Charlie’s Raven (Excerpt VIII)《查理的渡鸦》（节选八）

After the morning ceremonies and breakfast， Charlie had his own routines to perform. He carried Blue Sky to his cabin for a nap， opened the irrigation gate， watered the plants， made repairs that were needed， and then set traps to catch mice for raven food. Dr. Bernd Heinrich， the world raven expert， had noted in his book The Mind of the Raven the enormous amount of food baby ravens needed every day. A family of four nestlings required six mice， four hen’s eggs， two six-ounce cans of cat food， ten ounces of puppy chow， and a couple of scoops of beans. Mice were not always available， so Charlie had substituted canned tuna fish. Divided by four， that was a lot of food， and he was a busy raven mom.

带领蓝天进行了早上的系列礼仪之后，吃过早饭，查理还有自己的常规活动。（剩余4542字）