Caps for Sale
A Tale of a Peddler, Some Monkeys and Their Monkey Business
by Esphyr Slobodkina
這是一本超過半世紀的繪本, 仍是一本很經典故事書, 我對這本繪本簡短的介紹會是 "耍猴戲", 呵...
這本故事書或許沒有太大的 moral 要教導孩子, 但是一本非常好的 learn to read 的材料哦,
而且, 其故事性還算滿吸引孩子的, 唸這本故事書時, 記得起身和孩子們一起耍猴戲哦, 應該會熱鬧又開心!
部分故事如下:
Once ther was a peddler who sold caps. But he was not like an ordinary peddler carrying his wares on his back. He carried them on top of his head... As he went along he called, "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!"
從前從前有個賣帽子的小販, 他很特別哦, 他把要賣的帽子一個個疊在頭上, 疊得高高的, 延路叫賣"賣帽子哦, 賣帽子哦, 一個帽子50分錢哦!"
後來帽子一個也沒賣出去, 小販決定到城外走走, 走著走著累了, 決定要休息一下, 結果在樹下睡了好一會兒, 醒來時發現, 所有的帽子都不見了, 只剩他頭上那頂格子帽子,他東找西找左找右找, 猜猜帽子在那?
On every branch sat a monkey. On every monkey was a gray, or a brown, or a blue, or a red cap! 帽子全給猴子們拿去了!
"You monkeys, you," he said, shaking a finger at them, "you give me back my caps." 小販用手指著那些猴子們說"把帽子還給我!"
But the monkeys only shook their fingers back at him and said, "Tsz, tsz, tsz." 猴子們有樣學樣, 也把手指著小販一邊猴叫著.
接下來小販生氣踱腳, 猴子們也樣樣有樣學樣, 最後小販拿回帽子了嗎?
請孩子猜猜看哦, 真的是一個訓練機智的可愛故事耶, 呵...
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