Soon after came their children, and their grand-children; for they knew well enough that it was the day of the fiftieth anniversary, and had come with their gratulations that very morning.
不一会儿,他们的儿孙都来了。他们都知道今天是二老的金婚纪念日,一大早就来祝贺了。
七角楼(上)
Shortly after, there was a prodigious cackling and gratulation of Chanticleer and all his family, including the wizened chicken, who appeared to understand the matter quite as well as did his sire, his mother, or his aunt.