Open House for Butterlies, by Ruth Krauss & Maurice Sendak, Harper Collins, 1960
每一頁幾句值得好好思考的話,真的也是值得說給任何年紀的孩子聽。
Suppose old people grew down as young people grew up
Everybody should be quiet near a little stream and listen
A baby makes the mother and father - otherwise they're just plain people
只是這開頭第一句話,大概都會令唸給孩子們聽的大人們畏懼,因為它力道十足!~
A screaming song is good to know in case you need to scream.
不過這一首書本外的童詩,可以解決尖聲不斷的困境:
I scream,
Ah~ (尖叫)
You scream,
Ah~ (尖叫)
We all scream,
Ah~ (尖叫)
For ice-cream.
(安靜吃冰淇淋吧!)