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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOON

壮妈汀妈点评：

喜欢这本书，喜欢儿子听完故事后流露出的满足快乐。

一只小熊把自己的回声当成了月亮在与他对话，于是他要送月亮生日礼物，虽然后来礼物丢了，但他们之间的情感却更近了。

这本书是美国著名儿童作家Frank Asch的最脍炙人口的"Moonbear"系列中的一本，画面非常简洁，线条清晰，很容易让小孩子的注意力集中到小熊和月亮身上。而故事中小熊给月亮送帽子，把帽子挂在树顶上，等月亮移到树梢时试带帽子合适不合适，以及风把帽子刮到小熊家门口，小熊看到以为是月亮送它的礼物。。。这些情节那么有趣，那么富有孩童的幻想，大人也会被吸引的！

关于回声的故事，我看过国内出品的一个动画片，“小兔子到山里玩，听见回声不知道怎么回事，以为是山那边的孩子，后来就骂起来：“你是大坏蛋！”当然回声也这么骂他喽。哭着回家找妈妈，妈妈说你试试好好跟他说话。第二天小兔子道歉，皆大欢喜。”当时我看这个动画片的时候就在想，如果一个孩子，根本还没学会“大坏蛋”这样的难听话，那看了这个片子，他会怎么样？他从这个片子会学到什么呢？

现在，看了这个小熊和月亮的故事，再回想那个回声的故事，我真是感慨万分！我们国内的儿童作家什么时候才能用心地透过孩子纯净的眼睛、孩子纯洁的心灵来为可爱的孩子创作出能深入孩子内心的作品呢？！

喜欢这本书，故事简短可爱，充分表达出关心、分享、宽容的美好，也告诉孩子，只要有真心和诚意，礼物是不重要的。听了这个故事，相信每个幼小的心灵都会得到深深的滋养的。

　

One night Bear looked up at the sky and thought, wouldn't it be nice to give the moon a birthday present.

But Bear didn't know when the moon's birthday was, or what to get him. 
So he climbed a tall tree to have a little chat with the moon.
“Hello, Moon!” he shouted.
But the moon did not reply.
Maybe I am too far away, thought Bear, and the moon cannot hear me.

So Bear paddled across the river...and hiked through the forest...into the mountains.

Now I am much closer to the moon, thought Bear, and again he shouted:
“Hello!”
This time his own voice echoed off one of the other mountains:
“Hello!”
Bear got very excited. Oh, boy! he thought.
I'm talking to the moon. 

“Tell me,”asked Bear, 
“When is your birthday?”
“Tell me, when is your birthday? replied the moon.

“Well, it just so happens that my birthday is tomorrow!”said Bear.
“Well, it just so happens that my birthday is tomorrow!”said the moon.
“What do you want for your birthday?” asked Bear.
“What do you want for your birthday?” asked the moon.
Bear thought for a moment, then he replied:
“I would like a hat.”
“I would like a hat.” said the moon.
Oh, goody! Thought Bear, now I know what to get the moon for his birthday.

　

“Goodbye,” said Bear.
“Goodbye,” said the moon.

　

When Bear got home, he dumped all the money out of his piggy bank.

　

Then he went downtown...
and bought the moon a beautiful hat.

That night he put the hat up in a tree where the moon could find it. Then he waited and watched while the moon slowly crept up through the branches and tried on the hat. 
“Hurray!” yelled Bear. “It fits just right!”

During the night while Bear slept, the hat fell out of the tree. In the morning Bear found the hat on his doorstep.
“So the moon got me a hat, too” exclaimed Bear. He tried it on and it fit perfectly.

　

But just then, the wind blew Bear's hat off his head. He chased after it...but it got away.

That night Bear paddled across the river...and hiked through the forest...to talk with the moon.

For a long time the moon would not speak to him, so Bear spoke first.
“Hello!”he shouted.
“Hello!”replied the moon.
“I lost the beautiful hat you gave me,”said Bear.
“I lost the beautiful hat you gave me,”said the moon.
“That's okay, I still love you!” said Bear.
“That's okay, I still love you!” said the moon.

“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” said Bear.
“HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” said the moon.