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的孩子中最聪明的，最机灵的，最有才能的。

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

四鹅被盗，但后来从当地一家宠物店被找回。

" Ready! " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“准备好了！”除路易斯外的所有鹅都这么大叫。

The first cygnet looked at Sam and said, " Beep." The second cygnet looked at Sam and said, " Beep."

“哔。”第二鹅望着姆说：“哔。”

" Go? " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“走？”除路易斯外的所有鹅都叫起来。

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

第五鹅则完全不同。他张开了嘴，可什么都没说出来。

Louis was the first of the young cygnets to become airborne, ahead of all his brothers and sisters.

路易斯是第一升到空中的鹅，他飞到了他的哥哥姐姐们的前面。

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

“吭—嗬！”这鹅叫起来。他跑到了他的父母旁边。“看！看！看！”

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

雄鹅看见了。雌鹅看见了。鹅们也看见了。他们光是看了又看而已。

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

“为什么不能？”除路易斯外的所有鹅大嚷。

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

第三鹅用同样的方式对姆打招呼。第四也是。

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

她走到她的鹅们睡觉的地方，挨着他们蹲坐下来。

And his family had increased during the months he had spent with Sam Beaver at school. There were now six new cygnets.

在他和姆比弗一起上学的这几个月里，他的家庭成员增加了。现在这里多了六新生的鹅。

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

不久，另一鹅也出来了。然后是另一。这时那第一为了取暖又跑回到妈妈的羽毛里面去了。

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

有了五鹅。他们都是棕灰色的，看起来有点儿脏，不过很可爱。

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

他喜欢和其他的鹅们比赛，看谁能在水下游得最远，潜得最久。

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

路易斯就会捐出他的一鹅来，就像他曾经答应过的那样。

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

想着春和鸟窝还有鹅们。哦，又到了绿色的春！

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，鹅们也孵出了壳——共有四。

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

不管怎么说，它都是一鹅，而且活得很健康。