One day a hungry robin saw an inchworm, green as an emerald, sitting on a twig. He was about to gobble him up.
有一天，一隻飢餓的知更鳥看見了一條一寸蟲，碧綠綠的，像是一小塊祖母綠寶石，停在小樹枝上，它正要一口吞掉它。
"Don't eat me. I am an inchworm. I am useful. I measure things."
"Is that so!" said the robin. "Then measure my tail!"
“不要吃我，我是一寸蟲。我很有用，我會量東西。”
“真的嗎？”知更鳥說，“那你來量一量我的尾巴！”
"That's easy," said the inchworm.
"One, two, three, four, five inches."
“那容易，”知更鳥說，“一、二、三、四、五寸。”
"Just think," said the robin,"my tail is five inches long!"
And with the inchworm, he flew to where other birds needed to be measured.
“真的呀！”知更鳥說，“我的尾巴是五寸長！”
然後，它載著一寸蟲，飛去別處找其他要量一量的鳥。
The inchworm measured the neck of the flamingo.
一寸蟲量了火烈鳥的頸子。
He measured the toucan's beak...
它量了巨嘴鳥的喙...
the legs of the heron...
蒼鷺的腳...
the tail of the pheasant...
雉雞的尾巴...
and the whole hummingbird.
還有蜂鳥的全身。
One morning, the nightingale met the inchworm.
有一天早晨，夜鶯遇見了一寸蟲。
"Measure my song," said the nightingale.
“量我的歌。”夜鶯說。
"But how can I do that?" said the inchworm."I measure things, not songs."
“我要怎麼量歌呢？”一寸蟲說，“我只量東西，不量歌。”
"Measure my song or I'll eat you for breakfast," said the nightingale.
“量我的歌，要不然我把你當早點吃掉。”夜鶯說。
Then the inchworm had an idea.
於是，一寸蟲想到了一個點子。
"I'll try," he said,"go ahead and sing."
“我願意試一試，”它說，“開口唱吧！”
The nightingale sang and the inchworm measured away.
夜鶯開始唱，一寸蟲動身量。
He measured and measured...
它量啊量，量啊量...
Inch by Inch...
一寸又一寸...
until he inched out of sight.
一直量到不見了蹤影。
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