The chicks have lost their down feathers and they're hungry.

企鹅宝宝的绒毛已完全褪去 它们饥肠辘辘。

It was as though his heart, stressed almost beyond the breaking point by the last few days, had been placed onto a pile of soft down feathers.

就好像他的心，在过去的几天里，被压得几乎快要崩溃了，被放在了一堆柔软的羽绒上。