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壮妈汀妈点评：
相信每一位妈妈都不愿意错过《The
Runaway Bunny》（中文译本叫逃家小兔）。这本书1942年出版，至今还在不断加印。几十年来，它吸引着一代又一代的父母和孩子共读共享。
一只小兔子要逃离妈妈，但无论它变成什么、有怎样的远走高飞的本领，都抵不过妈妈的机智，逃不出妈妈的关爱。
每个小孩子在他生妈妈气时、在他被内心刚刚萌生的独立念头驱使想尝试自己做事情时，都有过不要妈妈在身边的想法，他会哭叫着“你走，你走。。。我不要妈妈”，但如果你真的离开了，那他会哭得更伤心！是的，他不是真的想你离开，他只是在试探你对他的爱。《The
Runaway Bunny》中的兔妈妈，知道小兔心底所盼望的，以其幽默和创意，陪伴着小兔天涯海角地抓抓逃逃，给了小兔深深的满足感，然后小兔心甘情愿地在妈妈身边，做妈妈的小宝贝。
 这本书的作者Margaret Wise Brown是1930～50年代重要的实验儿童文学作家，是美国战后图画书出版的“黃金年代”（Golden Age）的代表性人物。她是当时少数以幼儿为读者对象的作者，她让图画书的创作成为一种艺术。她说，那是一股“自然的动力，想去取悦、逗乐、安慰小小孩”。
她一共创作了100多本童书，很多作品都成为传世经典，比如这本《The
Runaway Bunny》，还有《Goodnight Moon》（1947年）、《The
important thing》（1949年）等等。在1947年时，《The Little Island》更为她拿下了Caldecott大奖！在1952年她前往法国旅行时，因病情快速恶化而突然去世。那时她才42岁，她正准备结婚，她还没有自己的孩子。。。
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Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.
So he said to his mother, “I am running away.”
“If you run away,” said his mother, “I will run after you. For you are my little bunny.” |
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“If you run after me,”said the little bunny,
“I will become a fish in a trout stream and I will swim away from you.”
“If you become a fish in a trout stream,” said his mother,
“I will become a fisherman and I will fish for you.” |
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“If you become a fisherman,”said the little bunny,
“I will become a rock on the mountain, high above you.”
“If you become a rock on the mountain high above me,”said his mother,
“I will be a mountain climber, and I will climb to where you are.” |
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“If you become a mountain climber,” said the little bunny,
“I will become a crocus in a hidden garden.”
“If you become a crocus in a hidden garden,” said his mother,
“I will be a gardener. And I will find you.” |
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“If you are a gardener and find me,” said the little bunny,
“I will become a bird and fly away from you.”
“If you become a bird and fly away from me,” said his mother,
“I will be a tree that you come home to.” |
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“If you become a tree,” said the little bunny,
“I will become a little sailboat, and I will sail away from you.”
“If you become a sailboat and sail away from me,” said his mother,
“I will become the wind and blow you where I want you to go.”
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“If you become the wind and blow me,” said the little bunny,
“I will join a circus and fly away on a flying trapeze.”
“If you go flying on a flying trapeze,” said his mother,
“I will be a tightrope walker, and I will walk across the air to you.”
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“If you become a tightrope walker and walk across the air,” said the bunny,
“I will become a little boy and run into a house.”
“If you become a little boy and run into a house,” said the mother bunny,
“I will become your mother and catch you in my arms and hug you.” |
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“Shucks, ” said the bunny, “I might just as well stay where I am and be your little bunny.”
And so he did.
“Have a carrot,” said the mother bunny. |
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这里是作者Margaret Wise Brown生平简介：
Margaret Wise Brown wrote hundreds of books and stories during her life, but she is best known for Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny. Even though she died over 45 years ago, her books still sell very well.
Margaret loved animals. Most of her books have animals as characters in the story. She liked to write books that had a rhythm to them. Sometimes she would put a hard word into the story or poem. She thought this made children think harder when they are reading.
She wrote all the time. There are many scraps of paper where she quickly wrote down a story idea or a poem. She said she dreamed stories and then had to write them down in the morning before she forgot them.
She tried to write the way children wanted to hear a story, which often isn't the same way an adult would tell a story. She also taught illustrators to draw the way a child saw things. One time she gave two puppies to someone who was going to draw a book with that kind of dog. The illustrator painted many pictures one day and then fell asleep. When he woke up, the papers he painted on were bare. The puppies had licked all the paint off the paper.
Margaret died after surgery for a bursting appendix while on France. She had many friends who still miss her. They say she was a creative genius who made a room come to life with her excitement. Margaret saw herself as something else - a writer of songs and nonsense.
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