春日 飛 燕
Spring Day||Swallow
Spring Flying Swallow
Andorinhas voadoras na primavera
春日飞燕
元朗 有 一 座 好 大 嘅 山 ， 山下 就 係 夏兒 屋企 。
Yuen Long|||hill|||||at the foot|||Xia Er's|
In Yuen Long, there is a big hill with a summer house at the bottom.
夏兒 住 喺 一 條 好 細 嘅 村 ， 每 間 屋 都 淨係 得 兩 層 高 ， 好多 人 都 搬 晒 去 市區 住 喇 。
||||||||village|||house||only have|||floors||||||||urban area||
Summer lived in a small village where every house was two storeys high, and many people moved to the city to live there.
夏兒 一 家 係 少數 會 留 喺 呢 條 村 嘅 人 ， 除咗 佢哋 ， 仲 有 啲 公公婆婆 喺度 住 。
||||few||||||village|||"except for"|||||grandparents||
Xia's family is one of the few people who stay in the village, and apart from them, some of her parents-in-law also live there.
今日 ， 媽媽 帶 夏兒 同 細佬 一齊 行山 ， 佢哋 喺 山上 見到 好多 唔同 嘅 花草 樹木 ， 仲 有 野豬 一 家 喺 水邊 散步 。
|||||younger brother||||||||||flowers and plants|trees and plants|||wild boar|||||taking a walk
Today, my mother took Hsia and Hsiao Lo on a hike, where they saw many different flowers and trees, and a family of wild boars walking along the water's edge.
嘩 ！
有 馬騮 喺 樹 上 飛 嚟 飛 去 ！
|monkey|||||||
There is a horse-lau flying in the tree!
佢哋 嘅 手臂 好 長 啊 ！
||arms|||
Their arms are so long!
突然 ， 夏兒 見到 一 隻 雀仔 ， 佢 瞓 喺 樹 上 郁 都 唔 郁 ， 似 係 受 咗 傷 。
suddenly|||||bird||||||||||seems like||injured||injured
Suddenly, Hsia saw a finch which was sleeping in a tree, but did not sleep, as if it had been injured.
「 媽媽 ！
你 過嚟 睇 下 ！ 」
Come over and look at it! "The
夏兒 話 。
媽媽 話 ： 「 咦 ， 係 隻 燕子 喎 ！ 」
|||||swallow bird|
Mom said, "Oh, it's a swallow! I'm sorry."
「 隻 燕子 冇 媽媽 睇 住 ， 可能 會 死 㗎 ！
"A swallow may die without a mom to watch it!
媽媽 ， 我哋 可唔可以 帶 佢 返 屋企 啊 ？ 」
夏兒 問 。
媽媽 見 夏兒 好 想 救 隻 雀仔 ， 就 畀 佢 帶 隻 雀仔 返去 。
||||||||||||the (little) bird|little bird|
夏兒 將 隻 燕子 放 喺 一 個 摸 上 手 好 舒服 嘅 紫色 袋 入面 ， 又 拎 咗 幾 粒 果子 畀 佢 食 。
|"put"|||||||soft-touch fabric|||||||bag|||took out|||pieces of|fruits|||
Hsia puts the swallow in a purple bag that feels good to the touch, and carries some fruit for him to eat.
跟住 媽媽 帶 佢哋 去 揾 大伯伯 ， 大伯伯 養 咗 好多 雀仔 ， 佢 應該 知道 點樣 救 燕子 。
"follow"||||||uncle||raise|||||||||swallow bird
Mom takes them to get Uncle Big, who has a lot of finches, so he should know how to save the swallows.
大 伯伯 一路 執 藥 入 布袋 ， 一路 話 ： 「 通常 燕子 都 係 一家人 一齊 飛 ， 呢 隻 蕩失路 嘅 小 燕子 ， 可能 要 到 出年 先 可以 見 返 屋企人 喇 ！ 」
|Elder uncle||collect|||cloth bag||||||||||this||lost its way|||||||||||||
The old man carried the medicine into the bag and said, "Usually swallows fly together with their families, but this little swallow that has lost its way may not be able to see the people in the house until the New Year! La
「 點解 要 等 到 出年 咁耐 ？ 」
|||||so long
夏兒 問 。
「 因為 冬天 就 到 喇 ！
"For the winter is upon us!
