Hello！ I am a baby bat！ You must have seen me flying！ But you may notbelieve it， but I am not a bird！ It is true that I fly and I like to fly， but I am amammal1 and I have no feathers2 at all.

你好！我是一只小蝙蝠！你一定見過我飛翔！不過你可能不信，我不是鳥！我會飛，我也喜歡飛翔，這是真的，但我是哺乳動物，我沒有羽毛。

Of all the mammals in the world， only we bats can fly. It’s cool， isn’t it？ Likeother mammals， our body is full of hair！ But unlike other mammals， we bats havewings3. Big wings that look like thin skin！ In fact， we have long arms and fingers，and our wings are the skin between our arms and our bodies.

在世界上所有的哺乳動物中，只有我們蝙蝠會飛。很酷，不是嗎？像其他哺乳動物一樣，我們的身體長滿了毛。但與其他哺乳動物不同，我們蝙蝠有翅膀，看起來像一層薄皮的大翅膀！事實(shí)上，我們有長長的前肢和手指，而我們的翅膀就是我們前肢和身體之間的皮。

There are many interesting things about us that you will be surprised if I tellyou！ For example， the eyes of us bats are different from you humans. Instead of oureyes， we use our nose and ears for navigation4.

關(guān)于我們有很多有趣的事情，如果我告訴你，你會大吃一驚，比如，我們蝙蝠的眼睛就和你們?nèi)祟惒灰粯?。我們不用眼睛，而是用鼻子和耳朵來?dǎo)航。

We make a loud sound with our nose and mouth and then our sound hits thingsand returns to our ears. By hearing this echo5， we know how big the obstacle6 isand how far it is from us. This is how we find our way and move forward with nodifficulty. We bats find our food in the same way. Do you know what we eat？Insects7！ We eat insects！ Of course， some bats eat fruit.

我們用鼻子和嘴發(fā)出很大的聲音，然后我們的聲音碰到東西后回到我們的耳朵里。通過聽這個回聲，我們就知道障礙物有多大，離我們有多遠(yuǎn)。這就是我們?nèi)绾握业椒较虿㈨樌斑M(jìn)的方法。我們蝙蝠以同樣的方法尋找食物。你知道我們吃什么嗎？昆蟲！我們吃昆蟲！當(dāng)然，有些蝙蝠吃水果。

We go almost everywhere. From mountains， plains8 and forests to villages andcities. At night， when the insects come out， we also come out of our homes and eatan insect meal. During the day， we go to caves9， crevices10 or any other dark placewhere we can rest and sleep. We sleep during the day and go out at night.

我們幾乎能去任何地方，從高山、平原和森林，到村莊和城市。晚上，當(dāng)昆蟲出來時，我們也從家里出來，吃一頓昆蟲大餐。白天，我們?nèi)ザ囱?、裂縫或任何其他黑暗的地方，在那我們可以休息和睡覺。我們晝伏夜出。

You may think our sleeping is funny， too. Because we catch the roof11 or treeswith our feet and sleep upside down. I am sure that you have never seen any animalthat sleeps like us. When winter comes and the weather gets cold， the insects aregone. We do not know where they go. Some bats fly to warm places to find food.

你也許會覺得我們的睡覺方式很有趣。因?yàn)槲覀冇米悴孔プ№敳炕蛘邩渲?，倒吊著睡。我確信你從未見過像我們這樣睡覺的動物。當(dāng)冬季來臨，天氣變冷，昆蟲就消失無蹤。我們不知道它們?nèi)チ四睦?。有些蝙蝠便飛到溫暖的地方尋找食物。

But we stay in our cave and fall into hibernation12. We hang around the wholewinter season， we wrap13 our wings around us like a blanket14 and we sleepupside down.

但是我們要待在我們的洞穴里進(jìn)入冬眠。我們整個冬天都待在這里，我們像裹著毯子一樣收攏翅膀，然后倒吊著睡覺。

We bats love groups and community. That’s why we live as a group in cavesand dark places. You must be asking yourself， how do we find each other？ Well， it isclear！ With sound！

我們蝙蝠喜歡群居。這就是為什么我們在洞穴和黑暗的地方以一個群體的形式生活。你一定在問自己，我們要如何找到彼此呢？嗯，顯而易見，是通過聲音！

Oh！ Guys！ It seems my mom is calling me！ I must go！ So goodbye for now！

哎呀！朋友們！我媽媽好像在叫我！我必須走了，那我們再見啦！

（英語原文選自：moonzia.com）