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。