冬天 呢 ， 地下 冇 晒 果子 同 蟲仔 ， 燕子 冇 嘢 食 ， 就 要 飛 去 暖 啲 嘅 地方 揾食 。 」
|||||||insects|||||||||warmer||||find food
大 伯伯 話 。
「 即係 要 等到 出年 春天 ， 佢 先 可以 揾 返 屋企人 ？ 」
"That means"||||spring season||||||
That is, they have to wait until spring of the following year before they can find someone to work for the company?" "I'm sorry.
夏兒 問 。
「 係 啊 ！
所以 呢 段 時間 ， 隻 燕子 就 靠 晒 你 喇 ！ 」
大 伯伯 講 完 ， 就 將 袋 住 紗布 同 藥 嘅 布袋 畀 咗 夏兒 。
||||||||Gauze||medicine||cloth bag|||
When he had finished speaking, he gave Hsia-er the cloth with gauze and medicine in it.
就 係 噉 ， 今年 冬天 ， 夏兒 做 咗 「 燕子 媽媽 」 ， 幫手 睇 燕子 ， 仲 揾 埋 媽媽 幫手 整 張 好 細 、 但 好 厚 嘅 被仔 畀 燕子 保暖 。
|||||||||||||||"also"|||||||||thick||quilt|||keep warm
That's why this winter, Hsia became "Swallow's mom", helping to look after the swallows and help her make a small but thick quilt to keep the swallows warm.
就 喺 媽媽 好 緊張 噉 整 被 嘅 時候 ， 夏兒 問 ： 「 媽媽 ！
||||nervous||make||||||
When mom was so nervous about finishing her quilt, Hsia asked, "Mom!
燕子 嘅 屋企人 出年 先 返嚟 ， 噉 佢 咪 好 驚 囉 ？ 」
||family members||||||||scared|"then"
Swallow's family is coming back first in the New Year, why is she so scared? (English)
媽媽 話 ： 「 雖然 燕子 會 好 驚 ， 但 佢 知道 屋企人 一定 會 返嚟 揾 佢 ， 所以 唔會 唔開心 嘅 。 」
「 就 好似 喺 外地 忙於 工作 嘅 爸爸 、 同埋 我 嘅 好 朋友 小花 ， 佢哋 一 年 會 返嚟 一 次 ， 所以 我 都 唔會 唔開心 噉樣 ？ 」
|||"abroad"|"busy with"||||||||||||||||||||||
"Just like my father, who is busy working overseas, and my best friend, Siu Fa, who comes back once a year, I will not be unhappy. I'm not happy."
媽媽 摸 住 夏兒 頭髮 ， 話 ： 「 冇錯 ， 因為 佢哋 知道 呢度 先 係 屋企 ， 佢哋 一定 會 返嚟 。 」
|"touching"||||||||||||||||
話咁快 就 到 春天 喇 ！
In no time||||
爸爸 同 小花 都 返 咗 嚟 ， 仲 同 夏兒 一齊 行山 。
Dad and Flora are back, and they went hiking with Hsia.
夏兒 見 燕子 嘅 傷 好返 晒 ， 就 放 咗 佢 ， 佢 即刻 飛 上 天 同 其他 雀仔 一齊 玩 。
|||||better|||||||immediately||||||||
When Summer saw that the swallows' wounds had returned, she let them go and they immediately flew up to the sky to play with the other finches.
雖然 夏兒 條 村 已經 冇 乜 人 住 ， 但 夏兒 相信 啲 村民 都 係 同 佢 一樣 ， 覺得 ： 「 始終 都 係 返 返 去 最 熟悉 嘅 屋企 、 喺 最 愛 嘅 家人 身邊 ， 先 最 開心 自在 ！ 」
|||||||||||believe||villagers|||||||"After all"|||||||familiar with|||||most loved|||||||at ease
Although there are no more people living in Ha Yee Tsuen, Ha believes that like her, the villagers feel that, "After all, it is always the most comfortable to go back to the houses that I know best and to be around my favorite family members! The village is now a place of peace and harmony.
