咕哝与洞穴

我是里亚。

This is Ria.

欢迎来到《给小人物的小故事》。

Welcome to Little Stories for Tiny People.

我太兴奋了，因为我有一位嘉宾，我必须说，他是我有幸欢迎到我工作室的最可爱、最不令人毛骨悚然的嘉宾之一。

I am so thrilled because I have a guest, and I have to say he is one of the cutest and least creepy guests I've ever been fortunate enough to welcome to my studio.

我的嘉宾是迪特里希，一只可爱的埃及果蝠。

My guest is Dietrich, an adorable Egyptian fruit bat.

欢迎你，迪特里希。

Welcome, Dietrich.

哦，抱歉，迪特里希。

Oh, sorry, Dietrich.

我收到一封邮件。

I have an email.

亲爱的里亚，你不是在上一期节目中说你不希望有蝙蝠在你的工作室吗？

Dear Ria, didn't you say in a previous episode you didn't want bats in your studio?

你知道，这关乎语境。

You know, it's about context.

你知道我的意思。

You know what I mean.

我很高兴迪特里希能来这里。

I'm happy to have Dietrich here.

就像我说的，他非常可爱。

And like I said, he's adorable.

有些蝙蝠很吓人，但这家伙不是。

Some bats are creepy, not this guy.

这太令人兴奋了。

This is so exciting.

是的。

Yeah.

你可以就挂在那儿。

You can hang right there.

没关系。

That's fine.

你想吃个苹果或者别的什么吗？

You want an apple or something?

是的。

Yeah.

我有浆果。

I have berries.

等一下。

Hold on a second.

让我打开我的水果柜。

Let me just open my fruit cupboard.

好的。

Alright.

好了。

There we go.

那是什么？

What's that?

哦，它们现在在这儿吗？

Oh, are they here now?

好的。

Okay.

据说迪特里希的家人来了。

Apparently, Dietrich's family is here.

我本来只指望一只蝙蝠，但我想我还能再容纳几只。

I was only expecting one bat, but I guess I could fit a few more.

是的。

Yeah.

咱们放它们进来吧。

Let's let them in.

哦，天哪。

Oh, wow.

你有个大家庭。

You have a big family.

不。

No.

这样挺好。

This is fine.

这样挺好。

This is fine.

我们为什么不讲讲这个故事呢？

Why don't we get to the story?

你们都会喜欢的。

And you're all going to love it.

一共四个，一、二、三、四，四个。

All one, two, three, four, four.

你们十七个人。

17 of you.

这个故事里有蝙蝠。

There are bats in the story.

我们来讲这个故事吧。

Let's get to that story.

它叫《Grumble和洞穴》。

It's called Grumble and the Cave.

这非常适合睡前听。

It's perfect for bed.

也许你们都可以去睡觉了？

Maybe you could all go to sleep?

那太好了。

That would be great.

好的。

Okay.

诺亚，你来讲吧。

Take it away, NOAH.

诺亚，记住，这里没有图片。

NOAH, remember, there are no pictures.

你必须在脑海中想象这些画面。

You have to imagine the pictures in your mind.

好的。

Okay.

我们开始吧。

Here we go.

格伦布尔是一只蝾螈，有着长长的尾巴、短短的腿，以及一双巨大的眼睛，非常适合在它居住的幽深洞穴中搜寻。

Grumble was a salamander with a long tail and little legs and enormous eyes that were good at searching in the deep, dark of the cave where he lived.

格伦布尔并不称它为洞穴。

Grumble didn't call it the cave.

洞穴并不是一个需要命名的特殊地方。

The cave wasn't a special something that needed a name.

据他所知，那就是整个世界。

It was the whole planet as far as he knew.

但格鲁姆根本不知道有行星这回事。

But Grumble didn't even know there was a planet.

他怎么可能知道呢？

How could he?

对格鲁姆来说，洞穴里并不黑，因为他从未见过太阳。

To grumble, it wasn't dark in the cave because he'd never seen the sun.

要称某物为洞穴，你必须曾经离开过洞穴。

In order to call something a cave, one has to have been outside of a cave.

要称某物为安静，你必须曾经听过嘈杂的声音。

To call something quiet, one has to have heard loud sounds.

要称某物为黑暗，你必须曾经体验过光明。

And to call something darkness, one has to have known light.

但格鲁姆对这些事情一无所知。

But Grumble didn't know any of these things.

