Charlie’s Raven (Excerpt VIII)《查理的渡鴉》（節(jié)選八）

After the morning ceremonies and breakfast， Charlie had his own routines to perform. He carried Blue Sky to his cabin for a nap， opened the irrigation gate， watered the plants， made repairs that were needed， and then set traps to catch mice for raven food. Dr. Bernd Heinrich， the world raven expert， had noted in his book The Mind of the Raven the enormous amount of food baby ravens needed every day. A family of four nestlings required six mice， four hen’s eggs， two six-ounce cans of cat food， ten ounces of puppy chow， and a couple of scoops of beans. Mice were not always available， so Charlie had substituted canned tuna fish. Divided by four， that was a lot of food， and he was a busy raven mom.

帶領(lǐng)藍(lán)天進(jìn)行了早上的系列禮儀之后，吃過(guò)早飯，查理還有自己的常規(guī)活動(dòng)。（剩余4542字）