The Tunnel

　　很久很久以前，有一對小兄妹，他們的個性真是天壤之別。妹妹是個文靜愛幻想的小女孩，喜歡待在屋內看書；哥哥則是活潑外向，一天到晚，總有用不完的精力。於是當他們碰在一塊兒，常是以爭吵收場。一天早上，媽咪終於受不了他們的行為，下了一道旨令：「你們出去好好反省，晚餐時準時回來！」被趕出家門的兩個人，滿腹委屈，互相指責著對方的不是。

　　突然間，哥哥發現一條長長的隧道。好奇心驅使下，哥哥也慫恿著妹妹一起加入他的探險，但妹妹不斷的幻想裡頭可能會出現巫婆，遲遲沒有行動，終於，哥哥消失在長長的隧道裡。左等右等，始終不見哥哥的蹤影，妹妹只好緩緩的爬進隧道裡,她看到了什麼？有沒有怪物呢？哥哥到底發生了什麼事？

　　生活化的內容加上趣味的想像力是安東尼布朗作品的一大特色，讓我們一起來感受他圖文的魅力吧！【文∕博客來外文館】

　　Once upon a time there lived a brother and sister who were complete opposites and constantly fought and argued. One day they discovered the tunnel. The boy goes through it at once, dismissing his sister's fears. When he doesn't return his sister has to pluck up the courage to go through the tunnel too. She finds her brother in a mysterious forest where he has been turned to stone...

作者簡介

　　Anthony Browne is one of the most popular and stylistically distinctive children's book artists with a number of outstanding titles to his credit. Gorilla was the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal and the Kurt Maschler Award. Other titles include four books featuring Willy the lovable chimp: Willy the Wimp (9780744543636); Willy the Champ (9780744543568); Willy the Dreamer (9780744569643) and Willy's Pictures (9780744582406) as well as the picture books Into the Forest (9781844285594) and Silly Billy (9781406305760). In 2000, Anthony received the highest international honour for illustration, the Hans Christian Andersen Award, for his services to children's literature – the first British illustrator to win the prize since 1956.