Tessa went to work by flying taxi every morning. Her sky stop was on a roof. The building was very tall. She waited there with a coffee in her hand.
苔莎每天早上乘飞行出租车去上班。她的空中站台在一栋很高的大楼楼顶。她手里拿着一杯咖啡，在那里等车。
The taxi came at eight o'clock. It was small and white, with four round lights. It landed on a round pad. A door opened, and Tessa got in.
出租车八点钟到。它又小又白，有四盏圆灯，降落在一块圆形的停机坪上。门打开，苔莎走了进去。
That morning, the taxi did not land.
那天早上，出租车没有降落。
It flew over the roof again and again. The pilot's voice came from the sky. "Sorry, everyone," he said. "The pad is not clear. I cannot land."
它在楼顶上一圈又一圈地飞。驾驶员的声音从空中传来。“各位抱歉，”他说，“停机坪上有障碍，我不能降落。”
Tessa looked at the pad. It was clear. The morning was bright and cold. There was no bag, no box, and no person.
苔莎看着停机坪。上面是空的。早晨明亮而寒冷，没有袋子，没有箱子，也没有人。
"What is wrong?" asked a girl next to her. She had a violin case on her back.
“怎么回事？”旁边的一个女孩问。她背着一个小提琴盒。
"I do not know," said Tessa.
“我不知道。”苔莎说。
An old man with a gray hat pointed. "Look there," he said. "Up on the light pole."
一位戴灰帽子的老先生指着远处。“看那边，”他说，“灯柱顶上。”
On top of the pole sat a small gray bird. It sat on a messy ball of leaves and sticks. It was a nest. The bird looked at the taxi and did not move.
柱子顶上有一只灰色的小鸟，坐在一团乱糟糟的树叶和树枝上。那是一个鸟巢。小鸟望着出租车，一动不动。
"The taxi sees the nest," said the girl. "It thinks the nest is on the pad."
“出租车看到了鸟巢。”女孩说，“它以为鸟巢在停机坪上。”
"It is very close," said the old man. "The taxi wants to be safe."
“离得太近了。”老先生说，“出租车想要安全。”
Tessa looked at her watch. It was eight ten. She had an early meeting. She did not want to be late. But she did not want to move the bird.
苔莎看了看手表，八点十分。她有一个早会，不想迟到。可是她也不想赶走那只鸟。
"Let us wait," she said.
“我们等一等吧。”她说。
"A few minutes is not a big problem."
“几分钟没什么大不了的。”
"The bird is not in danger. It just needs a home."
“小鸟没有危险，它只是需要一个家。”
They waited. Nobody talked. The taxi flew in a big circle. The bird made a small sound. A second bird flew to the nest. It had a thin stick.
他们等着。没有人说话。出租车绕着大圈飞行。小鸟发出一声轻轻的叫声。又一只鸟飞到鸟巢边，嘴里叼着一根细树枝。
Then the pilot spoke again. "There is another pad on the next roof," he said. "It is only two minutes away. Can you walk across the glass bridge?"
这时驾驶员又说话了。“隔壁楼顶还有一块停机坪，”他说，“只要两分钟就到。你们可以走玻璃桥过去吗？”
"Yes!" they all said.
“可以！”大家都说。
The group walked over the bridge. The wind was cold. The girl played one soft note on her violin. The old man laughed.
一行人走过了玻璃桥。风很冷。女孩在小提琴上拉了一个轻轻的音符，老先生笑了起来。
On the next roof, the taxi waited. Tessa got in. She looked back through the window. The nest looked very small on the tall pole.
在隔壁的楼顶，出租车正等着。苔莎上了车。她透过车窗回头看，高高的柱子上，鸟巢显得那么小。
She was twelve minutes late for her meeting. Her boss did not mind. He loved birds. He asked to see a photo of the nest. She showed him one.
她开会迟到了十二分钟。老板并不介意，他爱鸟，还要看鸟巢的照片。她给他看了一张。
That evening, Tessa walked to a shop near her home. She bought a small wooden box with a round hole. It was a bird house. She also bought a pen and a card.
那天傍晚，苔莎走到家附近的一家小店。她买了一个带圆洞的小木盒，那是一个鸟屋。她还买了一支笔和一张卡片。
The next morning, she went to the sky stop early. She put the bird house on a post. It was far from the pad. She wrote on the card, "Please keep away." She put the card on the pole.
第二天早上，她很早就到了空中站台。她把鸟屋放在一根柱子上，离停机坪很远。她在卡片上写道：“请不要靠近。”然后把卡片放在灯柱上。
Then she waited for her taxi. The gray bird looked at the new house. It put one stick inside.
接着她等着自己的出租车。灰色的小鸟看着那个新房子，把一根树枝放了进去。
