But the biggest egg was still there. And then she settled herself on the nest again.

但最大的蛋依旧在那儿，于是她又再坐回她的巢中。

"Well, how are you getting on?" said an old duck who came to pay her a visit." This egg is taking such a long time," answered the sitting duck."

一只年长的鸭子过来拜访她说：“喂！你近来可好吗？”坐着的母鸭回答说：“这枚蛋花了很长的时间，

The shell will not crack, but the others are the finest ducklings. They are like their father."

壳偏偏还不裂开，不过其他的小鸭都是最完美的鸭子，他们很像他们的爸爸。”

"let me look at the egg which won't crack," said the old duck." You may be sitting on a turkey's egg! I have been cheated like that once. Yes. it's a turkey's egg!

年长的鸭子说：“让我看看那枚不会裂开的蛋，你或许是坐在一枚火鸡的蛋上！我曾经像那样被骗过一次。不错，那是火鸡的蛋！

You had better leave it alone and teach the other children to swim."

你最好不要管它，去教其它的小鸭游泳吧。”

"I will sit on it a little longer."

“我要再多坐一会儿。”

At last the big egg cracked. How big and ugly the baby was! " That is a very big duckling." she said, " None of the others look like that. Can he be a turkey's chick? I will soon find out. I will make him go into water."

终于这枚巨蛋裂开了。这小子可真是又大又丑！她说：“那是一只非常巨大的鸭子，其他的小鸭没有一只看起来像他一样。他会是火鸡的孩子吗？我会尽快查清楚，我将叫他下水去。”

The next day the mother duck with her family went down to the moat. She said, and one duckling jumped in after another.

隔天这只母鸭带着她的一家人走到壕沟。她跳入水中，“呱，呱，”她说，小鸭们一只接一只地跳进河里。

The big ugly one swam about with them." No, that is no turkey," she said," Quack, quack! Now come with me and I will take you into the world. Keep close to me all the time. Be careful of the cat!" The first day passed, and everything was fine.

这只又大又丑的鸭子跟着他们一起游来游去，她说：“不是的，那不是火鸡。呱，呱！现在跟我来，我将带你们去参观这个世界，要一直靠近我并小心猫！”第一天过去了，一切都还顺利。

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