The carrot seed 胡蘿蔔種子，

這是一本教會孩子學會等待與保持耐心的故事。

一個小男孩種下了一顆胡蘿蔔種子，耐心地等待，悉心地照料，儘管他身邊的每個人都不斷地說：“它不會發芽的。”小男孩頑固地相信著。在這個簡單得不能再簡單的故事、簡單得不能再簡單的圖畫中，那個性格溫順的小男孩的不可動搖的決心，喚起了我們深深的共鳴……

有時候孩子比我們更懂得靜待花開。

以下是繪本插頁和翻譯

A little boy planted a carrot seed.

一個小男孩種下了一顆胡蘿蔔種子。

His mother said, “I m afraid it won't come up.”

他媽媽告訴他：“恐怕這顆種子不會長大。”

His father said, “I'm afraid it won't come up.”

他爸爸也告訴他：“恐怕這顆種子不會長大。”

And his big brother said, “I m afraid it won't come up.”

他的哥哥也告訴他：“這顆種子不會長大。”

Every day the little boy pulled up the weeds around the seed and sprinkled the ground with water.”

每天小男孩都拔去種子周圍的雜草並且給土澆水。

But nothing came up.

但是什麼也沒有長出來。

And nothing came up.

還是什麼都沒有長出來。

Everyone kept saying it wouldn't come up.

每一個人都在繼續不停地告訴他這種子不會長出來。

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種子周圍的雜草並且給土澆水。

And then, one day,

然後，有一天，

a carrot came up

一個胡蘿蔔長出來了

just as the little boy had known it would.

就像小男孩所希望的那樣。