她向一位聰明的老先生抱怨、發牢騷：「我的房子真是又窄又小，實在太擠了，該怎麼辦才好？」聰明的老先生竟然回答她：「把你的母雞帶進屋子裡。」小房子裡多了隻亂飛亂撞的母雞，這下子小房子變得更擁擠了。然而，聰明的老先生卻要老太太接二連三的帶進她的山羊、小豬和乳牛，這些動物在小房子裡飛啊、叫啊、追啊、跳啊，讓老太太簡直快瘋掉！可憐的老太太不僅連打噴嚏的地方都沒有，甚至煩惱得一直拉頭髮呢！



　　究竟聰明的老先生有什麼錦囊妙計？這些動物真的能幫助老太太又窄又小的房子變寬敞嗎？



　　這則令人會心一笑的小故事，作者茱莉亞利用反覆的疑問句型，讓小朋友一邊享受閱讀的樂趣，一邊提升語文能力。而插畫家艾賽爾精彩頗富童趣的插圖，更增添了全書動物進屋後熱鬧又搗蛋的幽默效果。



　　——中文簡介擷取自《又窄又小的房子》，維京出版



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