據(jù)古代的傳說，百靈鳥生于地球未出現(xiàn)之前。她父親死于一場大病，因當(dāng)時還沒有地球，她找不到地方為父親做墳?zāi)埂Ｍ�喪五天后，她心中慌亂，就將父親葬在自己的頭上。從此以后，她頭上就有了冠毛，人們傳說那是她父親的墳山。

　　這故事是說青年人的第一責(zé)任是孝敬父母。

　　The Lark Burying Her Father

　　THE LARK (according to an ancient legend) was created before the earth itself, and when her father died, as there was no earth, she could find no place of burial for him. She let him lie uninterred for five days, and on the sixth day, not knowing what else to do, she buried him in her own head. Hence she obtained her crest, which is popularly said to be her father's grave-hillock.

　　Youth's first duty is reverence to parents.