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The Dragon Fly

(Dorothy Keeley Aldis,1896-1966)

A dragon fly upon my knee

Is sitting looking up at me.

He has a scarlet tail and six

Little legs like jointed sticks.

With two of them he rubs his head.

His eyes are brown, his mouth is red,

His wings are colored like the rain:

He lifts them, and flies off again.

蜻蜓

一只蜻蜓歇在我膝盖上

抬头望着我

他有深红色的尾巴以及六条

像极连接细枝的腿

它用其中两条腿搓头

它有褐色的眼 红色的嘴

双翼透明如雨

举起 飞离