夜行性动物，通常白天休息，夜间进行活动，这样的生活方式同昼行性动物正好相反。一般来说，动物选择夜行，是出于生存的考量，选择夜间出行，能有效避开天敌，争取更大的生存概率。你知道哪些夜行动物？让我们阅读下面这篇故事了解吧。

If I Were Nocturnal

假如我是夜行者

By Jennifer Cherry

Art by Monika Filipina

傅梦怡 译

If I were nocturnal, I would wake up when the world grows dark and the moon comes out.

I would walk to the park and call to my friends, “Hello, Beaver! Hello, Skunk! Hello, Raccoon! Come out and play with me!”

Beaver would teach me to build a dam of sticks and mud. Then Raccoon and Skunk would help me hunt insects and find berries for a midnight picnic in the grass.

After our snack, we would play hide-and-seek in the shadows and watch spiders spin webs.

When the sun started to rise, I would say, “Good night!” and walk home.

Then, as the birds began to sing, I would put on my pajamas and get into my bed.

If I were nocturnal, I would sleep all day and then wake up with the rising moon.

假如我是夜行者，我会在天色变暗、月亮出来的时候起床。

我会走到公园里，向朋友们打招呼：“你好，海狸！你好，臭鼬！你好，浣熊！出来和我一起玩吧！”

海狸教我用树枝和泥巴筑坝。浣熊和臭鼬帮我捕获昆虫，寻找浆果，为午夜的草地野餐做准备。

吃过点心后，我们在树荫下捉迷藏，看蜘蛛结网。

当太阳开始升起时，我会说：“晚安！”然后步行回家。

接着，当鸟儿开始唱歌时，我穿上睡衣，上床睡觉。

假如我是夜行者，我会睡一整天，然后随着升起的月亮醒来。

本文刊登在《英语沙龙》（少儿）2022年10月刊

原标题：《夜行性动物知多少》