made her nest. In this nest were four little baby larks. The mother had to fly away every day to get them food.
2. As the days passed, her little ones grew larger and stronger, while all round them the wheat grew tall and began to get ripe.
3. Time went on, and the mother lark was afraid that men would come and cut the wheat; but she hoped they would not do so till her babies could fly and take care of themselves.
4. Every morning before she left the nest, she would say to her little ones, "If any people come here while I am away, try to hear all they say, and tell me when I come back."
5. One day two men came to the field, and the little larks heard one say to the other, "I think this wheat is ripe; go now, my son, and ask our friends to come tomorrow and help us to cut it."
6. The little birds were in great fear. They could hardly wait for their mother to come home. When she got back to her nest, they at once told her what they had heard.
THE LARKS IN THE FIELD OF WHEAT.
7. "There is no need to move just now, my children," said the mother; "we are quite safe here. If the man waits for his friends to help him, the corn will not be cut yet. But listen when he comes again, and tell me what he says."
