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

路易斯就会捐出他的一只小天鹅来，就像他曾经答应过的那样。

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

到时候，蛋终于被下了出来，小天鹅们也孵出了壳——共有四只。

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

四只小天鹅被盗，但后来从当地一家宠物店被找回。

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

想着天和鸟窝还有小天鹅们。哦，又到了绿色的天！

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

小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。

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

实际上，我认能是我所有的孩子中最聪明的，最机灵的，最有才能的。

So the queen cygnets didn't have any nicks.

所以那些小天鹅宝宝身上都没有伤痕。

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

“一、二、三、四、五。五只小天鹅，这就像我还活着一样以肯定！”

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

小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。

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。

He was thinking of swans' nests, and eggs, and the hatching of eggs, and the cygnets following their father in single file.

他正在想着天鹅的窝，鸟蛋，孵蛋的情景，还有那些跟着他们的父亲飞成一行的小天鹅们。

Then he set off very slowly, with the cygnets following along in single file. Their mother brought up the rear.

然后他慢慢地出发了，身后跟着排成一行的小天鹅。他们的妈妈跟在最后面。

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

“吭—嗬！”这只小天鹅叫起来。他跑到了他的父母旁边。“看！看！看！”

And they would go along the Thames from Teddington to Henley, and put nicks in the beaks of all the cygnets born.

他们沿着泰晤士河从特丁顿航行到亨利，给所有新生的小天鹅的喙上刻上标记。

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

轻的雌天鹅们都开始注意他了，因他显得和其他的小天鹅们完全不同。

He liked to compete with other cygnets to see who could swim underwater the greatest distance and stay down the longest.

他喜欢和其他的小天鹅们比赛，看谁能在水下游得最远，潜得最久。

The fifth cygnet was different. He opened his mouth but didn't say a thing.

第五只小天鹅则完全不同。他张开了嘴，什么都没说出来。

The third cygnet greeted Sam the same way. So did the fourth.

第三只小天鹅用同样的方式对萨姆打招呼。第四只也是。

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。小天鹅们也看见了。他们光是看了又看而已。

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

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