{"id":3385,"date":"2016-04-20T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/2016\/04\/20\/mu_ji_luo_20160420\/"},"modified":"2016-04-20T16:55:25","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T08:55:25","slug":"mu_ji_luo_20160420","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ajia.site\/blog\/en\/2016\/04\/20\/mu_ji_luo_20160420\/","title":{"rendered":"Hen Rose is Real\u00adly Here Again: After\u00adword to the Trans\u00adla\u00adtion of \u201cHen Rose Look\u00ading for Her Babies\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nWhen I heard that \u201cHen Rose Goes for a Walk\u201d had a sequel, my first feel\u00ading was: Are you kid\u00adding? Because I hap\u00adpened to have traced the birth sto\u00adry of this clas\u00adsic pic\u00adture book, which was pub\u00adlished by Macmil\u00adlan in the Unit\u00aded States in 1968. The cre\u00adator, British artist Pat Hag\u00adgins, was only 26 years old at the time and tem\u00adporar\u00adi\u00adly lived in the Unit\u00aded States. This was her first pic\u00adture book when she debuted. At first, it may have been a hob\u00adby, but unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly it became a hit and made her offi\u00adcial\u00adly enter the chil\u00addren\u2019s book indus\u00adtry. The naive, fun\u00adny and unique hen Rose has grad\u00adu\u00adal\u00adly become a world-class pic\u00adture book clas\u00adsic image, deeply loved by read\u00aders of all ages. Need\u00adless to say, count\u00adless researchers also love to study this book, using it as a clas\u00adsic exam\u00adple of pic\u00adture book nar\u00adra\u00adtive meth\u00adods to explain con\u00adcepts such as \u201clit\u00ader\u00adary
\n\u00d7 Pic\u00adture = Pic\u00adture Book\u201d is a unique con\u00adcept.
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\nPat Hagens has since writ\u00adten more than 40 chil\u00addren\u2019s books, most of which are pic\u00adture books, as well as sev\u00ader\u00adal chil\u00addren\u2019s nov\u00adels. In 1974, he was also award\u00aded the Best Pic\u00adture for The Wind Blows.
\nBlew, win\u00adner of the Kate Green\u00adaway Medal, the high\u00adest award for pic\u00adture books in the UK, is a tru\u00adly renowned writer. Years have passed, and there\u2019s been no sign of a \u201cHen Rose sequel.\u201d Now in her sev\u00aden\u00adties, she no longer needs to write a sequel to her best\u00adseller to make a liv\u00ading, let alone risk her rep\u00adu\u00adta\u00adtion. Every\u00adone knows that writ\u00ading a sequel inevitably risks botch\u00ading the orig\u00adi\u00adnal. But near\u00adly half a cen\u00adtu\u00adry lat\u00ader, she\u2019s pulling off anoth\u00ader \u201cHen Rose\u201d stunt. Isn\u2019t that incred\u00adi\u00adble?
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\n  But when I saw the sequel, Where, Oh Where is Rosie\u2019s
\nChick?), I couldn\u2019t help but be impressed. This Grand\u00adma Hagens is still as charm\u00ading as ever, and the love\u00adly hen Rose is real\u00adly here again!
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\nIt\u2019s the same farm, the same slight\u00adly clue\u00adless hen, Rose, and the same sassy fox, but now there\u2019s a new pro\u00adtag\u00ado\u00adnist: a new\u00adly hatched chick! In this sequel, Rose is a lov\u00ading moth\u00ader hen, but a lit\u00adtle anx\u00adious and over\u00adly wor\u00adried. She can\u2019t find her chicks. She search\u00ades under the coop, in a large bas\u00adket of wood, behind a wheel\u00adbar\u00adrow, in the fields, and even in a haystack, but she can\u2019t find them. Final\u00adly, unable to con\u00adtain her\u00adself, she cries out, \u201cOh, lit\u00adtle chick, where are you?\u201d At that moment, the ani\u00admals in the book, and the read\u00aders out\u00adside, will prob\u00ada\u00adbly burst out in despair: The chicks are clear\u00adly right there!
