每日书摘：Bird and Burdock

The Bird and the Burdock.  小鸟与牛蒡

Who is there who has never heard, 还有谁没听说过，

About the Burdock and the Bird? 牛蒡和小鸟呢？

And yet how very very few, 然而鲜有人知，

Discriminate between the two, 如何分辨两者，

While even Mr. Burbank can't  就算是伯班克先生（Luther Burbank，美国著名植物学家）

Transform a Bird into a Plant! 也不能把一只鸟养成一棵树！

摘选自公版书《How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers》

by Robert Williams Wood