荆棘鸟[1]（又称刺鸟；珍珠鸟或翡翠鸟）原本是产自南美的一种珍稀鸟类，因其擅长在荆棘灌木丛中觅食，其羽毛象燃烧的火焰般鲜艳而得名。荆棘鸟，是自然界一种奇特的动物，它一生只唱一次歌。从离开雀巢开始，便不停执着地寻找荆棘树。当它终于如愿以偿，就把自己娇小的身体扎进一株最长、最尖的荆棘上，和着血和泪放声歌唱——那凄美动人、婉转如霞的歌声使人间所有的声音刹那间黯然失色！一曲终了，荆棘鸟终于气竭命陨，以身殉歌——以一种惨烈的悲壮塑造了美丽的永恒，给人们留下一段悲怆的谜。
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真的是那样的吗？很神奇的鸟
THE THORN BIRDS There is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life, more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth, From the moment it leaves the nest it searches for a thorn tree, and does not rest until it has found one, Then singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest sharpest spin. And, dying, it rises above its own agony to out carol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song, existence the price. But the whole world stills to listen, and God in his heaven smiles. For the best is only bought at the cost of great pain....Or so says the legend 這是原文。 這是本書是描述一段不為世人接受的凄美的愛情故事。很感人。 Fot the best is only bought at the cost of great pain John
我真的很佩服荆棘鸟。荆棘鸟的勇气让我深深折服
