We worried that despite her best efforts the semicivilized youngsters might choose to become permanent panhandlers , rather than rejoin the society of wild egrets and do their part for the future of their kind .

我们非常担心妈妈的努力会适得其反。这些半人工喂养，半野放的家伙可能会选择永远依赖别人，而不愿回到自己的世界，为自己种群的将来出一份力。