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\nIllus\u00adtra\u00adtion of \u201cHen Rose Look\u00ading for Her Babies\u201d<\/span>
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\nAnd what was the fox doing all this time? He seemed to be stalk\u00ading Rose the hen, always wait\u00ading for an oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adty to strike, either at Rose or per\u00adhaps at the chicks. But this time, he seemed to have learned his les\u00adson and was very cau\u00adtious, fol\u00adlow\u00ading at a dis\u00adtance, so noth\u00ading bad hap\u00adpened. Final\u00adly, the fox got very close to the chicks, and we could\u00adn\u2019t help but cry out in dan\u00adger. Then, unex\u00adpect\u00aded\u00adly, a baby fox emerged from the haystack, much to the fox\u2019s delight\u2014it turned out the fox and the oth\u00ader fox were play\u00ading hide-and-seek!<\/span>
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\nNow that Hag\u00adgins has become a grand\u00admoth\u00ader, she seems even more com\u00adpas\u00adsion\u00adate. Not only did she keep Rose the hen and her chicks safe, but she also kept the fox and his chicks unharmed, inno\u00adcent\u00adly play\u00ading games. The first time I read this sto\u00adry, it felt a lit\u00adtle under\u00adwhelm\u00ading, because the unlucky fox was the real kick\u00ader. Chil\u00addren and adults alike love unlucky char\u00adac\u00adters in sto\u00adries. But don\u2019t wor\u00adry, read it again from the begin\u00adning, and you\u2019ll see there are two unlucky char\u00adac\u00adters in the illus\u00adtrat\u00aded sto\u00adry: a cat try\u00ading to pounce on the chicks at the hen\u00adhouse. Thanks to the unin\u00adten\u00adtion\u00adal \u201ccol\u00adlab\u00ado\u00adra\u00adtion\u201d of Rose the hen and her chicks, the cat gets trapped under the door. The oth\u00ader is a large fish in the pond try\u00ading to bite the chicks. A piece of wood that Rose acci\u00adden\u00adtal\u00adly over\u00adturns cre\u00adates a float\u00ading bridge for the chicks, and an apple she kicks from her wheel\u00adbar\u00adrow just hap\u00adpens to fill the fish\u2019s mouth! This is sure to delight even the most dis\u00adcern\u00ading read\u00ader.<\/p>\n

\"\u6bcd\u9e21\u841d\u4e1d\u771f\u7684\u53c8\u6765\u4e86\uff1a\u300a\u6bcd\u9e21\u841d\u4e1d\u627e\u5b9d\u5b9d\u300b\u8bd1\u540e\u8bb0\"<\/a>\"\u6bcd\u9e21\u841d\u4e1d\u771f\u7684\u53c8\u6765\u4e86\uff1a\u300a\u6bcd\u9e21\u841d\u4e1d\u627e\u5b9d\u5b9d\u300b\u8bd1\u540e\u8bb0\"<\/a>
\nIllus\u00adtra\u00adtion of \u201cHen Rose Look\u00ading for Her Babies\u201d<\/span>
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\nHow\u00adev\u00ader, for enthu\u00adsi\u00adasts and researchers, this sequel also offers some wel\u00adcome changes. Take, for exam\u00adple, the rhythm of the sto\u00adry. \u201cHen Rose Goes for a Walk\u201d gen\u00ader\u00adal\u00adly fol\u00adlows a two-beat rhythm: in one dou\u00adble-page spread, a fox pounces on a hen, and in the next, a rake springs up and hits the fox. In one spread, the fox pounces on a hen by the pond, and in the next, the fox falls into the pond\u2026 But in the sequel, this rhythm shifts to three-beat: in the first dou\u00adble-page spread, Rose screams for her chicks, while a kit\u00adten crouch\u00ades at the entrance to the hen\u00adhouse to peer. In the sec\u00adond, Rose lifts the door of the hen\u00adhouse to search under\u00adneath, and a chick steps out, with the kit\u00adten poised to pounce. In the third, Rose turns to the bas\u00adket, but the door falls down, crush\u00ading the kit\u00adten, and the chick lands safe\u00adly. The scene of the big fish\u2019s mis\u00adfor\u00adtune is also cap\u00adtured in a sim\u00adi\u00adlar three-page spread. Unlike the orig\u00adi\u00adnal sto\u00adry, the scene tran\u00adsi\u00adtions in the sequel are con\u00adtin\u00adu\u00adous, one inter\u00adlock\u00ading with the next, and there\u2019s a clear inter\u00adac\u00adtive rela\u00adtion\u00adship between the var\u00adi\u00adous farm ani\u00admals. From the very begin\u00adning, all ani\u00admals par\u00adtic\u00adi\u00adpate, whether help\u00ading to find the chicks or try\u00ading to catch them. If you take a clos\u00ader look, you will find that this farm is real\u00adly thriv\u00ading.
