有一家子动物做邻居挺新鲜的。“我”的邻居巴克夫人搬进了养老院,一个人孤零零的。而她的房子也显得空荡荡的。“我”和爸爸每个周末都去看望她,但“我”总觉得没话可说。正当我们觉得缺了点什么时,却偶然发现了巴克夫人的圣诞树花冠上的一家子朱雀。“我”豁然开朗,找到了与巴克夫人谈论的话题。“我”替巴克夫人悉心照料着这一家子。搬运家具的人要来清理巴克夫人的房子了,“我”担心挪动鸟巢会让鸟妈妈找不到自己的宝宝,说服工人们从侧门走。工人们被“我”和鸟儿打动了。原 A family of animals to make neighbors very fresh. “My ” neighbor Barker moved into the nursing home, a solitary person. And her house seems empty. “I ” and dad visit her every weekend, but “I ” always feel nothing to say. Just as we thought we were short of something, we accidentally discovered the family of Suzaku, a lady on the crown of Buck’s Christmas tree. “I ” suddenly see the topic of discussion with Mrs. Buck. “I ” Tuba Buke take good care of this family. The people who carried the furniture were going to clear Mrs. Buck’s house, and “I” was worried that moving the nest made the bird mother unable to find her baby and persuaded the workers to go from the side door. The workers were touched by the “I” and the birds. original