今天分享的繪本名字叫《Caps For Sale》，這是一本享譽75年的美國經典童書，被列入美國百本必讀書單。線條簡單而生動的插畫，配合耳熟能詳的故事情節，對孩子有著極大的吸引力。而且繪本里的猴子愛模仿的特點也和孩子們愛模仿的天性相似，會有強烈的代入感。
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Caps For Sale
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01
Once there was a pedlar who sold caps. But he was not like an ordinary peddler carrying his wares on his bag. He carried them on top of his head.
從前有一個賣帽子的小販。他不像其他普通的小販那樣把他的帽子放在包裡賣。他把帽子都戴在頭上。
First, he had on his own checked cap, then a bunch of gray caps, then a bunch of brown caps, then a bunch of blue caps, and on the very top a bunch of red caps.
首先，他戴上了他自己的格子帽子，然後是好多灰色的帽子，接著是棕色的,藍色的，戴在最上面的是一堆紅色的帽子。
02
He walked up and down the streets holding himself very straight so as not to upset his caps.
他在大街上來來回回地轉悠，直直地挺著腰桿，這樣他的帽子就不會掉下來了。
As he went along he called, "Caps! Caps for sale! Fifty cents a cap!"
他一邊走，一邊吆喝，“帽子！賣帽子了！五十美分一頂帽子啦！”
03
One morning, he couldn't sell any caps. He walked up the street and he walked down the street calling, "Caps! Caps for sale. Fifty cents a cap!"
一天早上，他一頂帽子都沒有賣出去。他在大街上來回走著，邊走邊吆喝：“帽子！賣帽子了！五十美分一頂帽子啦!”
But nobody wanted any caps that morning. Nobody wanted even a red cap.
但是那天早上沒有人想買帽子。甚至沒有人想買一頂紅色的帽子。
He began to feel very hungry, but he had no money for lunch.
他覺得有點餓了，但是他沒有錢吃午飯。
"I think, I'll go for a walk in the country." said he. And he walked out of town slowly, slowly, so as not to upset his caps.
“我想，我應該到城外去看看。”他自言自語道。於是，他便往城外走去，他走得非常緩慢，這樣他的帽子就不會掉下來了。
04
He walked for a long time until he came to a great big tree. That's a nice place for a rest, thought he.
他走了好長時間，這時，他來到了一個大樹底下。這真是一個休息的好地方，他想。
And he sat down very slowly under the tree and leaned back little by little against the tree trunk, so as not to disturb the caps on his head. Then he put up his hand to feel if they were straight, first his own checked cap, then the gray caps, then the brown caps, then the blue caps, then the red caps on the very top.
他慢慢地坐在樹底下，一點點地靠在樹幹上，這樣就不會碰到他頭上的帽子了。然後他抬起手摸了摸他的帽子，看它們是不是還筆直地戴在他的頭上，首先是他的格子帽子，接著是灰色的，棕色的,還有藍色的，最後最上面的是他的紅帽子。
They were all there.
帽子都在。
So he went to sleep.
於是，他便睡覺了。
05
He slept for a long time.
他睡了好長時間。
06
When he woke up, he was refreshed and rested.
當他醒了的時候，他覺得自己活力充沛，精神煥發。
07
But before standing up he felt with his hand to make sure his caps were in the right place.
在他站起來之前，他又抬起手摸了摸，看他的帽子是不是安然無恙。
All he felt was his own checked cap!
但是，他只摸到了自己的格子帽子！
08
He looked to the right of him. No caps!
他看了看他的右邊。沒有帽子！
He looked to the left of him. No caps!
他看了看他的左邊。沒有帽子！
He looked in back of him. No caps!
他看看後面，沒有帽子！
He looked behind the tree. No caps!
他又看了看樹後，還是沒有帽子！
09
Then he looked up into the tree.
然後，他抬起頭，看著樹頂。
And what do you think he saw?
你知道他看到了什麼嗎？
10
On every branch sat a monkey.
每一個樹枝上都坐著一隻猴子。
On every monkey was a gray, or a brown, or a blue, or a red cap!
每一個猴子頭上，都戴著一頂灰色，或者棕色，或藍色，或紅色的帽子！
11
The peddler looked at the monkeys.
小販看著那些猴子。
The monkeys looked at the peddler.
猴子也看著他。
He didn't know what to do.
他不知道要做什麼。
Finally he spoke to them.
最後，他對猴子們說：
12
"You monkeys, you", he said, shaking a finger at them. "You give me back my caps."
“你們這些猴子”，他喊著還用手指比劃著。“快把我的帽子還給我！”
But monkeys only shook their finger back at him and said, “Tsz,tsz,tsz.”
可是猴子只是照著小販的樣子比劃著，呲呲呲地叫著。
13
This made the peddler angry, so he shook both hands at them and said, "You monkeys, you! You give me back my caps. "
這讓小販非常生氣，他氣呼呼地揮著雙手，又對猴子喊道：“你們這些猴子，快把帽子還給我。”
But monkeys only shook both hands back at him and said, Tsz,tsz,tsz.
可是猴子還只是照著小販的樣子揮著雙手，呲呲呲地叫著。
14
Now he felt quite angry.
現在他真的非常生氣。
He stamped his foot, and he said,
他跺著腳，對猴子們喊道：
"You monkeys, you! You better give me back my caps! "
“你們這些猴子，最好快點把帽子還給我！”
But monkeys only stamped their feet back at him and said, Tsz,tsz,tsz.
但是，猴子還只學著他跺腳，呲呲呲地叫著。
15
By this time the pedlar was really very very angry. He stamped both his feet and shouted, "You monkeys, you! You must give me back my caps! "
但是這次，小販真是火冒三丈了。他生氣地跺著腳，吼道：“你們這些猴子！你們必須把我的帽子還給我！”
But the monkeys only stamped both their feet back at him and said, Tsz,tsz,tsz.
但是，猴子還是隻是學他的樣子跺腳，呲呲呲地叫。
16
At last, he became so angry that he pulled off his own cap, threw it on the ground, and began to walk away.
最後，他太生氣了，他脫下自己的帽子，把帽子摔倒了地上，準備走了。
17
But then, each monkey pulled off his cap…
但是這次，所有的猴子都把帽子摘了下來…
18
and all the gray caps, and all the brown caps, and all the blue caps, and all the red caps came flying down out of the tree.
先是灰色的帽子，然後是棕色的，藍色的，紅色的。所有的帽子都從樹上飛下來了。
19
So the peddler picked up his caps and put them back on his head- first his own checked cap, then the gray caps, then the brown caps, then the blue caps, then the red caps on the very top.
小販撿起他的帽子，重新戴回頭上。先是他的格子帽子，接著是灰色的帽子，棕色的帽子，藍色的帽子，最後是最上面的紅色帽子。
20
And slowly, slowly, he walked back to town calling, "Caps! Caps for sale. Fifty cents a cap!"
他慢慢地往城裡走著，邊走邊吆喝著：“帽子！賣帽子！五十美分一頂帽子！”
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