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Com\u00adpar\u00ada\u00adtive Illus\u00adtra\u00adtion: Nar\u00adra\u00adtive Rhythm in \u201cHen Rose Goes for a Walk\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nAnoth\u00ader strik\u00ading change is the col\u00ador palette. The sequel\u2019s col\u00adors are notice\u00adably rich\u00ader, with the browns and greens, in par\u00adtic\u00adu\u00adlar, becom\u00ading more vibrant than before. The farm and ani\u00admals appear more vibrant over\u00adall. Why is this? In a recent inter\u00adview, Pat Hag\u00adgins explained that when she wrote the orig\u00adi\u00adnal sto\u00adry, due to pro\u00adduc\u00adtion and print\u00ading costs, her edi\u00adtor asked her to use only red, yel\u00adlow, and black. She then used these three col\u00adors, ink pen, to cre\u00adate illus\u00adtra\u00adtions in a wood\u00adcut-style. (To us read\u00aders, that cre\u00adates a unique\u00adly unadorned beau\u00adty.) Now, with no such restric\u00adtions, and her love for col\u00ador, she has tried to incor\u00adpo\u00adrate every col\u00ador she likes, though she aban\u00addoned blue because she found it unsuit\u00adable for the sto\u00adry. Over\u00adall, the new sto\u00adry bet\u00adter aligns with her vision of the far\u00adm\u2019s col\u00adors. She grew up in the rur\u00adal coun\u00adtry\u00adside of north\u00adern Eng\u00adland, and her love of the coun\u00adtry\u00adside remains undi\u00admin\u00adished.
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\nTo the great relief of all read\u00aders who have wait\u00aded 47 years, Grand\u00adma Hag\u00adgins actu\u00adal\u00adly picks up the orig\u00adi\u00adnal sto\u00adry at the end of the sequel. We read, \u201cRose the hen and her chicks went for a walk\u2026\u201d As they strut\u00adted across the farm, the fox and its chicks peeked out from over a small hill, their eyes fixed on Rose and the chicks. This time, it was\u00adn\u2019t hide-and-seek. Turn\u00ading to the next page, Rose and the chicks walked past a bee\u00adhive, and bees flew out, head\u00ading for the fox\u00ades\u2026<\/p>\n

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\nIllus\u00adtra\u00adtion of \u201cHen Rose Look\u00ading for Her Babies\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nI\u2019m sure Rose fans are already eager to get their hands on this book, but I\u2019d also like to draw your atten\u00adtion to the ded\u00adi\u00adca\u00adtion page: \u201cTo Susan, who hatched Rose; to Anne, who hatched Rose\u2019s chicks.\u201d Who is Susan? Who is Anne? What\u2019s the sto\u00adry behind this?
