小象巴巴的故事
作者：ean de Brunhoff
推薦理由
這是一部充滿愛的作品，美國前總統夫人布希蘿拉傾情推薦，美國人文學會基金會推薦圖書。
作者布呂諾夫既是巴巴故事的作者，又是書中插畫的作者，因此被譽為「巴巴之父」和「現代兒童圖書之父」。該書首次在法國出版，後被翻譯成13種語言。
本書用簡潔通俗的語言，為孩子打造了一個天馬行空的世界。適合3-7歲孩子閱讀。
《小象巴巴的故事》英漢對照
In the greatforesta littleelephantis born. His name is Babar. His mother loves him very much. She rocks him to sleep with her trunk while singing softly to him.
在一片大森林裡，一隻小象呱呱落地。他的名字叫巴巴。巴巴的媽媽非常愛他。她一邊溫柔地唱歌給巴巴聽，一邊用象鼻搖他入睡。
Babar has grown bigger. He now play with the other little elephants.He is a very good little elephant. See him digging in the sand with hisshell.
巴巴漸漸長大。他喜歡和其他小象一起玩耍。巴巴非常乖巧，瞧他用貝殼挖沙子，多可愛啊！
Babar is riding happily on his mother's back when a wicked hunter,hidden behind some bushes,shoots at them.
Thehunterhas killed Barbar's mother! The monkey hides,the birds fly away,Barbar cries,The hunter runs up to catch poor Babar.
有一天，巴巴正開心地騎在媽媽的背上，突然一個藏在樹叢後的兇惡獵人朝他們開槍。
巴巴的媽媽倒在了槍口下！猴子見狀立刻躲了起來，鳥兒撲閃著翅膀飛走了。巴巴大聲哭起來。獵人跑去抓可憐的巴巴。
Babar runs away because he isafraid ofthe hunter. After several days,very tired indeed,he comes to a town......
He hardly knows what to make of it because this is the first time that he has seen to many houses.
巴巴很怕獵人，連忙逃跑。跑了幾天之後，巴巴累極了，卻發現自己走進了一座城市......
巴巴第一次看見這麼多房屋，感到不知所措。
So many things are new to him! The broad streets ! The automobiles and buses! However,he is especially interested in two gentlemen he notices on the street.
He says to himself：「Really,there are very well dressed,i would like to have some fine clothes,too! I wonder how I can get them? 」
Luckily, a very rich old lady who has always been fond of little elephants understands right away that he is longing for a fine suit. As she likes to make people happy,She gives him her purse。Babar says to her politely:"Thank you,Madam."
寬闊的馬路、小汽車、公共汽車！巴巴眼前都是新鮮的玩意！不過，巴巴最感興趣的是兩個站在街邊的紳士。
巴巴自言自語：「他們穿得真漂亮。我也想穿上漂亮的衣服！可是到哪裡找漂亮的衣服呢？」
幸運的是，巴巴遇到了一位富有的老婦人。老婦人一直非常喜歡大象，她知道巴巴想穿漂亮的衣服。她樂於讓別人開心，於是把她的錢包給了巴巴。巴巴禮貌地對她說：「夫人，謝謝您！」
Without wasting any time,Babar goes into a big store.He enters the elevator.It is such fun to ride up and down in thisfunnybox,that he rides all the way up ten times and all tjhe way down ten times.He did not want to stop but the elevator boy finally said to him:"this is not a toy,Mr Elephant. You mustget outand do your shopping.Look,here is the floorwalker."
巴巴趕緊走進一家大商店。他走進電梯，乘著這個好玩的箱子上上下下真是有趣極了，巴巴上上下下乘了十次，還想繼續玩。可是看守電梯的男孩對他說：「大象先生，這可不是玩具。請您出去購物吧！您瞧，商店巡視員來了。」
Babar then buys himself:a shirt with a collar and tie, a suit of becoming shade of green. then ahandsomederby hat,and also shoes with spats.
巴巴給自己買了一件帶領子的襯衫、一條領帶、一套合身的綠色西裝、一頂優雅的禮帽，還有一雙皮鞋。
Well satisfied with his purchases and feeling very elegant indeed,Babar now goes to the photographer to have his picture taken.
And here is hisphotograph.
買了這些衣物，巴巴感到心滿意足，也覺得自己確實風度翩翩起來，於是他走進照相店拍照。
瞧，這就是巴巴的照片。
Babar dines with his friend and old lady.She thinks he looks very smart in his new clothes.After dinner,because he is tired, he goes to bed and fall asleep very quickly.
Babar now lives at the old lady's house.In the morning,he does sitting-up exercises with her,and then he takes his bath.
巴巴和他的朋友老婦人共進晚餐。老婦人覺得巴巴穿上新衣服後顯得十分帥氣。吃完晚飯，巴巴覺得累了，便上床休息，很快就沉入了夢鄉。
巴巴住在老婦人家裡。早晨他和老婦人一起做早操，然後美美地洗上一個澡。
He goes out for automobile ride every day.The old lady has given him the car. She gives him whatever he wants.
老婦人送了巴巴一輛車。巴巴每天開著小汽車出去兜風。巴巴要什麼，老婦人就願意給他什麼。
A learned professor gives him lessons.Babar pays attention and does well in his work.He is good pupil and makesrapidprogress.
