一本绘本告诉你，旅途的终点有多美好

世界上有许多绘本创作者在不断地创作出优秀的绘本，让阅读绘本成为一件幸福的事情。

《绯红树》

文图/陈志勇(Shaun.Tan) 译/余光中

有时候一天开始 什么都没有指望

sometimes the day begins with nothing to look forward to

事情是越来越糟
and things go from bad to worse

阴影啊将人笼罩
darkness overcomes you

谁也不明白为什么
nobody understands

这世界成了聋掉的机器

the world is a deaf machine

毫无意义 不讲道理

Without sense or reason
     

有时候你等啊 等啊 等啊 等啊 等啊 等啊 等啊 可是什么也不会发生
sometimes you wait and wait and wait and wait and waitand wait and wait but nothing ever happens
   

于是所有的烦恼一起上身
then all your troubles come at once
   

美妙的事情都被你错过
wonderful things are passing you by
      

噩运呢你却休想躲过

terrible fates are inevitable
    

有时你根本不知道究竟该怎么做
sometimes just don't know what you are supposed to do
      

不知道你该做什么样的人

or who you are meant to be
 

不知道自己啊身在何处

or where you are
         

这一天的下场糟得像起头
and the day seems to end the way it began

可是突然间那东西就在你眼前出现 亮丽而又耀眼 悄悄地等著

but suddenly there it is right in front of you bright and vivid quietly waiting

正如你梦想的那样
just as you imagined it would be


end

“我期望着这样一种吸引力，比认出来，或者甚至是理解，再深一点——对事物的奇异特质的着迷。我想在这方面孩子们比很多成人更聪明，因为后者的各种狭隘期待已成负担。也许是孩子们并不那么忙着去找寻“含义”。

                    ———  陈志勇