記得第一次教這本繪本，Free 在教室一看到書就喊著「罰寫」。
「妳怎麼知道？」
「因為罰寫很多遍，要縱著寫比較快！」
原來還有「罰寫經濟論」這種事呀！YV 和 LV 要是被罰抄課文很多遍，一定也是甘之如飴一次一次寫，絕對不會這樣偷懶！
John Patrick Norman McHennessy—the boy who was always late
By John Burningham
John Patrick Norman McHennessy set off along the road to learn. On
the way a crocodile came out of a drain and got hold of his satchel.
John Patrick Norman McHennessy pulled and pulled but the crocodile
would not let go.
He threw a glove into the air and the crocodile snapped at the glove
and let go of the satchel. John Patrick Norman McHennessy hurried
along the road to learn but the crocodile had made him late.
“John Patrick Norman McHennessy, you are late and where is your
other glove?”
“I am late, Sir, because on the way a crocodile came out of a drain
and got hold of my satchel, and would only go when I threw my glove,
which he ate.”
“There are no crocodiles living in the drains around here. You are
to stay in late and write out 300 times, ‘I must not tell lies
about crocodiles and I must not lose my glove.’”
So John Patrick Norman McHennessy stayed in late and wrote out 300
times, “I must not tell lies about crocodiles and I must not lose
my glove.”
John Patrick Norman McHennessy hurried off along the road to learn.
But on the way a lion came out of the bushes and tore his trousers.
He managed to climb up a tree. He stayed up the tree until the lion
lost interest in him and went away.
John Patrick Norman McHennessy hurried off along the road to learn
but he was late because of the lion.
“You are late again, John Patrick Norman McHennessy, and you have
torn your trousers.”
“I am late, Sir, because on my way here a lion jumped out of the
bushes and tore my trousers and I had to climb a tree and wait until
the lion went away.”
“There are no such things as lions in the bushes around here. You
are to stand in the corner and say out loud 400 times, ‘I must not
tell lies about lions and I must not tear my trousers.’”
John Patrick Norman McHennessy stood in the corner and said out loud
400 times, “I must not tell lies about lions and I must not tear my
trousers.”
John Patrick Norman McHennessy hurried off along the road to learn.
But on the way, as he was crossing the bridge over the river, a huge
tidal wave swept him off his feet.
He managed to cling on to the rail until the wave had passed and the
water had gone down. John Patrick Norman McHennessy hurried along
the road to learn but he was late because of the tidal wave.
“You are late again, John Patrick Norman McHennessy, and your
clothes are wet.”
“I am late, Sir, because on my way here, as I was crossing the
bridge, a tidal wave swept me off my feet and made me wet and I had
to cling on to the rail until the water went down.”
“There are no such things as tidal waves in the rivers around here
that sweep people off the bridges. You will be locked in until you
have written down 500 times, ‘I must not tell lies about tidal
waves in the river and I must not get my clothes wet.’ And if you
keep telling these lies and being late I may have to hit you with my
stick.”
So John Patrick Norman McHennessy was locked in until he had written
down 500 times, “I must not tell lies about tidal waves in the
river and I must not get my clothes wet.”
John Patrick Norman McHennessy hurried along the road to learn.
On the way nothing happened and he was able to be on time.
“John Patrick Norman McHennessy, I am being held up in the roof by
a great big hairy gorilla. You are to get me down at once.”
“There are no such things as great big hairy gorillas in the roofs
around here, Sir.”
And John Patrick Norman McHennessy set off along the road to learn.
讀完這本書，小朋友說「活該！」大人卻有淡淡的哀傷....好像楚浮的《四百擊》。
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