他在洞穴里的世界，就是事物本来的样子。

His world inside the cave was simply the way things were.

这些就是洞穴里的声音。

These were the sounds in the cave.

水滴落入水洼的声音、蝙蝠掠过的声音、老鼠吱吱叫的声音，偶尔还有雷声轰鸣，哦，还有奎布，格伦布尔最好的朋友，他总是在一旁跳跃，必要时还会跳到他背上。

Water dripping down into puddles, bats swooping, rats squeaking, the occasional rumble of thunder, Oh, and Quib, Grumble's best friend, who hopped along beside him and occasionally rode on his back when need be.

奎布是一只小青蛙，视力不太好。

Quib was a small frog who couldn't see well.

他们是在格伦布尔把奎布逼到角落、正准备吃掉她的时候相遇的。

They had met when Grumble had cornered Quib and had been poised to eat her.

但格伦布尔被奎布的性格迷住了。

But Grumble was charmed by Quib's personality.

喂？

Hello?

有人在吗？

Is someone there?

在你吃掉我之前，我们能聊一聊吗？

Before you eat me, can we have a conversation?

这可能吗？

Would that be possible?

格鲁姆决定留下她，并保护她不被其他人吃掉。

Grumble had decided to keep her around and protect her from being eaten by anyone else.

一开始成为朋友很奇怪，但随着时间的推移，他们反而能一起笑着谈起这件事。

It was weird at first becoming friends, but over time, it was something they could laugh about together.

还记得你打算吃掉我的那次吗？

Remember that time when you were gonna eat me?

那感觉好像已经是很久以前的事了。

That seems so long ago.

我现在永远不会吃你了，奎布。

I would never eat you now, Quib.

我知道。

I know.

对格鲁姆和奎布来说，白天和黑夜都交织在一起。

To Grumble and Quib, Day and night were all woven together.

它们最活跃的时候是我们所说的黄昏，太阳刚落山、光线迅速变暗的时候。

They were most active at what we'd think of as twilight just after the sun has dipped beyond view and the light is rapidly fading.

有一天晚上，格鲁布尔正悄悄地爬过一些岩石。

One night, Grumble was creeping over some rocks.

奎布跟在他身后，睁着那双大大的敏感的眼睛。

Quib was right behind him with his big sensitive eyes.

格鲁布尔能在黑暗中看见东西，比如他喜欢吃的蘑菇，还有一些令人毛骨悚然的小爬虫，他就把这些吃了。

Grumble could see things in the dark, like mushrooms he liked to eat and also some creepy crawly things, so he ate those.

然后他继续往前走。

And he kept going.

一只蝙蝠从附近飞过。

A bat swooped nearby.

这并不罕见。

That wasn't unusual.

蝙蝠们经常这样俯冲飞过。

The bats did a lot of swooping.

那是他们最喜欢的消遣之一。

That was one of their favorite hobbies.

接着又有更多蝙蝠俯冲下来。

Then more bats swooped.

这并不奇怪。

Still wasn't strange.

正如我所说，它们很喜欢俯冲。

As I mentioned, they enjoyed swooping.

但接着更多蝙蝠俯冲下来，越来越多。

But then more bats swooped and more.

格伦布尔开始疑惑到底发生了什么。

And Grumble began to wonder what was going on.

格伦布尔，发生什么事了？

Grumble, what is happening?

奎布说着，靠近了他的朋友。

Quib said, moving closer to her friend.

她有时会依赖格鲁布尔来解释她能听到却看不到的东西。

She sometimes relied on Grumble to explain what she could hear but couldn't see.

蝙蝠在俯冲。

The bats are swooping.

可能没什么大不了的。

It's probably nothing.

但这种规模的俯冲并不正常。

But this amount of swooping was not normal.

通常，蝙蝠会很快转去做其他事情，比如倒挂着并瞪着眼睛。

Usually, the bats moved on quickly to some other activity, like hanging upside down and glaring.

但它们没有离开。

But they didn't move on.

它们只是不停地俯冲。

They just kept swooping.

然后，突然间，它们全都消失了。

And then, all at once, they were gone.

Grumble 回去继续觅食了。

Grumble went back to his foraging.

他用小爪子捡起了一些食物。

He used his little claws to gather up a few more food items.

