[绘本] 不一样的露比系列（英文文本）

因为看到有妈妈推荐这套书，DD夜场限时抢10元一套（3本），正好手头上有其中一本的英文，也是因为喜欢，所以把英文文本敲下来，打算给娃当故事讲。
英文书已经还给图书馆了。

Ruby Flew To! by Jonathan Emmett, Rebecca Harry

Once upon a time, upon a nest, beside a lake, there lived two ducks. A mother duck, and a father duck.
There were five eggs in the nest. Mother Duck sat upon the nest, all day...
Through howling wind...
and driving rain, looking after the eggs. All five of them.
Then one bright morning, the eggs began to hatch.
One, two, three, four
little beaks poked out into the sunlight.
One, two, three, four little ducklings shook their feathers in the breeze.
"We'll call them Rufus, Rosy, Rosie and Rebecca," said Father Duck. And Mother Duck agreed.
But the fifth egg did nothing.
"Will it ever hatch?" said Father duck.
"It will," said mother duck,"in its own time."
And sure enough, it did.
"She's very small," said father duck.
"What shall we call her?"
"We'll call her Ruby," said mother duck,"because she is small and precious."
Rufus, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca ate whatever they were given.
They ate anything and everything.
But Ruby ate nothing.
"Will she ever eat?" said father duck.
"She will," said mother duck," in her own time."
And sure enough, she did.
Rufus, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca swam off whenever they were able.
They swam anywhere and everywhere.
But Ruby swam nowhere.
"Will she ever swim?" said father duck.
"She will," said mother duck,"in here own time."
And sure enough, she did.
Rufus, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca grew bigger.
And Ruby grew bigger too.
Her feathers grew out and her wins grew broad and beautiful.
And when Rufus, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca began to fly...
Ruby flew too!
Rufus, Rory, Rosie and Rebecca flew far and wide. They flew out, across the water.
They flew up, among the trees.
But Ruby flew farther and wider.
She flew out, beyond the water.
She flew up, above the trees.
She flew anywhere and everywhere.
She stretched out her beautiful wings...
and soared high among the clouds.
Mother duck and father duck watched Ruby flying off into the distance.
"Will she ever come back?" said mother duck.
"She will," said father duck, "in her own time."
And sure enough, she did.