But alas! We do like cowbirds and cuckoos, which lay their eggs in nests which other birds have built, and cheer no traveler with their chattering and unmusical notes.

可是，唉！我们不喜欢燕八哥和杜鹃，它们跑到别个禽所筑造的巢中去，那叽叽喳喳的不协和乐音并不能使行路经过的人听了快乐。

I will keep the chickens for eggs, she thought.

她想，我会把鸡留着让它们。

Well, the super-flock actually killed each other, so it turned out that the average flock laid more eggs in total and was more successful.

好吧，特级鸡群事实上杀死了彼此，所以结果是普通鸡群总数最多，并且它们是更成功的。

This is where they mate and lay their eggs.

他们会在水里配对、。

But his hens still haven't laid their first eggs.

但是他的母鸡还没有开始。

Most birds lay their eggs in their nests.

大部分的在它们的巢中。

And my chickens have stopped laying eggs.

我的鸡已经不了。

And this rabbit was still able to lay eggs like a bird.

而这只兔子还能像。

And Terrence, now Terry, started acting weird, laying eggs.

特伦斯，现在叫特里，开始举止怪异，。

Quick anecdote about that is that cuckoos know that the host birds can count.

还有个小故事，杜鹃知道寄主在时会数数。

Why aren't the chickens laying any eggs?

小鸡们为什么不？

After an egg is laid, albatrosses take turns sitting on it to keep it warm.

后，它们会轮流坐在上以保持的温度。

I don't graze pastures, pull plows, lay eggs, produce drinkable milk, or make wool.

我不去放牧，不拉犁，不，不产奶，也不产羊毛。

You're laying an egg--that is, I hope you are--and you are entitled to privacy.

你正在 --我是说，我希望你如此--你应该有天鹅隐私权。

You're kickin' up more sand than a sea turtle layin' eggs.

你踢起来的沙子 比海龟踢得还多。

The shape made them perfect nesting sites for these birds.

这种形状使它们成为这些儿的最佳场所。

But they will hatch within two weeks of being laid.

不过它们会在后两星期内孵化。

They're not just all laying their eggs within a few weeks of each other.

它们并不是用几周的时间来。

I would not see an egg laid if I stayed there, so I went to an empty henhouse, and I hid in the straw at the back, and I waited and I waited and I waited.

如果我待在那里，我就看不到，所以我去了个空鸡舍，我藏在后面的稻草里，我就在那等啊等啊等。

I can't believe it's Christmas already. You know, I mean, one day your eating turkey, the next thing ya know, your lords are a-leaping and you geese are a-laying.

真不敢相信圣诞节又到了。我们才刚吃完了感恩节火鸡，转眼呢，现在又到了圣人跳跃和呆鹅的圣诞节。