But, anyway, it seemed like an awful thing to do when they're bringing these falcons and hawks who were imported to intercept these people.

可是,不管怎么说,为了阻拦那些人送信,就用隼和鹰来捕杀鸽子的话,还是显得太不厚道了

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The Germans bring in these falcons and they go out and they munch the pigeons; and so this was another reason for them, just like the Germans, these poor little pigeons who became the sort of sacred bird, I guess a pigeon's a bird.

德国人带了很多隼到法国,用以捕杀信鸽,这是改用热气球的另一个原因,拜德军如此行为所赐,可怜的鸽子成为了圣鸟,我想鸽子是一种鸟吧

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