The stone was the size and shape of a hen's egg.

VOA: special.2009.02.28

To the broody hen, the notion would probably seem monstrous that there should be a creature in the world to whom a nestful of eggs was not utterly fascinating and precious and never to be too-much-sat-upon object which it is to her.

对母鸡来说，这个概念可能看起来荒谬,世界上有一种生物,对一窝鸡蛋,着迷，觉得弥足珍贵,对她而言，永远不觉得,孵蛋时间太长。

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Elliot Hen-Tov, a scholar of Turkish-Iranian relations, thinks he knows why.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26

"It never will be." Hen-Tov says Iranian leaders are perplexed - even envious - that a country that was half as rich as Iran was years 30 ago, when the Islamic Revolution took place, is today twice as wealthy as Iran.

VOA: standard.2010.07.26