The Bird That Spoke Once
秋天的一个早上，小华看见一只鸟在她的房间外面。
Autumn (POSS) one (M) morning, Xiaohua see one (M) bird at her room outside.
One autumn morning, Xiaohua saw a bird outside her window.
鸟有蓝色的头，黄色的脚。
Bird have blue color (POSS) head, yellow color (POSS) foot.
It had a blue head and yellow feet.
她从来没见过这种鸟。
She never not see (EXP) this (M) bird.
She had never seen this kind of bird before.
小华小心地把门开了一点儿。
Xiaohua carefully (BA) door open (PERF) a-bit.
Xiaohua carefully opened the door a crack.
鸟没有走，看着她。
Bird not have leave, look (CONT) her.
The bird didn’t move. It looked at her.
突然，鸟说话了。
Suddenly, bird speak (PERF).
Suddenly, the bird spoke.
“记得今天对你的妈妈说‘谢谢’。”
"Remember today toward your mom say 'thank-you'."
“Today, remember to say ‘thank you’ to your mom.”
然后鸟就飞走了。
Then bird just fly-away (PERF).
Then it flew off.
小华站在那儿，几乎不相信自己的耳朵。
Xiaohua stand at there, almost not believe own (POSS) ear.
Xiaohua stood there, almost not believing her ears.
下午，妈妈做了她最喜欢的菜。
Afternoon, mom make (PERF) her most like (POSS) dishes.
That afternoon, her mom made her favorite dishes.
小华突然想起鸟的话。
Xiaohua suddenly think-up bird (POSS) words.
Xiaohua suddenly remembered what the bird had said.
她走到妈妈旁边，轻轻地说：“妈妈，谢谢你。”
She walk to mom side, softly say: "Mom, thank you."
She went over to her mom and quietly said, “Mom, thank you.”
妈妈一下子没说话，然后笑了。
Mom all-at-once not speak, then laugh (PERF).
Her mom didn’t speak at first, then smiled.
她对小华说：“今天是我最高兴的一天了。”
She toward Xiaohua say: "Today is my most happy (POSS) one day (PERF)."
She said, “This is the happiest day I’ve had in a while.”
小华看着她，心里很高兴。
Xiaohua look (CONT) her, heart inside very happy.
Xiaohua looked at her and felt happy inside.
从那以后，小华每天都在门外放一点儿水。
From that after, Xiaohua every day all at door outside place a-bit water.
From then on, Xiaohua put out a little water by the door every day.
可是那只鸟没有再来过。
But that (M) bird not have again come (EXP).
But the bird never came back.
可能它只是来告诉她那一句话。
Maybe it just is come tell her that one (M) sentence.
Maybe it only came to tell her that one thing.