The Bird and the Burdock.? 小鳥與牛蒡

Who is there who has never heard,?還有誰(shuí)沒聽說過，

About the Burdock and the Bird??牛蒡和小鳥呢？

And yet how very very few,?然而鮮有人知，

Discriminate between the two,?如何分辨兩者，

While even Mr. Burbank can't? 就算是伯班克先生（Luther Burbank，美國(guó)著名植物學(xué)家）

Transform a Bird into a Plant!?也不能把一只鳥養(yǎng)成一棵樹！

摘選自公版書《How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers》

by Robert Williams Wood