他正要把一团黏糊糊的东西塞进嘴里时，啊，Grumble 突然闭上了眼睛。

He was about to drop a slimy something into his mouth when, ah, Grumble snapped his eyes shut.

Grumble，怎么了？

Grumble, what is it?

我的眼睛，像着了火一样。

My eyes, they're on fire.

Grumble 眨了眨眼，却什么也看不见了。

Grumble blinked but couldn't see a thing.

仿佛他的视力在一瞬间被完全遮蔽了。

It was as if his vision was blotted out all at once.

他不停地眨眼，希望眼睛能恢复正常。

He kept blinking, hoping his eyes would return to normal.

但并没有。

But they didn't.

每次他试图睁开眼睛，都会有一片强光刺得他流泪。

Every time he tried to open them, there was a great brightness that made them tear up.

他蜷缩成一团，不停地眨眼，希望视力能恢复。

He huddled himself in a ball, blinking, wishing his sight would return.

然后，在那片强光之上，他开始听到一些从未听过的声响。

Then, on top of the great brightness, he began to hear sounds he'd never heard before.

奎布跳到格鲁姆旁边，紧紧抓住他的手臂。

Quib hopped right next to Grumble and held onto his arm.

有什么东西要来了，对吧？

Something's coming, isn't it?

那些声音像是微小的雷鸣。

The sounds were like tiny booms of thunder.

一遍又一遍，都是这样的声音。

Over and over, it sounded like this.

哇哦。

Woah.

这太棒了。

This is awesome.

看那些石笋，爸爸。

Check out those stalagmites, dad.

是钟乳石。

Stalactites.

那些才是石笋。

Those are the stalagmites.

哦，我老是把它们搞混。

Oh, I always get those mixed up.

格伦布尔试图用一只手臂挡住噪音，另一只手臂挡住强光，但都没什么效果。

Grumble tried to use one arm to block out the noise and another to block out the brightness, but neither was very effective.

响亮的声音持续不断，强光也没有消退。

The loud sounds kept coming, and the brightness wasn't going away.

在他短暂瞥见那些制造轰鸣声的事物时，看这面墙上的蘑菇。

In his brief glimpses of the things doing all this booming Check out the mushrooms growing on this wall.

格伦布尔发现，其中一个正拿着制造强烈光芒的物体。

Grumble saw that one of them was holding the object creating the great brightness.

格伦布尔想象这东西充满了可怕的魔法。

Grumble imagined this thing was filled with terrible magic.

他感到害怕。

He was scared.

很久以来第一次，他产生了逃跑的念头。

For the first time in a long while, he felt the need to run.

他抓住奎布，把她背在背上。

He grabbed Quib and put her on his back.

抓紧了。

Hold on.

我们要去哪儿？

Where are we going?

我还不知道。

I don't know yet.

格鲁布尔跑了。

Grumble ran.

他那短小的腿在滑腻的地面上飞快地奔跑。

His stubby legs were a blur across the slimy ground.

他奔跑时，那亮光逐渐远去，他的眼睛也开始适应回黑暗。

As he ran, the brightness got a little further back and his eyes started to adjust back to the darkness.

他松了一口气，但又听到了轰隆声。

He sighed with relief, but he heard booms again.

爸爸，你有水瓶吗？

Dad, do you have the water bottle?

我有点口渴了。

I'm getting kind of thirsty.

他看见身后又亮起光，于是继续奔跑。

And saw the light coming behind him, so he ran on.

他在岩石上和岩石下疾奔。

He scampered over rocks and under rocks.

他踩到什么东西滑了一跤，向前扑倒，但还是继续往前跑。

He slipped on something and tripped forward, but he kept going.

他从未到过这么远的地方，开始感觉到空气有所不同。

He had never ventured so far and he started to feel a difference in the air.

空气没那么潮湿了。

It was less damp.

他继续前行，来到岩壁上的一处开口。

He kept going and he came to an opening in the rock face.

他能感觉到有空气从那里吹过。

He could feel air drifting through it.

这气味和他平时熟悉的空气完全不同。

It smelled totally different than the air he was used to.

声音转过拐角，光也跟了上来。

The sounds came round a corner and the light followed.

那些东西，它们来了，

The things, they're coming,

奎布喊道。

Quib shouted.

格伦布尔惊慌失措。

Grumble panicked.

他回想起那刺眼的强光和声音带来的痛苦。

He thought back to the blinding brightness and the pain of the sounds.

