The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse

　　一天早上，可憐的小老鼠遇到了大野狼，很快就被飢餓的大野狼吞吃下肚。正當小老鼠哀嘆自己運氣有夠差時，卻突然驚訝地發現自己並不孤單，怎麼大野狼的肚子裡竟然還有一隻鴨子？

　　原來，大野狼的肚子裡超豪華的！除了漂亮的桌椅、美味的食物之外，還可以跳舞！平常沒事還有許多好東西會跑進大野狼肚子裡，生活在這裡真是不錯。

　　直到有一天，獵人出現了，如果獵人殺了大野狼，那麼小老鼠和鴨子就不能舒服地在大野狼肚子裡繼續住下去了，小老鼠和鴨子驚恐地想：「千萬不要呀！」

　　愛倫坡文學獎最佳童書得主麥克．巴內特（Mac Barnett）、凱迪克大獎雙料得主雍．卡拉森（Jon Klassen），這對童書界的黃金組合繼Triangle、《一直一直往下挖》（Sam & Dave Dig a Hole）後再度攜手合作，充滿創意的故事內容與幽默想像，讓你讀來不禁會心一笑。（文／博客來編譯）

　　This is a story about a duck and mouse who get swallowed by a wolf, and then decide to live in his belly.

　　Early one morning a mouse met a wolf
　　and was quickly gobbled up.

　　When a woeful mouse is swallowed by a wolf, he quickly learns he is not alone: a duck has already set up digs, and, boy, has that duck got it figured out! Turns out it’s pretty nice in there, with delicious food and elegant table settings, courtesy of the wolf’s unchecked gluttony. And there’s something even better: no more fear of being eaten by a wolf! In fact, life is pretty good, until a hunter shows up. . . . With a nod to traditional fables and a wink to the reader, the award-winning Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen offer a tale of cooperation and creative cuisine that is sure to go down easy.

Mac Barnett is the author of three books illustrated by Jon Klassen: Extra Yarn, which won a Caldecott Honor and a Boston Globe-Horn Book Award; Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, which won a Caldecott Honor and an E. B. White Award; and Triangle. With Jory John, he is the co-author of the New York Times best-selling series The Terrible Two. Mac Barnett lives in California.

Jon Klassen is the author-illustrator of I Want My Hat Back, a Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor Book; This Is Not My Hat, winner of the Caldecott Medal and the Kate Greenaway Medal; and We Found a Hat. He also illustrated two Caldecott Honor Books, Sam and Dave Dig a Hole and Extra Yarn, as well as Triangle, all written by Mac Barnett. Jon Klassen lives in Los Angeles.