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某周末的下午，屋前的楓樹飛來了一隻不速之客 - 鷹 （hawk）。
我是鳥盲，分不清我所看到的到底是鷹還是雕，算是鷹吧，因為自孩兒開始 ，雕是壞蛋，而眼前這鳥像是上帝派來的萌貨。
牠目光炯炯，不停環顧四周，像是尋覓可食目標，但飛來了一隻小鳥，停留在牠後麵，僅一步之差，牠又不屑一顧，直到跟前來了一隻不知天高地厚的小鬆鼠，牠一飛爪欲擒，小鬆鼠卻逃離了。
牠不怕生，地上人來車往，牠泰然自若，可能在牠的字典裏沒有驚弓之鳥之說的吧。
越對著牠狂拍，我越發越情迷意亂了，有股很強烈的衝動，想把牠引回家，寵物一樣養著牠，寵著牠，因為我知道，待會牠的不告而飛，也許是從此以後，我再也見不到牠的了。
接下來的幾天，每天經過那棵樹，我都不由自主地朝樹上瞧一瞧，但每次留給我的隻是無邊的念想。
如果有來生，你，還會來看我嗎？
【鷹的重生】
鷹可以活到70歲，但在牠活到40歲時，牠必須經過一個十分痛苦且自虐的更新過程，就是飛到懸崖上，用岩石把已老化的喙敲掉，用新長的喙把趾甲拔掉，最後用新長的趾甲再把羽毛拔掉，讓新羽毛長出來，150天漫長的蛻變，才可以重新飛翔。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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