今天要分享的繪本是《Hickory Dickory Dock》，這是Child's Play洞洞書系列之一，作者Kelly Caswell。
在繪本中出現了mouse 老鼠、cat 貓、snake 蛇、crab 螃蟹、bee 蜜蜂、dog 狗、lamb 羔羊、frog 青蛙、skunk 臭鼬、bear 熊、worm 蟲子、rat 老鼠。
它們不約而同都想爬到大擺鐘的頂部，它們成功了嗎？我們一起來看看：
Hickory Dickory Dock!
滴答滴答滴答
The mouse ran up the clock!
老鼠跳上了擺鐘
The clock struck one,
擺鐘敲了一下
The mouse ran down,
老鼠跑了下來
Hickory Dickory Dock!
滴答滴答滴答鐘聲響
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The cat climbed up the clock！
貓咪爬上鍾
The clock struck two，
擺鐘敲了兩下
The cat said 'meow'，
貓咪嚇得喵一聲跳了下去
Hickory Dickory Dock！
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Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The snake slid up the clock！
蛇悄悄滑上擺鐘
The clock struck three，
擺鐘敲了三下
The snake jumped free，
蛇一躍而下
Hickory Dickory Dock！
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Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The crab crawled up the clock！
螃蟹慢吞吞地爬上擺鐘
The clock struck four，
擺鐘敲了四下
The crab snapped its claw，
螃蟹鉗子折斷了
Hickory Dickory Dock！
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Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The bee buzzed up the clock！
蜜蜂嗡嗡飛上鍾
The clock struck five，
擺鐘敲了五下
The bee hid in its hive，
蜜蜂躲進了蜂房
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The dog dashed up the clock！
狗狗衝上擺鐘
The clock struck six，
擺鐘敲了六下
The dog did tricks，
狗狗跳了上去
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The lamb leapt up the clock！
羊往擺鐘上一躍
The clock struck seven，
擺鐘敲了七下
The lamb lay in its pen，
羊掉進羊圈了
Hickory Dickory Dock！
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Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The frog hopped up the clock！
青蛙跳上了擺鐘
The clock struck eight，
擺鐘敲了八下
The frog jumped the gate，
青蛙一蹦跳出了大門
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The skunk slunk up the clock！
臭鼬爬上擺鐘
The clock struck nine，
擺鐘敲了九下
The skunk smelt fine，
臭鼬味道聞起來還好
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The bear bounced up the clock！
笨熊跳上擺鐘
The clock struck ten，
擺鐘敲了十下
The bear bounced again，
熊又跳了下去
Hickory Dickory Dock！
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Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The worm squirmed up the clock！
蟲子蠕動往擺鐘上爬行
The clock struck eleven，
擺鐘敲了十一下
The worm squirmed again，
蟲子又蠕動下去了
Hickory Dickory Dock！
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Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
The rat raced up the clock！
老鼠衝上擺鐘
The clock struck twelve，
擺鐘敲了十二下
The rat hid on a shelf，
老鼠藏進擺鐘的隔板裡
Hickory Dickory Dock！
滴答滴答滴
在洞洞書裡，每個時間點擺鐘敲打的次數都有對應的押韻詞彙，音標並不完全一致，不過讀起來非常上口，記得和孩子一起聽著音頻一起跟讀起來哦~