Charlie’s Raven (Excerpt I)查理的渡鸦（节选一）

Gee， maybe the people who think ravens are supernatural are right， he mused. Yellow fog and a rogue wind while I’m robbing a raven nest. The strange wind gusted again and the tree bent low. As Charlie rode back with it he gasped. On a limb above the nest sat the parent ravens. He had not seen or heard them return. But there they were—seemingly metamorphosed from the pine needles. They held their heads high like royalty. Their black eyes looked right at him. He shivered.

哎呀，也许那些认为渡鸦有超自然能力的人是对的，查理沉思道。（剩余4703字）