花婆婆 Miss Rumphius

花婆婆 Miss Rumphius: Author: Barbara Cooney * When Miss Rumphius was a dying old woman, she told the young narrator that many years ago, when she was still a little girl named Alice, she once promised her grandpa three things The first thing is to travel far away, the second thing is to live by the sea, and the third thing is to do something to make the world a more beautiful place. The first two things were not difficult to achieve, but the third thing was. Until one

作者: 芭芭拉· 库尼

Author: Barbara Cooney

 《花婆婆》直译应该是《鲁菲丝小姐》，讲述了一个倒叙的故事——当鲁菲丝小姐成了一位风烛残年的老婆婆时，她告诉年轻的叙述者，许多年以前，当她还是一个名叫艾莉丝的小女孩的时候，她曾经答应过爷爷三件事：*件事是去很远的地方旅行，第二件事是住在海边，第三件事是做一件让世界变得更美丽的事。前两件事不难，难的是第三件事。直到有一年的春天，她喜出望外地发现山坡上开满了一大片蓝色、紫色和粉红色的鲁冰花时，她知道什么是她要做的第三件事了。整个夏天，她的口袋里都装满了花种子，她把它们撒在了乡间的小路边、教堂后面…

When Miss Rumphius was a dying old woman, she told the young narrator that many years ago, when she was still a little girl named Alice, she once promised her grandpa three things- The first thing is to travel far away, the second thing is to live by the sea, and the third thing is to do something to make the world a more beautiful place. The first two things were not difficult to achieve, but the third thing was. Until one spring, when she was overjoyed to discover that the nearby hillside was full of blue, purple, and pink lupine flowers, that she knew what the third thing she had to do was. Throughout the summer, her pockets were filled with flower seeds, and she scattered them on the side of the country road, behind the church and nearly everywhere she went, making a slow but wonderful change in the world...

 适用年龄: 3岁-6岁

Recommended for Ages: 3-6