他想到奎布，如果那些东西靠得太近，她会遭遇什么。

He thought of Quib and what might happen to her if the things got too close.

格伦布尔把他们两个都挤过了岩壁上的开口。

Grumble squeezed them both through the opening in the rock.

格伦布尔和奎布不再在洞穴里了。

Grumble and Quib were no longer in the cave.

他们很快就意识到了这一点。

They figured this out pretty quickly.

格伦布尔只需要环顾四周就够了。

All it took for Grumble was a good look around.

在这里，有光。

Out here, there was light.

光线刺得他眼睛疼，但没他在洞里逃出来的那种强光那么严重。

It hurt his eyes, but not as badly as the brightness he'd been escaping in the cave.

在这里，光是从天上洒下来的。

Out here, the light was coming down from the sky.

高高的天上，有一个发光的球体。

Way above, there was a glowing orb.

漆黑的天空中到处都是光点。

There were dots of light all over the dark sky.

奎布注意到了空气的不同，它的干燥。

Quib noticed the difference in the air, the dryness of it.

感觉我的皮肤都要干皱了。

Feels like my skin is gonna shrivel.

她蹦蹦跳跳地踩着沙土，一言不发。

She hopped around, feeling the sandy soil, saying nothing.

你怎么能用语言描述从未经历过的东西？

How do you find words to describe something you've never experienced before?

奎布紧紧依偎在格伦布尔身边。

Quib huddled against Grumble.

他们第一次意识到，自己一生都生活在某个封闭的空间里。

For the first time, they realized they had spent their lives inside something.

而现在，他们已经不在那个空间里了。

And now they weren't in it anymore.

在无边无际的开放天空下，在一个没有墙壁可攀爬、四面八方都是辽阔空旷的地方，格伦布尔感到自己极度暴露在外。

Beneath the endless open sky, in a place that had no walls to creep along, just vast openness in all directions, Grumble felt dangerously exposed.

他背着奎布，匆匆穿过沙地，直到抵达一丛灌木。

With Quib on his back, he hustled across the sandy ground until he reached a shrub.

他把奎布放在树枝的遮蔽下。

He set down Quib under the cover of the branches.

格鲁布尔意识到自己因疲惫而喘着粗气。

Grumble realized he was panting from exhaustion.

他完全不知道该做什么，或者去哪儿。

He had no idea what to do or where to go.

他们俩在灌木下蜷缩起来，陷入了一种不安的睡眠。

The two of them curled up beneath the shrub and fell into an unsettled sleep.

喂？

Hello?

你呢？

You?

你在吗？

You there?

格鲁布尔感觉到有什么东西在推他。

Grumble felt something nudging against him.

奎布，别闹了。

Quib, stop.

我没在做任何事。

I'm not doing anything.

格鲁布尔猛地从地上跳起来，突然想起昨晚的事，奎布从他背上飞出去，落入了泥土中。

Grumble shot up from the ground, Suddenly remembering the night before, Quib flew off his back into the soil.

哎哟。

Oof.

格鲁布尔迅速站起身，显得焦躁不安。

Grumble darted to his feet, agitated.

在他面前，一只小蜥蜴正关切地盯着他。

Before him was a small lizard staring at him with concern.

你没事吧？

Are you okay?

蜥蜴说道。

Said the lizard.

格鲁布尔的喉咙干得厉害，当他试图说话时，声音沙哑得像青蛙。

Grumble's throat was parched, and when he tried to speak, his voice was froggy.

奎布，他说。

Quib, he said.

什么是奎布？

What's a quib?

我在这儿，格鲁布尔，奎布从灌木下说道。

I'm here, Grumble, Quib said from beneath the shrub.

格鲁布尔把她捡起来，放在背上。

Grumble collected her and placed her on his back.

天空依然漆黑，但比格鲁布尔和奎布跌跌撞撞走出门外时亮了一些。

The sky was still dark, but a bit lighter than it had been when Grumble and Quib had stumbled outside.

格鲁布尔用爪子遮住眼睛。

Grumble shielded his eyes with a claw.

这只蜥蜴带着困惑的表情打量着他们。

The lizard studied them with a puzzled expression.

我把你吵醒是因为你待在空旷的地方。

I woke you up because you're out in the open.

你这话是什么意思？

What do you mean?

