The Runaway Bunny (Video)

Runaway Bunny
by Margaret Wise Brown
illustrated by Clement Hurd
34 pages

Ages 2 - 6

1942년에 처음 발간된 후 한 번도 절판된 적이 없는 클래식이다. Goodnight Moon 을 쓴 Margaret Wise Brown의 또 다른 인기있고 유명한 책이다. 엄마로부터 도망가고 숨고 엄마는 찾아내며 같이 숨바꼭질하는 것을 상상하는 이야기를 통해 엄마의 절대 놓지 않는 끈질긴 사랑을 표현했다. 삽화는 흑백과 칼라가 섞여 있다.

Summary:

이 책의 주인공인 어린 토끼(bunny)는 도망가겠다고 엄마에게 말한다. 하지만, 엄마 토끼는 "네가 도망가면 너를 쫒아가 찾아낼거야. 너는 엄마의 어린 토끼니까"라고 한다. 그러자 어린 토끼는 온갖 방법으로 도망갈 것을 상상한다.

어린 토끼는 물고기가 되어서, 산꼭대기의 바위가 되어서, 숨겨진 정원에 크로커스가 되어서, 작은 세일 보트가 되어서, 새가 되어서, 서커스에 들어가 곡예사가 되어서, 어린 소년이 되어서 집으로 들어가는 다양한 방법으로 도망치겠다고 하지만, 엄마 토끼의 대처도 만만치 않다. 결국엔 어린 토끼는 절대로 자기 집과 엄마를 떠날 수 없는 것을 깨닫는다.



"Once there was a little bunny who wanted to run away.
So he said to his mother, “I am running away.”
“If you run away,” said his mother, “I will run after you.
For you are my little bunny.”

“If you run after me,” said the little bunny,
“I will become a fish in a trout stream
and I will swim away from you.”

“If you become a fish in a trout stream,” said his mother,
“I will become a fisherman and I will fish for you.”



“If you become a fisherman,” said the little bunny,
“I will become a rock on the mountain, high above you.”

“If you become a rock on the mountain high above me,”
said his mother, “I will become a mountain climber,
and I will climb to where you are.”



“If you become a mountain climber,”
said the little bunny,
“I will be a crocus in a hidden garden.”

“If you become a crocus in a hidden garden,”
said his mother, “I will be a gardener. And I will find you.”



“If you are a gardener and find me,”
said the little bunny, “I will be a bird
and fly away from you.”

“If you become a bird and fly away from me,”
said his mother, “I will be a tree that you come home to.”



“If you become a tree,” said the little bunny,
“I will become a little sailboat,
and I will sail away from you.”

“If you become a sailboat and sail away from me,”
said his mother, “I will become the wind
and blow you where I want you to go.”




“If you become the wind and blow me,” said the little bunny,
“I will join a circus and fly away on a flying trapeze.”

“If you go flying on a flying trapeze,” said his mother,
“I will be a tightrope walker,
and I will walk across the air to you.”



“If you become a tightrope walker and walk across the air,”
said the bunny, “I will become a little boy
and run into a house.”

“If you become a little boy and run into a house,”
said the mother bunny, “I will become your mother
and catch you in my arms and hug you.”



“Shucks,” said the bunny, “I might just as well
stay where I am and be your little bunny.”

And so he did.
“Have a carrot,” said the mother bunny."



~from Runaway Bunny




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