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某周末的下午，屋前的枫树飞来了一只不速之客 - 鹰 （hawk）。
我是鸟盲，分不清我所看到的到底是鹰还是雕，算是鹰吧，因为自孩儿开始 ，雕是坏蛋，而眼前这鸟像是上帝派来的萌货。
牠目光炯炯，不停环顾四周，像是寻觅可食目标，但飞来了一只小鸟，停留在牠后面，仅一步之差，牠又不屑一顾，直到跟前来了一只不知天高地厚的小松鼠，牠一飞爪欲擒，小松鼠却逃离了。
牠不怕生，地上人来车往，牠泰然自若，可能在牠的字典里没有惊弓之鸟之说的吧。
越对着牠狂拍，我越发越情迷意乱了，有股很强烈的冲动，想把牠引回家，宠物一样养着牠，宠着牠，因为我知道，待会牠的不告而飞，也许是从此以后，我再也见不到牠的了。
接下来的几天，每天经过那棵树，我都不由自主地朝树上瞧一瞧，但每次留给我的只是无边的念想。
如果有来生，你，还会来看我吗？
【鹰的重生】
鹰可以活到70岁，但在牠活到40岁时，牠必须经过一个十分痛苦且自虐的更新过程，就是飞到悬崖上，用岩石把已老化的喙敲掉，用新长的喙把趾甲拔掉，最后用新长的趾甲再把羽毛拔掉，让新羽毛长出来，150天漫长的蜕变，才可以重新飞翔。可以再活三十年。
【"Rebirth" of The Eagle】
The eagle has the longest life-span of its' species. It can live up to 70 years. But to reach this age, the eagle must make a hard decision in its' 40's.
Its' long and flexible talons can no longer grab prey which serves as food.
Its' long and sharp beak becomes bent.
Its' old-aged and heavy wings, due to their thick feathers, become stuck to its' chest and make it difficult to fly.
Then, the eagle is left with only two options: die or go through a painful process of change which lasts 150 days.
The process requires that the eagle fly to a mountain top and sit on its' nest.
There the eagle knocks its' beak against a rock until it plucks it out. After plucking it out, the eagle will wait for a new beak to grow back and then it will pluck out its' talons.
When its' new talons grow back, the eagle starts plucking its' old-aged feathers.
And after five months, the eagle takes its famous flight of rebirth and lives for 30 more years.
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