啄木鸟

亲爱的小朋友们，动物是人类的好朋友，我们要好好保护它们。比如：青蛙能捉田里的害虫；狗狗能帮我们看门，替我们赶走坏人；猫会捉老鼠；啄木鸟是森林的好医生……

Dear children, animals are good friends of human beings. We should take good care of them. For example: frogs can catch pests in the field; dogs can help us watch the door and drive away bad people for us; cats can catch mice; woodpeckers are good doctors in the forest

清晨，在森林里，谁起得最早—是忠于职守的森林医生：啄木鸟。它在森林里，扑棱棱，飞来飞去，捉捕害虫，保护翠绿的树林。

In the early morning, in the forest, who gets up the earliest is the forest doctor who is devoted to his duty: woodpecker. It's in the forest, flying around, catching pests and protecting the green forest.

啄木鸟的足上有四个足趾，其中两个朝前，一个朝后还有一个朝向另一侧。它的足趾上有锋利的爪子，使它能够牢牢地站在直直的树干上，它的尾部羽毛非常坚硬，可以支在树干上支撑它的身体使它不至于掉下来。它的嘴又直又尖，能啄开坚硬的木质，然后用它那又长又软、带有成排倒须钩和黏液的舌头，伸缩自如地钩取树干中的昆虫和幼虫。

There are four toes on the woodpecker's feet, two of which are facing forward, one is facing backward and the other is facing the other side. It has sharp claws on its toes, so that it can stand firmly on the straight trunk, and its tail feathers are very hard, so it can support its body on the trunk so that it does not fall down. Its mouth is straight and sharp, and it can peck open hard wood. Then it can use its long, soft tongue with rows of barbs and mucus to reach insects and larvae in the trunk.

勤劳的啄木鸟每天从这一棵树飞到那棵树，仔细地为每一棵树诊治，真是森林里的好医生。

Hardworking woodpeckers fly from one tree to another every day. They treat every tree carefully. They are really good doctors in the forest.