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The Thorn Birds ——《荆棘鸟》 Acthor:Colleen McCullough 考琳·麦考洛 The book is regarded as Gone With the Wind in Australia. 这本书被认为是澳大利亚 的《飘》 Here is a legend about a bird which sings just once in its life ， more sweetly than any other creature on the face of the earth. From the moment it leaves the nest, it searches for a thorn tree ，and does not rest until it has found one. Then ,singing among the savage branches, it impales itself upon the longest，sharpest spine. And，dying，it rises above its own agony to out- carol the lark and the nightingale. One superlative song，ex