第10章 WELCOME, LITTLE ROBIN 你好，小知更鸟
On a cold winter day a poor little robin once came to a window. Some children who saw it, opened the window very gently, and the robin came hopping into the room. The children fed it with crumbs, and then let it fly away again. During the winter it came back several times to its little friends;but when the warm weather came, it flew away to the woods.
Welcome, little Robin
With the scarlet breast!
In this winter weather
Cold must be your nest.
Hopping o'er the carpet,
Picking up the crumbs,
Robin knows the children
Love him when he comes.
Is the story true, Robin,
You were once so good
To the little orphans
Sleeping in the wood?
Did you see them lying,
Pale, and cold, and still,
And strew leaves above them
With your little bill?
Whether true or not, Robin,
We are glad to see
How you trust us children,
Walking in so free.
Hopping o'er the carpet,
Picking up the crumbs,
Robin knows the children
Love him when he comes.
And though little Robin
Has no gift of speech,
Yet he can a Lesson
To the children teach;
Still to trust that blessings
Will be richly given,
When they ask their lend
For their bread from there.
— J. D. B.
Questions
What did the children do when the robin came to the window? What did the robin do? During what time did he come back? Where did he go when the warm weather came? What did the robin show by hopping in so freely? What Lesson does he teach to children?
Pronunciation
wel'-come hop'-ping sto'-ry wheth'-er rich'-ly
rob'-in car'-pet lit'-tle walk'-ing giv'-en
scar'-let pick'-ling sleep'-ing les'-son Fa'-ther
weath'-er chil'-dren ly'-ing win'-ter heav'-en
Write
breast true trust though
crumbs once strew speech
在一个寒冷的冬天，一只可怜的小知更鸟飞到窗边。一些小朋友看到了，轻轻地打开窗户，小知更鸟跳着进入了房间。小朋友们给它吃了些面包屑，就让它飞走了。寒冬时节，它好几次来到小朋友身边；但天气变暖时，它又飞回了树林里。
欢迎你，小知更鸟，
看着你那鲜红的胸脯！
在这个寒冷的冬天，
你的巢里一定很冷。
踩着地毯跳跃，
吃着面包屑，
知更鸟知道
孩子们喜欢它的到来。
这个故事是真的吗，知更鸟，
你曾经是如此善待
那些睡在树林里的小孤儿？
你看到他们静静地躺在那里，
它们脸色苍白，
全身冰冷，
是你用力在它们身上
洒满树叶？
不论是不是真的，知更鸟，
我们很高兴看到，
你是多么信任孩子们，
自由自在地走着。
踩着地毯跳跃，
吃着面包屑，
知更鸟知道
孩子们喜欢它的到来。
尽管小知更鸟
不会花言巧语。
但是它教给了孩子们
一个道理——
当我们从大地那里
得到面包时，
我不但要有美德，
更要相信美德。
-J.D.B.