Lesson 18　The Kingbird　第18課　必勝鳥

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The kingbird is not bigger than a robin.

He eats fies, and worms, and bugs, and berries.

He builds his nest in a tree, near some house.

When there are young ones in the nest, he sits on the top of a tree near them.

He watches to see that no bird comes to hurt them or their mother.

If a hawk, a crow, or even an eagle comes near, he makes a dash at it.

Though he is so small, he is brave, and he is also very active.

He never fails to drive off other birds from his nest.

He fies around and around the eagle, and suddenly strikes him with his sharp bill.

He strikes at his eye, and then darts away before the eagle can catch him.

Or he strikes from behind, and is off again before the eagle can turn round.

In a short time, the great eagle is tired of such hard blows, and fies away. He is very glad to get rid of his foe.

Is not the little fellow a brave bird?

Because he can drive off all other birds, he is called the KINGBIRD.

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必勝鳥比知更鳥還要小一點(diǎn)。

它以蒼蠅、蠕蟲、甲殼蟲和漿果為食。

它會在居民住房附近的樹上筑巢。

雛鳥在鳥巢的時候，它會站在附近的樹頂上。

它時時刻刻都在觀察，是否有其他鳥類來傷害它們或它們的母親。

如果獵鷹、烏鴉或老鷹來到附近，它都會立刻飛過去。

雖然它長得小，但它很勇敢，而且身體非常靈活。

在驅(qū)趕其他鳥類靠近它的巢這件事情上，它從未失敗過。

它會繞著老鷹一圈圈地飛，然后突然用它的小尖嘴去襲擊老鷹。

它會襲擊老鷹的眼睛，然后在老鷹抓住它之前飛得無影無蹤。

或者它從背后偷襲老鷹，并且在老鷹轉(zhuǎn)身之前再次逃走。

身體龐大的老鷹在很短的時間，被這種突然襲擊搞得十分疲憊，只好灰溜溜地飛走了。它也很高興能擺脫它的敵人。

這種鳥兒是不是一個勇敢的小家伙？

因為它可以擊退所有鳥類，所以它被稱為必勝鳥。