第78章 对此毋庸置疑 There Is No Doubt About It (第2/5页)

却睡不着。它听到了一些事，但又好像没听到，就像我们在这个世上常常不得不这样做，为的是能和平相处；但它再也忍不住不把这事告诉另一边的邻居了。

It was dark all around, and hen sat close to hen, but the one who sat nearest to her merry neighbour did not sleep. She had heard and yet not heard, as we are often obliged to do in this world, in order to live at peace; but she could not keep it from her neighbour on the other side any longer.

“你听到刚才说的话了吗？我就不指名道姓了，但这儿有只母鸡打算啄自己的毛来让自己好看。要是我是只公鸡，我可会看不起她的。”

“did you hear what was said? I mention no names, but there is a hen here who intends to pluck herself in order to look well. If I were a cock, I should despise her.”

就在家禽们的上方，坐着猫头鹰一家，有猫头鹰爸爸和小猫头鹰们。这一家子耳朵都很尖，邻居说的每一个字它们都听到了。它们转动着眼睛，猫头鹰妈妈拍打着翅膀说：“别听她的！不过我猜你们也听到刚才说的话了吧？我可是亲耳听到的，而且耳朵要听很多东西才会掉呢。家禽里有一只鸡已经完全忘了一只母鸡该有的样子，她把自己所有的羽毛都拔光了，还让公鸡看呢。”

Just over the fowls sat the owl, with father owl and the little owls. the family has sharp ears, and they all heard every word that their neighbour had said. they rolled their eyes, and mother owl, beating her wings, said: “don’t listen to her! but I suppose you heard what was said? I heard it with my own ears, and one has to hear a great deal before they fall off. there is one among the fowls who has so far forgotten what is being to a hen that she plucks out all her feathers and lets the cock see it.”

“孩子们可别听这些！” 猫头鹰爸爸说；“小孩子可不该听这种事。”

“prenez garde aux enfants!” said father owl; “children should not hear such things.”

“可我得把这事告诉我们的邻居猫头鹰；和她聊天可有意思了。” 说完她就飞走了。

“but I mus