The Carrot Seed(胡萝卜种子）源自文字作者克劳斯和一位五岁小男孩富有想象力的谈话。在这本书里，小男孩种下了一粒胡萝卜种子，尽管所有的人都告诉他种子不会发芽，可他还是悉心的照看它，终于有一天一个胡萝卜长出来了，如同小男孩早就知道那样长出来了！
该绘本是畅销60年的经典之作，没有鲜艳的色彩，用及其简单的语言，却向孩子传递了等待的价值，引导孩子形成等待才有收获的价值观。
The carrot seed
胡萝卜种子
A little boy planted a carrot seed.
一个小男孩种下了一颗胡萝卜种子。
His mother said, “I'm afraid it won't come up.”
他妈妈告诉他：“恐怕这颗种子不会长大。”
His father said, “I'm afraid it won't come up.”
他爸爸也告诉他：“恐怕这颗种子不会长大。”
And his big brother said, “ It won't come up.”
他的哥哥也告诉他：“这颗种子不会长大。”
Every day the little boy pulled up the weeds around the seed
and sprinkled the ground with water.
每天小男孩都拔去种子周围的杂草并且给土浇水。
But nothing came up.
但是什么也没有长出来。
And nothing came up.
还是什么都没有长出来。
Everyone kept saying it wouldn’t come up.
每一个人都在继续不停地告诉他这种子不会长出来。
But he still pulled up the weeds around it every day
and sprinkled the ground with water.
但他依然每天都拔去种子周围的杂草并且给土浇水。
And then, one day,
然后，有一天，
a carrot came up
一棵胡萝卜苗长出来了。
just as the little boy had known it would.
就像小男孩所希望的那样。
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