你们不能待在这种太暴露的地方，蜥蜴说道，同时环顾四周，仿佛在提防捕食者。

You can't be out here too exposed, the lizard said, peering around as if for predators.

格朗布尔完全不明白蜥蜴在说什么。

Grumble had no idea what the lizard was talking about.

话说，你们到底是从哪儿来的？

Where are you from anyway?

蜥蜴说道，语气并不刻薄。

Lizard said, not unkindly.

我不知道。

I don't know.

蜥蜴皱起了眉头。

Lizard frowned.

你们需要的帮助比我想的要多。

You need more help than I thought.

你什么意思，你不知道？

What do you mean you don't know?

我不知道我家乡叫什么名字。

I don't know what it's called, where I'm from.

我刚刚才知道我来自某个地方。

I only just learned I was from anywhere.

这真奇怪。

Well, that was strange.

蜥蜴感到困惑。

Lizard was perplexed.

你给我描述一下，”他说。

Describe it to me, he said.

他们躲在灌木丛下。

They huddled beneath the shrub.

蜥蜴挨着格伦布尔。

Lizard next to Grumble.

Quib趴在Grumble的背上。

Quib on Grumble's back.

我们来自一个内部的地方，Grumble说。

We come from an inside place, apparently, Grumble said.

一个内部的地方？

An inside place?

哦，哦，一个洞穴？

Oh, oh, a burrow?

是你自己挖的吗？

Did you dig it yourself?

Grumble，你在跟谁说话？

Grumble, who are you talking to?

洞穴？

Burrow?

不是。

No.

不。

No.

我没挖过。

I I didn't dig it.

奎布，那是一只蜥蜴。

Quib, it's a lizard.

哦，一只蜥蜴。

Oh, a lizard.

很少见到这种东西。

Don't see many of those.

一只蜥蜴蹲在灌木丛下，靠近他们。

Lizard crouched next to them beneath the shrub.

好吧。

Okay.

不是洞穴。

Not a burrow.

地上的一个洞。

A hole in the ground.

你是怎么找到这个地方并进去的？

Did you find this place and go into it?

我一直都在里面，直到现在才出来。

I was never out of it until now.

直到我出来了，我才意识到自己一直在里面。

I didn't even know I was in it until I wasn't.

蜥蜴感到头痛要来了。

Lizard felt a headache coming on.

你得带我看看。

You're going to have to show me.

它们在夜空下的沙地上快速爬行。

They skittered across the sandy soil beneath the night sky.

咕噜带头走向洞穴。

Grumble led the way to the cave.

这就是进去的方法。

This is how you get in.

这个？

This?

你来自这里？

This is where you're from?

格鲁布尔点了点头。

Grumble nodded.

奎布也点了点头。

Quib nodded too.

这通向一个洞穴，蜥蜴皱着眉头看着他们两人说。

This leads to a cave, lizard said, peering at the two of them with a furrowed brow.

一个洞穴。

A cave.

是的。

Yes.

你住在洞穴里。

You lived in a cave.

你进去过吗？

Have you been in there?

奎布插嘴说。

Quib said, piping up.

蜥蜴皱起了眉头。

Lizard frowned.

我？

Me?

哦，我不进洞穴。

Oh, I don't go in caves.

我不喜欢蝙蝠。

I don't like bats.

格鲁布尔对这个回答感到惊讶。

Grumble was startled by the answer.

他等着看蜥蜴会不会笑出来，然后纠正自己说：我只是在开玩笑。

He waited to see if lizard might chuckle and correct himself saying, I was only joking.

我经常进洞穴。

I go into caves all the time.

但蜥蜴只是带着困惑的表情，从格伦布尔转向奎布，继续盯着他们。

But Lizard just continued looking from Grumble to Quib with a quizzical expression.

格伦布尔的头开始疼了，他在心里反复琢磨着这件事。

Grumble's head hurt as he turned this over in his mind.

不知怎的，他整个世界——他以为那就是一切——竟然只是某种生物可能一生都不会踏入的一个地方。

Somehow, his entire world, the one he thought was everything, was just one place that creatures might never go inside in their whole lives.

但这很不寻常吧。

But that's unusual.

对吧？

Right?

大多数生物都住在洞穴里吗？

Most creatures live in the cave?

不。

No.

大多数生物并不想住在洞穴里。

Most creatures don't want to live in a cave.

那里潮湿、黑暗，食物也很少。

It's damp, dark, not much food.