一個博學的教授給巴巴上課。巴巴學的很認真，成績優異。他真是個好學生，進步飛快。
In the evening,after dinner,he tells the old lady's friends all about his life in the great forest.
晚餐後，巴巴給老婦人的朋友們講述他在大森林裡的生活。
However ,Babar is not quite happy,for he misses playing in the great forest with his little cousins and his friends,the monkeys.He often stands at the window,thinking sadly of his childhood, and cries when he remembers his mother.
可是，過了一段時間巴巴開心不起來了。他懷念和表親、朋友、猴子在森林裡玩耍的時光。他經常站在窗口，憂鬱地想起他的童年。一想起他的媽媽，他就情不自禁地哭起來。
Two years have passed.One day during his walk he sees two little elephants coming toward him.They have no clothes on,"Why "he says in astonishment to the old lady,"It's Arthur and Celeste,my little cousins!"
兩年飛快地過去了。一天他正在散步，卻看見兩隻小象朝他跑來。他們都沒穿衣服。「啊呀！」他驚訝地對老婦人說，「是亞瑟和西萊斯特，我的表弟、表妹！」
Babar kisses them affectionately and hurries off with them to buy some fine clothes.
He takes them to a pastry shop to eat some good cakes.
巴巴親熱地親吻他的親人，然後急匆匆地帶他們去買衣服。
買完衣服，巴巴帶他們去糕點鋪吃美味的蛋糕。
Meanwhile,in the forest,the elephants are calling and hunting high and low for Authur and Celeste,and their mothers and worried.
此時，森林裡的大象們正在尋找亞瑟和西萊斯特，呼喚的聲音此起彼伏。他們的媽媽擔心死了。
Fortunately，in flying over the town,an old marabou bird has seen them and comes back quickly to tell the news.
所幸一隻禿鸛之前飛過城市上空，看見了亞瑟和西萊斯特，便來到森林裡把他們的消息告訴象媽媽們。
The mothers of Arthur and Celeste have come to the town to fetch them,They are very happy to have them back,but they scold them just the same because they ran away.
亞瑟和西萊斯特的媽媽來到城裡接她們的孩子回家。媽媽們看到自己的孩子開心極了，不過總還是要責怪他們不該擅自離家。
They have gone......There is no room in the car for the mothers,so they run behind,and lift up their trunks to avoid breathing the dust.The old lady is left alone.Sadly she wonders:"When shall I see my little Babar again?"
巴巴和他們一起走了......小汽車裡坐不下象媽媽，兩個象媽媽便跟在小汽車後跑，把象鼻抬得高高的，免得把汽車揚起的塵土吸進鼻子裡。留下老婦人孤身一人。她傷心地想：「什麼時候能再見到我的小巴巴呢？」
Alas,that very day,the king of the elephants had eaten a bad mushroom.
It poisoned him and became ill,so ill that he died.This was a great calamity.
After the funeral the three oldest elephants were holding a meeting to choose a new King.
就在這一天，象王吃了一隻壞蘑菇中毒了，一病不起，沒多久就死掉了。對象群來說，這真是一個大災難。
葬禮結束後，三隻上了年紀的大象開會，準備選擇新的國王。
Just then they hear a noise.They turn around.Guess what they see ! Babar arriving in his car and all the elephants running and shouting:"Here they are ! Here they are ! Hello,Babar! Hello,Arthur ! Hello,Celeste! What beautiful clothes ! What a beautiful car !"
就在那時，他們聽見一陣吵鬧聲，轉身一看。猜猜他們看到了什麼！巴巴正開著小汽車朝他們駛來，所有的大象邊跑邊叫：「他們回來了！他們回來了！嗨，巴巴！嗨，亞瑟！嗨，西萊斯特！多好看的衣服啊！多漂亮的汽車啊！」
Then Cornelius,the oldest of all the elephants,spoke in his quavering voice:"My good friends,we are seeking a King .Why not choose Babar？He has just returned from the big city,he has learned so much living among men,let us crown him King.」All the other elephants thought that Cornelius had spoken wisely and eagerly they await Babar's reply.
年紀最大的大象科尼利厄斯用顫抖的聲音說：「親愛的朋友們，既然我們要選一位新的國王，為什麼不選巴巴呢？他剛從大城市回來，他和人住在一起，學會了許多東西，我們封他為王吧！」 所有的大象都覺得科尼利厄斯的說法非常明智，迫不及待地等著巴巴的回答。
"I want to thank you one and all,"said Babar，「but before accepting your proposal ,I must explain to you that ,while we were traveling in the car ,Celeste and I became engaged.If I become your King,she will be your Queen."
「謝謝大家！」巴巴說，「但是在接受這個提議前，我必須告訴你們一件事——駕車回來的途中，我和西萊斯特訂了婚。如果我成為你們的國王，那麼她將是你們的王后。」
"Long live Queen Celeste!Long live King Babar!" cry all the elephants without a moment's hesitation.And thus it was that Babar became King.
「西萊斯特王后萬歲！巴巴國王萬歲！」所有的大象異口同聲。巴巴就是這樣當上了國王。
重點詞彙
forest 森林，林區elephant 大象shell 貝殼hunter 獵人afraid of 害怕funny 滑稽，趣味的get out 出去handsome 英俊的photograph 照片rapid 瞬間的，快速的