圣诞节的小羊（第2辑）

　　圣诞节来了，西蒙一直在为他的家人寻找过节的食物。他发现山坡上有一只小羊，他知道他们能有圣诞节大餐了。但他的孩子们非常喜欢这只小羊，不忍心吃了它。他们求父母把小羊当作宠物，给他取了个名字叫“披肩“。不就他们的好心就得到了回报，披肩的毛越长越长，他们不得不给它剃剃毛，披肩的羊毛在集市上卖了一个好价钱，够这一家人一冬天的开支了。这只逃过火锅之灾的小羊告诉我们，善心与同情心是美好的品德，善良的人终会有回报的。这是非常适合圣诞节的故事。

　　Originally from France， Géraldine Elschner studied Germanic and Romance languages before beginning a career in children’s literature. In the years since， she has translated scores of books from French to German， and from German to French – a body of work totalling over 150 published books， including several of her own original stories. Ms. Elschner draws her inspiration from her very first critics， her three lovely children， and the beautiful town of Heidelberg where she and her family live.