格鲁布尔感到呼吸一滞。

Grumble felt his breath catch.

这个洞穴不仅不是整个世界，而且只是世界中一个几乎没有任何生物愿意造访的微小部分。

The cave was not only not the whole world, but it was a tiny part of the world that barely any creatures wanted to visit.

这令人震惊，但随后发生了一件更令人震惊的事。

This was a shock, but then something much more shocking happened.

一件让之前那种震惊显得微不足道的事。

Something that made that earlier shock seem like pretty much nothing.

蜥蜴凝视着天空，表情变得黯淡。

Lizard peered at the sky and his expression turned dim.

他用自己爪子抓住了格拉布尔的爪子，开始在沙地上奔跑，拖着格拉布尔·奎布一起前进。

He grabbed Grumble's claw with his own and started across the sandy soil, dragging Grumbling Quib along with him.

我们要去哪里？

Where are we going?

格拉布尔，发生什么事了？

Grumble, what's going on?

我一会儿再告诉你。

I'll tell you in a minute.

现在没时间了。

No time now.

他们冲到了一块巨大岩石的弧形下方。

They dashed beneath the curve of an enormous rock.

发生什么事了？

What's happening?

为什么我们……

Why did we but Grumble fell silent as something extraordinary happened.

太阳升起来了。

The sun came up.

我的眼睛。

My eyes.

格拉布尔用两只爪子紧紧捂住眼睛，感受到炽烈光芒的灼烧。

Grumble clutched his eyes shut with both claws, feeling the burn of a fiery brightness.

他想，一定发生了什么灾难性的事情。

Something catastrophic must be taking place, he thought.

世界着火了。

The world was on fire.

他感觉到蜥蜴干燥的爪子搭在他的肩膀上。

He felt the lizard's dry claw on his shoulder.

放松。

Relax.

你的眼睛很快就会适应的。

Your eyes will adjust soon.

但格鲁姆的眼睛感觉像被烤熟了一样。

But Grumble's eyes felt like they were being cooked.

他蜷缩在岩石下，抱着头，仿佛过了永恒般，直到最后，他的头痛消失了，眼睛也不再灼烧。

He huddled beneath the rock, cradling his head for what felt like forever until finally, his head stopped hurting and his eyes stopped burning.

格鲁姆眨了眨眼，倒吸一口冷气。

Grumble blinked and gasped.

就好像他被丢到了另一个星球上。

It was as if he'd been dropped on a different planet.

一切都被光线笼罩，浸透了光明。

Everything was bathed in light, caked in brightness.

从大岩石的阴影中，他们看到白天的动物开始四处走动。

From the shade of the large rock, they could see daytime animals begin milling about.

它们和洞穴里的动物截然不同。

They were much different than cave animals.

首先，那些蝙蝠非常奇怪。

For one thing, the bats were very strange.

格拉布尔，那些声音是什么？

Grumble, what are those noises?

奎布低声说。

Quib whispered.

格拉布尔不知道该说什么。

Grumble didn't know what to say.

他看着蝙蝠拍打着翅膀。

He watched the bats as they ruffled their wings.

它们走路的方式不一样。

They walked differently.

它们飞行的方式也不一样。

They flew differently.

它们盯着看的眼神也是一样的。

They glared in the same kind of way.

这些蝙蝠怎么了？

What's wrong with these bats?

格拉布尔好奇地盯着它们问道。

Grumble asked, staring at them with curiosity.

蜥蜴环顾着尘土飞扬的清晨景色。

Lizard looked around the dusty morning landscape.

什么蝙蝠？

What bats?

就是那些蝙蝠，

Those bats right there, Grumble said, pointing.

蜥蜴们眯着眼睛扫视着周围。

Lizards scanned the area, squinting.

我没看到任何什么？

I don't see any what?

那些是鸟。

Those are birds.

哦，你还得多学学。

Oh, you have a lot to learn.

他跟Grumble讲了关于鸟的事情。

He told Grumble about birds.

所以它们不是蝙蝠？

So they're not bats?

不是。

No.

不是。

No.

鸟和蝙蝠完全不同。

Birds are totally different.

它们是小型的鸟类恐龙。

They're tiny avian dinosaurs.

恐龙？Quib轻声说。

Dinosaurs, Quib whispered.

这个早晨是一连串奇妙的发现。

The morning was a series of wondrous discoveries.