《The Carrot Seed》
《The Carrot Seed》——想妈书单第19本
内容简介：小男孩种下了一颗胡萝卜种子。妈妈说恐怕不一定能长出来。爸爸、哥哥也都这样说。但小男孩还是坚持每天给胡萝卜种子浇灌、勤拔野草。可是，一天天过去了，胡萝卜种子没有长出来。每个人又一再对小男孩说，这颗种子恐怕是长不出来了。但小男孩一如既往，坚持浇水拔草，终于有一天，正如小男孩坚信的那样，胡萝卜苗长出来了。封底页，小男孩兴高采烈地推着手推车，车里是一个硕大得推车都快装不下的胡萝卜
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
一个胡萝卜长出来了
just as the little boy had known it would.
就像小男孩所希望的那样。