"I wish they were all turned into ravens!" And when he looked up, he saw seven black birds flying away.

“我希望他们都变成乌鸦！”他抬头的时候，看到七只黑色的鸟飞走了。

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To have this tested, I opened the cage when I returned home. Sure enough, the two birds showed no sign of flying away.

回到家我打开笼子，看见那两只鸟儿并不往外飞，它们围着笼子飞来飞去，跳跃着，好象在试探这敞开是不是真实，或者在考虑这是不是一个更大的危险。

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He is interested in birds and flight, which becomes a metaphor for Birdy's developing obsession with the idea of flying away from his increasingly unbearable family situation.

他着迷于鸟儿和飞翔，这对鸟人产生的飞离他那个益发让人无可忍受的家境的念头来说，成了一个隐喻。

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