"Once upon a time there was a hare, and he decided to run away from his mother.
“I will run away from you,” he said.
- And I, - said my mother, - I'll run after you. You are my bunny.
“Then,” said the hare, “I will become a trout in the stream and swim away from you.”
- And I, - said my mother, - I will become a fisherman and I will catch you.
“Then,” said the hare, “I will become the highest mountain peak.”
What child does not tell his mother at least once in his life that he will run away from her in order to test the boundaries of motherly love. And how, I wonder, will my mother react? Will he say "stop talking nonsense immediately"? Or will he play along with him and once again demonstrate that he lives in a cozy, safe world of maternal care and understanding?
So the hero of the famous book by Margaret Wise Brian and Clement Heard, a little hare, tests his mother: "And if I become a mountain peak?" "Then I'll turn into a rock climber." "And if I turn into a bird?" - "I will become a tree, in the branches of which you will settle down to rest."
The mother's fantasy follows the child's dreams, repeats them, develops them, and says again and again: "Don't worry. I'm always there. I will always love you." Aren't these the words every kid wants to hear? Yes, and an adult, however, too ...
The illustrations of this wonderful, time-tested book, on which several generations of English-speaking readers have grown up, following the text, take us into a fantasy world: black and white stripes from the "real life" of a hare and his mother alternate with bright, color spreads on which dreams come true .
Author: Margaret Wise Brown
Illustrations: Clement Hurd
Translation: Evgenia Kanishcheva
Pages: 36 (offset). Hard cover
Dimensions: 170x202x8 mm
