The birds peck the berries or the corn, and fly away to the groves where they sit in seeming happiness on the branches, and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds.

鸟儿啄食着浆果或谷物，好像非常快乐地飞到树丛中，停靠在树枝上，并且百无聊赖地吟唱着一成不变的曲调。

youdao

You may be a treasure to men that prize you, but for me I would rather have a single barley-corn than a peck of pearls.

也许对于喜欢你的人类来说，你是珍宝，但是于我而言，我宁愿只要一颗麦粒也不愿要很多珍珠。

youdao

I doubt if Flying Childers ever carried a peck of corn to mill.

我怀疑飞童有没有载过一粒谷子到磨坊去。

youdao

He would treat it with Mercurochrome, like a child with a skinned knee, and let it peck corn from his palm.

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