Owls: Awake All Night

Grandpa, wake up! What's that noise?

爺爺，快起來！那是什麼聲音？

Hmm? What noise, sweetheart?

嗯？什麼聲音啊，寶貝？

Listen... There it is again!

你聽……又來了！

Ah, that's an owl. Don't worry.

啊，那是貓頭鷹。別擔心。

An owl? Oh, can we go and see it, please?

貓頭鷹？哇，我們可以去看看嗎？

Okay, but we must be very quiet.

好啊，不過我們要非常安靜。

Owls have amazing ears, you know.

你知道嗎，貓頭鷹的耳朵超靈的。

Okay. I'll be as quiet as a mouse.

好。我會像小老鼠一樣安靜。

Look! Up there, on that branch!

你看！上面，那根樹枝上！

Wow! Its eyes are so big and round!

哇！牠的眼睛又大又圓！

Yes. Big eyes help it see in the dark.

對啊。大眼睛可以幫牠在黑暗中看清楚。

Owls see much better at night than we do.

貓頭鷹晚上看東西比我們清楚多了。

Grandpa, it's turning its head all the way round!

爺爺，牠把頭整個轉過去了！

Not all the way, but almost.

沒有轉一整圈，不過差不多了。

Its eyes can't move, so it turns its head.

牠的眼睛不能轉動，所以要轉頭。

Ha! I wish I could do that!

哈！真希望我也做得到！

Oh! It's flying! But I can't hear anything.

喔！牠飛起來了！可是我什麼都聽不到。

That's right. Owls fly very quietly.

沒錯。貓頭鷹飛得非常安靜。

Their soft feathers make almost no sound.

牠們柔軟的羽毛幾乎沒有聲音。

Wow, it's like magic!

哇，好像魔法喔！

Where's it going now?

牠現在要去哪裡？

It's hunting. It's looking for its dinner.

牠在打獵。牠在找晚餐。

What does it eat? Bugs?

牠吃什麼？蟲嗎？

Sometimes. But mostly it eats mice.

有時候會。不過牠主要吃老鼠。

Oh no... poor little mice!

哎呀……可憐的小老鼠！

Good thing you're not a real mouse!

還好你不是真的小老鼠！

Ha! Grandpa, does the owl ever sleep?

哈！爺爺，貓頭鷹會睡覺嗎？

Yes! It sleeps in a tree in the daytime.

會啊！白天牠在樹上睡覺。

So it's awake all night? Like me tonight!

那牠整晚都醒著？就像今晚的我！

Ha, nice try! Now, go to sleep, sweetheart.

哈，想得美喔！好了，快睡吧，寶貝。

Okay. Goodnight, Grandpa. Goodnight, owl!

好。晚安，爺爺。晚安，貓頭鷹！