A cat scales a glass sharp wall and drops beside its shadow under an apple tree, stalking anxious sparrows with the first sun.

猫攀上布满尖玻璃碴的院墙，落在墙影子旁边的苹果树下，在第一缕阳光中悄悄地靠近不安的麻雀。

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One day, two house sparrows sat on a tree and chatted.

有一天，两只麻雀坐在一棵树上吹牛。

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Next door's dog barks. A cat scales a glass sharp wall and drops beside its shadow under an apple tree, stalking anxious sparrows with the first sun.

隔壁的狗叫着，猫在玻璃墙上蹭着，跳到一棵苹果树的阴影下，窥视着第一缕阳光中焦虑的麻雀。

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It seems the right thing to do, that he might shoo the migrating flames back toward the tree stump like so many bright- winged sparrows.

NPR: Excerpt: 'Woodsburner'