愛爾蘭島上強風吹拂，自由自在的狂風起於大海，呼嘯著劃過翡翠色的海島。全世界各種各樣的鳥都願意聚在這裏，好借用強風讓自己飛得更高。這裏有燕子、老鷹、貓頭鷹……還有一大群海鷗。
上千隻鳥兒坐在陡峭的懸崖邊俯瞰著大西洋，等待著一陣合適的風吹過，讓自己乘著風力輕輕鬆鬆地飛上高高的天空。
海鷗們像其他鳥兒一樣，經常抓住時機享受一番飛翔的樂趣。可以說幾乎所有的海鷗都是這樣，除了一隻奇奇怪怪的綠色愛爾蘭海鷗，他的名字叫傑克·奧肖納西。
The wind blows free in Ireland. It whistles in from the ocean and soars over the Emerald Isle. Birds of all sorts from all over the world flock there to take advantage of the winging winds. There are swallows,eagles, owls and a whole lot of seagulls.
A thousand or more birds sit on the edges of the cliffs that overlook the Atlantic Ocean. They wait for just the right breeze to send them soaring high into the sky with no effort whatsoever.
The seagulls, like the rest of the birds, would constantly take wing just for the fun of flying—all the seagulls, that is, except a strangelooking green Irish seagull by the name of Jake O’Shawnasey.
當然，真的不是傑克不願意飛。實際上，他特別希望自己也能飛起來。可是，他不相信自己能夠飛翔。正因為他不相信自己會飛，所以他就真的飛不起來了。
他會拚命地拍打翅膀，想讓風力把自己托起來。可是，一旦自己稍微離開地麵，傑克就會一邊慌張地撲騰，一邊想著：“我可不覺得我飛得起來！我真的飛不起來！”這麽一想，他就會立刻重重地掉到地上，常常摔掉十幾根羽毛。
Now, it wasn’t that Jake didn’t want to fly. Oh, how he wanted to,but he didn’t believe he could fly. And because he didn’t believe, he couldn’t.