It may be hard for an egg to turn into a bird: it would be a jolly sight harder for it to learn to fly while remaining an egg. We are like eggs at present. And you cannot go on indefinitely being just an ordinary, decent egg. We must be hatched or go bad.

一只蛋要变成一只鸟可能很难:对它来说，在保持蛋的同时学会飞翔，将是一件令人愉快的事情。我们现在就像鸡蛋。你不可能永远只是一个普通的、体面的鸡蛋。我们必须被孵化，否则就会变坏。