When anything smaller than their own bodies happens by, they spring from the mud and swallow their prey whole, locking it in their jaws with their sharp teeth.

只要任何比它们个头小的生物经过，它们就会从泥地里跳出来将猎物整个吞下，用尖利的牙齿将它们紧紧困在嘴里。

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And as the road swooped low, pitched and plunged, I felt an exhilarating wildness in my veins - like a swallow, like a mistle thrush, like a bird of spring, buffeted by the sweet night air.

随着道路下坡俯冲，斜坡或是陡坡，我感觉血管中流淌着令人振奋的狂野——像燕子、像槲鸫、像春天的小鸟，夜晚甜蜜醉人的微风不断地吹拂着我。

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“Why, aren't we all aware, you'll never see a swallow in the air till spring insight! So now,”thinks prodigal,“my fur is useless quite. Why wrap oneself in furs?

“谁不知道只有到了春天,天空才会出现燕子呢,”浪子想，“所以，现在我的皮大衣没用了，为何还要紧裹着它呢？

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