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The Dove [03-11]

Later Noah sent out a bird called a dove. But it also could not find any dry land, so it came back to Noah. A week later he sent the dove out again, and it came back with an olive branch in its beak! The water was going down, and the plants were growing again!

之后挪亚放出一只称作鸽子的飞鸟，但仍找不着任何的干地，于是又飞回挪亚那里。再等了七天，他又放出一只鸽子，鸽子回来时嘴里衔着一根橄榄枝！水正在消退，植物再次生长！

Important Terms:

• Noah

Translation Notes:

• dove - A small, white or gray flying bird that eats seeds or fruit.
• olive branch - An olive tree's fruit contains oil which people use for cooking or putting on their skin. If your language does not have a word for "olive branch," you could translate it as, "branch from a tree called 'olive'" or, "branch from an oil-tree."
• water was going down - It may be more natural in your language to say that, "the water was going away" or, "the level of the water was getting lower."