可爱的小乌龟

我家有一只小乌龟，那是去年阿姨送我的生日礼物。

There is a little turtle in my family. It was my aunt's birthday present last year.

它还没有我半个手掌这么大。它的头有我的小指大小，上面有一对乌溜溜的小眼睛，可灵活了。还有一张小嘴巴，就算它张大嘴也只够吞下一粒饭。

It's not half the size of my hand. Its head is the size of my little finger, with a pair of black eyes on it. It's flexible. There's also a small mouth, even if it's big enough to swallow only one grain of rice.

它身子是被一个椭圆形的龟壳包着的，龟背上的壳是绿色的，由好多片多边形拼成的。一感觉到危险它就把头和四支小爪子缩进龟壳里，就好像那龟壳是一个碉堡，躲在里面安全极了！

Its body is surrounded by an oval tortoise shell. The shell on the back of the tortoise is green and is made up of many pieces of polygons. As soon as he felt the danger, he withdrew his head and four little claws into the turtle's shell, as if the turtle's shell were a bunker, which was extremely safe!

最最好玩的是它的脖子，是可以伸缩的。伸的时候有我的小指头那么长，缩的时候可以把头完全缩进壳里，一点点都看不到了。

The funniest thing about it is that its neck is stretchable. When I extend it, it's as long as my little finger. When I retract it, I can completely retract my head into the shell. I can't see it at all.

小乌龟生活在水中，所以我给它买了个漂亮的小鱼缸，透明的，缸口呈波浪形的，我还在底下铺了一层五颜六色的小石子，装上半缸水，它在里面游来游去，可开心了！我觉得它一定喜欢这个家。

The little turtle lives in the water, so I bought a beautiful small fish tank for it. It's transparent and the mouth of the tank is wavy. I also laid a layer of colorful stones under the bottom and installed half of the tank of water. It's very happy that it swims around in it! I think it must like this family.

它爱吃虾、肉或鱼，我每天只要给它喂一次食。当然在喂食之前要先换水然后再喂，因为小乌龟喂食的时候也会把水喝下去。每次我都把食物弄成很小块，直接扔在水里，有时一边扔一边观察它有没有在吃，小乌龟知道我是它的小主人，就很放心大胆地吃。只有冬天它才会一点东西都不想吃，应该是太怕冷了吧。到春暖的时候它才开始吃东西。

It likes to eat shrimp, meat or fish. I only feed it once a day. Of course, water should be changed before feeding, because the turtle will drink water when feeding. Every time I make the food into small pieces and throw it directly into the water. Sometimes I watch whether it is eating while I throw it. The little turtle knows that I am its little owner, so he is very relieved to eat boldly. Only in winter, it doesn't want to eat anything. It should be too afraid of the cold. It doesn't eat until it's warm in spring.

它来到我家一年了，我看它也长大了一点。我希望小乌龟在我家健健康康地和我一起长大。因为我喜欢我的小乌龟，所以我给它取了一个名字，叫“小兰花”。

It has been a year since it came to my house. I think it has grown up a little. I hope little tortoise will grow up with me in my family. Because I like my little turtle, I named it "little orchid".