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

“为什么不能？”除路易斯外所有大嚷。

" Go? " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“走？”除路易斯外所有都叫起来。

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

四只被盗，但后来从当地一家宠物店被找回。

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

们都钻到他们妈妈翅膀底下去了。黑暗笼罩了森林，野地和沼泽。

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

“吭—嗬！”这只叫起来。他跑到了他父母旁边。“看！看！看！”

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

“一、二、三、四、五。五只，这就像我还活着一样可以肯定！”

" Ready! " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“准备好了！”除路易斯外所有都这么大叫。

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

雄看见了。雌看见了。们也看见了。他们光是看了又看而已。

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

有了五只。他们都是棕灰色，看起来有点儿脏，不过很可爱。

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

她走到她们睡觉地方，挨着他们蹲坐下来。

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羽毛里面去了。

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孩子中最聪明，最机灵，最有才能。

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这几个月里，他家庭成员增加了。现在这里多了六只新生。

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

想着春和鸟窝还有们。哦，又到了绿色春！

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

年轻雌们都开始注意他了，因为他显得和其他们完全不同。

My bird book says baby swans are called cygnets.

我那本介绍鸟类书里说刚出生叫Cygnets。

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

们对水看了一眼，然后摇晃着走上前去，跳进水里浮了起来。

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

不管怎么说，它都是一只，而且活得很健康。

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。他们妈妈跟在最后面。

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，们也孵出了壳——共有四只。