Just to the right of the fountain is a small swan.

喷泉右边是一只小天鹅。

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。

As soon as the young ones are hatched, away the little creatures run to the water!

当小天鹅被俘化出来，这些小生物就迫不及待里！

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，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.

路易斯是第一只升到空中小天鹅，他飞到了他哥哥姐姐们前面。

For the young swans, as they learn to fly, the Himalayas pose their first challenge.

新出生小天鹅们将在此开启生命中第一次迁徙旅程，喜山将会是它们飞行途中第一个挑战。

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

“哔。”第二只小天鹅望着萨姆说：“哔。”

He wondered whether a young swan would be accepted in a classroom of children.

他不知道一只小天鹅能不能被孩子们课堂所接收。

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。

" Ready! " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“准备好了！”除路易斯外所有小天鹅都这么大叫。

" Go? " cried all the cygnets except Louis.

“走？”除路易斯外所有小天鹅都叫起来。

No other young swan had disappeared from the lakes--only Louis.

湖上从没有失踪过别小天鹅--除了路易斯以外。

Mrs. March laughed, and smoothed down her maternal pride as she asked, " Well, my swan, what is your plan? "

奇太太笑了，一面压制着自己母性自尊，一面问道，“那么我小天鹅，你计划是怎样？”

" 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。他跑到了他父母旁边。“看！看！看！”

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

第三只小天鹅用同样方式对萨姆打招呼。第四只也是。

In March each year, juvenile swans set off from India, southern Africa and other distant parts of the world, to live and breed here.

每年3月小天鹅从印度非洲南部等地启程来此栖息繁衍。

A swan's egg will open and out will come a little swan.

一个天鹅蛋最终会破壳，一只小天鹅会从里面钻出来。

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

不久，另一只小天鹅也出来了。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。

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

他喜欢和其他小天鹅们比赛，看谁能在下游得最远，潜得最久。

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小天鹅。