One day, this old hen took her chickens down to a small brook.

一天，这老母鸡把她的小鸡带到一条小河边。

They were very small, and the old hen took good care of them.

它们都很小，老母鸡把它们照顾得很好。

" Well, " said the old hen, " I must give it up."

“好吧。”老母鸡说，“我必须得放弃了。”

When they got home, the old hen began to look about for something to eat.

当她们回家后，老母鸡开始四处寻找吃的。

" Kickery-ki! kluk! kluk! kluk! " --that was an old hen who came creeping along, and she was from Kjoge.

“吉克——哩基！咕！咕！”这原来是一只老母鸡跑出来了——而且是一只却格的鸡。

Mr. Laurence watches over us like a motherly old hen, as Jo says, and Laurie is very kind and neighborly.

劳伦斯先生，如乔所说，像只老母鸡似地在照看我们。劳里很好，也很友善。

'Old hen's laid its last egg!

“老母鸡下了最后一个蛋！

And there were other people in Atlanta who would come to her parties, other people far more congenial than those hide-bound old hens.

亚特兰大还有一些别的人是愿意来参加她的宴会的，这些人比那些思想保守的老家伙随和得多。

It was very pretty on the other side of the brook, and the old hen thought she would take her children over there.

河对面的景色非常漂亮，老母鸡想把她的孩子们送到那边去。

" Back door's easiest, " he said. " The old hen next door won't do anything about it now. She's done too much lying" .

“走后门最容易， ” 他说。“隔壁的老母鸡现在不会管它了，她撒的谎太多了” 。

'You've just drunk fifty doses of George's Marvellous Medicine Number Four and look what one tiny spoonful did to that little old brown hen!

“你刚刚喝了五十剂乔治的第四号神药，看看一小勺对那只棕色的小母鸡有什么影响！

Phoebe, after getting well acquainted with the old hen, was sometimes permitted to take the chicken in her hand, which was quite capable of grasping its cubic inch or two of body.

菲比在熟悉了这只老母鸡之后，有时会被允许把鸡拿在手里，这只手完全可以抓住一两立方英寸的身体。

" Ha" ! she said. " If I was that ol' hen, I'd fix to go right on layin'. And if I was that ol' reddy-bird, I'd fix to go right on singin'" .

“哈” ！她说。“如果我是那只老母鸡， 我会决定去躺着。如果我是那只老红鸟， 我会决定去唱歌” 。

'And then, ' he cried, 'when the new mixture is ready, we'll test it out on an old hen just to make absolutely sure we've got it right, and after that we'll all shout hooray and build the giant factory!

“然后，” 他喊道，“当新混合物准备好后，我们将在一只老母鸡身上进行测试， 以绝对确保我们做对了，然后我们都会欢呼并建造巨型工厂！