【There's An Alligator Under My Bed】 

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胖胖导读：
宝贝是和爸爸妈妈一起睡觉还是独自入睡呢？享受独处的时光吗？还是有点害怕……非常害怕……有个小男孩小男孩在独自睡觉的时候觉得床底下有只大鳄鱼，然后它怎么对付大鳄鱼呢？

There's An Alligator Under My Bed
by Mercer Mayer

There's an alligator under my bed.
有一条鳄鱼在我的床底下.

There used to be an alligator under my bed.
过去曾有条鳄鱼藏在我的床底下。

When it was time to sleep, I had to be very careful.
每次我去睡觉的时候，总要非常地小心。

Because I knew he was there.
因为我知道它就在我的床下。

But whenever I looked, he hid...or something.
但是无论我什么时候去看它，它总是就藏起来。

So I'd call Mom and Dad.
我叫来了妈妈和爸爸。

But they never saw it.
但他们却从来没有看到过它。

It was up to me. I just had to do something about that alligator.
现在要看我的了，我要对这条鳄鱼做点什么了。

So I went to the kitchen to get some ailligator bait.
于是我到厨房去拿了些东西当诱饵。

I filled a paper bag full of things alligators like to eat.
我装了满满一袋子鳄鱼很喜欢吃的东西。

I put cookies down the hall.
我放了一些饼干在客厅里。

I put a peanut butter sandwich, some fruit, and the last piece of pie in the garage.
我放了一块花生酱三明治，一些水果，最后一块馅饼放在车库那。

I left fresh vegetables on the stairs.
我留了新鲜的蔬菜在楼梯上。

I put a soda and some candy next to my bed. Then I watched and waited.
还放了些苏打和糖果在我的床边，然后就在一旁看着等着。

Sure enough, out he came to get something to eat.
我能确信，它终于出来吃东西了！

Then I hid in the hall closet.
我马上藏在客厅的壁橱里。

I followed him down the stairs.
我跟着它下了楼。

I followed him down the hall.
我跟着它走过厅堂。

When he crawled into the garage,
当它爬向车库的时候,

I slammed the door and locked it.
我砰的一下关上门，并将门锁起来。

Then I went to bed. There wasn't even any mess to clean up.
然后，我来到床边，这里一点都不脏乱，几乎不需要清扫和整理。

Now that there is an alligator in the garage, I wonder if my dad will have any trouble getting in his car tomorrow morning.
现在有一条鳄鱼在车库里，我想知道明天早上，爸爸在在他的车里会不会遇到什么麻烦。

I'll just leave him a note.
我要给他留一张纸条。


胖胖思考：

大人眼中平淡的睡前时光，在孩子的脑海中却不知道会幻化出怎样一番世界来！孩子脑海中的鳄鱼不知道来源于多少独处的恐慌，可惜爸爸妈妈没有读懂孩子这份无助和对温情的期待，也失去了和孩子一起面对恐惧、增加信任的机会。

并不是每一个宝贝都能像这个男孩一样乐观自信，成功克服困难。尝试分床睡，要倾听孩子感受，合力营造安全感，平缓过度哦。