Chapter1

Once when I was six years old I saw a magnificent picture in a book,called True Stories from Nature,about the primeval forest.It was picture of a boa constrictor in the act of swalling an animal .Here is a copy of the drawing.

In the book it said:"Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole,without chewing it.after that they are not able to move,and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion."

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在我六岁时，曾经在一本描写原始森林、名为《大自然里的真实故事》的书里，看到过一幅蔚为壮观的插图。图上画的是一条巨蟒正在吞食一只野兽。下面是那幅图画的摹本。