宁灵

你一定听过《灰姑娘》的故事吧？那么……灰王子又是谁呢？瞧，他来了！他又瘦又矮，头发乱蓬蓬的，看起来可真不像个王子。更糟糕的是，当哥哥们和公主们去参加皇家舞会的时候，灰王子不得不留在家里洗洗涮涮。直到一个星期六的晚上，烟囱里掉下来一个灰头土脸的仙女！她会用魔法帮助灰王子吗？灰王子的命运会发生改变吗？快来读绘本吧！

Prince Cinders was not much of a prince.

He was small， spotty， scruffy and skinny.

They made poor Prince Cinders stay behind and clean up after them.

One Saturday night， when he was washing the socks， a dirty fairy fell down the chimney.

“Ziz Ziz Boom， Tic Tac Ta， This empty can shall be a car.”

“Biff Bang Bong， Bo Bo Bo， To the disco you shall go！”

Prince Cinders got big and hairy， all right.

Prince Cinders didn’t know he was a big hairy monkey.

He thought he looked pretty good.

So off he went to the disco.

But he was too big to fit through the door！

He decided to take the bus home.

A pretty princess was waiting at the stop.

Midnight！ Prince Cinders changed back into himself.

The princess thought he had saved her！

“Wait！” she shouted. But Prince Cinders was too shy.

He lost his trousers in the rush！

The Princess wanted to find the owner of the trousers.

Every prince tried to force the trousers on.

“Let him try！” commanded the princess.

They did fit！

So Prince Cinders married Princess Lovelypenny and lived in luxury， happily ever after ...

His big hairy brothers were turned to do the housework for ever and ever.

英國绘本大师芭贝·柯尔，被称为绘本界的“幽默女王”。她一生共创作了70多部童书。《妈妈下了一个蛋》《顽皮公主不出嫁》《我的妈妈真麻烦》《我要做个好小孩》……许多你读过的经典作品都出自她手中。她喜欢用幽默的方式和夸张的图画，让绘本充满欢乐。因为她深信，只要孩子觉得书的内容有趣，自然愿意阅读。随时记下你的灵感，画下有趣的事物，有一天也许你也能像这位“幽默女王”一样创作出了不起的作品！