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Patricia Polacco: "Grampa membawa Mary Ellen menjauh dari kerumunan. &...

"Grampa membawa Mary Ellen menjauh dari kerumunan. "Sekarang, Nak, aku akan menunjukkan kepadamu apa yang ditunjukkan ayahku kepadaku, dan ayahnya sebelumnya," katanya pelan. Dia menyendok madu ke sampul salah satu bukunya. "Rasa," katanya, hampir berbisik. . . . "Ada juga rasa manis di dalam buku itu!" katanya serius. "Hal-hal semacam itu ... petualangan, pengetahuan dan kebijaksanaan. Tetapi hal-hal ini tidak datang dengan mudah. Anda harus mengejarnya. Sama seperti kita mengejar lebah untuk menemukan pohon mereka, jadi Anda juga harus mengejar hal-hal ini melalui halaman-halaman buku!"

--- Patricia Polacco

Versi Bahasa Inggris

Grampa took Mary Ellen inside away from the crowd. "Now, child, I am going to show you what my father showed me, and his father before," he said quietly. He spooned the honey onto the cover of one of her books. "Taste," he said, almost in a whisper. . . . "There is such sweetness inside of that book too!" he said thoughtfully. "Such things...adventure, knowledge and wisdom. But these things do not come easily. You have to pursue them. Just like we ran after the bees to find their tree, so you must also chase these things through the pages of a book!