书城外语澳大利亚学生文学读本(第1册)
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第48章

THE DUCKS" DITTy

All along the backwater, Through the rushes tall, Ducks are a-dabbling, Up tails all!

Ducks" tails, drakes" tails, Yellow feet a-quiver, Yellow bills all out of sightBusy in the river.

Every one for what he likes!

We" d like to be Heads down, tails up,

Dabbling free.

High in the blue above, Swifts whirl and call -We are down a-dabbling, Up tails all!

-KENNETH GRAHAME