鄉村真美。此時正值夏季，田裡的小麥都呈現金黃色而燕麥依然青綠。 乾草被堆放在低窪的.草地上，廣闊的樹林圍繞著
田野和草地，樹林的中央有多處深邃的湖泊，在陽光最充足的地方矗立著一棟老舊的大宅邸。這棟宅邸被一條深長的壕溝所包圍，茂盛的
葉子從這棟房子幹部上的藤蔓往下長，延伸到河水的邊緣。其中有一些葉子很大，小孩子可以拿它們來當雨傘。
在森林的深處有一隻母鴨子坐在她的巢中，她的小鴨子們即將孵出來。
終於蛋一個接一個地開始裂了。 “吱，吱！”小鴨們叫著。“呱，呱！”母鴨回道。“這個世界好大啊！”小鴨子異口同聲道。
The countryside was lovely. It was summer. The wheat was golden and the oats were still
green. The hay was stacked in the low-lying meadows. There lay great woods around the fields and meadows.
There were deep lakes in the midst of the woods. In the sunniest spot stood an old mansion surrounded by a deep moat.
Great leaves grew from the vines on the walls of the house right down to the water's edge.
Some of the leaves were so big that a child could use them as an umbrella.
In the depths of a forest a duck was sitting in her nest. Her little ducklings were about to be hatched.
At last one egg after another began to crack." Cheep, cheep!" the ducklings said." Quack, quack!" said the duck.