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\nIt turns out that Susan and Anne were two edi\u00adtors. Their sto\u00adry dates back to the 1960s in the Unit\u00aded States. Susan, whose full name was Susan Carl Hirschman, was nine years old\u00ader than Hutchin\u00adson. When they met, Susan was already the head of the chil\u00addren\u2019s book divi\u00adsion at Macmil\u00adlan Pub\u00adlish\u00aders in the Unit\u00aded States. Pri\u00ador to that, Susan had spent ten years work\u00ading in the chil\u00addren\u2019s book divi\u00adsion at Harper\u2019s Com\u00adpa\u00adny, serv\u00ading as the right-hand man to the leg\u00adendary edi\u00adtor Ursu\u00adla Nord\u00adstrom. Susan was young and a gift\u00aded edi\u00adtor at the time, excep\u00adtion\u00adal\u00adly skilled at iden\u00adti\u00adfy\u00ading and nur\u00adtur\u00ading tal\u00adent. For exam\u00adple, while at Harper\u2019s, she per\u00adson\u00adal\u00adly taught Yuri Shuli\u00advaz how to cre\u00adate his own pic\u00adture book sto\u00adries, giv\u00ading rise to that pic\u00adture book mas\u00adter.
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\n1966 was a mag\u00adi\u00adcal year for Pater. Short\u00adly after grad\u00adu\u00adat\u00ading from art school, the 24-year-old met Lawrence Hutchin\u00adson while work\u00ading at a Lon\u00addon adver\u00adtis\u00ading agency. They fell in love, mar\u00adried, and Pater became Pater Hutchin\u00adson. A week after their wed\u00adding, they sailed to New York City, rent\u00ading a small apart\u00adment in Green\u00adwich Vil\u00adlage. Lawrence was assigned to the agen\u00adcy\u2019s branch there for a year and a half. As a depen\u00addent, Pater was unable to pur\u00adsue full-time employ\u00adment, so she hoped to pur\u00adsue free\u00adlance design or illus\u00adtra\u00adtion. After sev\u00ader\u00adal set\u00adbacks, Pater for\u00adtu\u00adnate\u00adly met Susan. She had\u00adn\u2019t con\u00adsid\u00adered writ\u00ading her own sto\u00adries at the time, but Susan told her: \u201cYou can write sto\u00adries, too.\u201d So Pate took out a sto\u00adry she had made up about a hen and a fox. The whole text had more than 300 words. Susan read it slow\u00adly and again. Pate felt that she had been read\u00ading it for more than a cen\u00adtu\u00adry. Then Susan told her that she liked the sto\u00adry and her favorite sen\u00adtence was: \u201cThis is the fox. He will nev\u00ader make a noise.\u201d Then they revised it again and again until the fox real\u00adly \u201cmade no noise\u201d in the book, and there were only 33 words left in the whole book!
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\nYoung Pat Hag\u00adgins and her hus\u00adband when they wrote \u201cHen Rose Goes for a Walk\u201d
\nCan you guess what she was hold\u00ading in her left hand when she took the pho\u00adto? (Hint: a weapon)<\/span>
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\nRecent pho\u00adto of Pat Hag\u00adgins (the woman on the left)<\/p>\n

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\nIndeed, what makes \u201cHen Rose Goes for a Walk\u201d a paragon of pic\u00adture book nar\u00adra\u00adtive is that it leaves as much of the sto\u00adry\u00adtelling as pos\u00adsi\u00adble to the pic\u00adtures, leav\u00ading only the seem\u00ading\u00adly dry, bare bones of the text. The most vivid sto\u00adry unfolds with\u00adin the pic\u00adtures, cre\u00adat\u00ading a pow\u00ader\u00adful ten\u00adsion between the text and the pic\u00adtures. Read\u00aders young and old, read\u00ading togeth\u00ader, devel\u00adop a kind of com\u00adplic\u00adi\u00adty, delib\u00ader\u00adate\u00adly leav\u00ading out the sto\u00adries of char\u00adac\u00adters oth\u00ader than Hen Rose, only to burst into laugh\u00adter by the end.<\/span>
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\nThe suc\u00adcess of Hen Rose made Pater and Susan become close friends. Pater returned to Lon\u00addon to set\u00adtle down after 1968, but most of the Amer\u00adi\u00adcan copy\u00adrights of her sub\u00adse\u00adquent works were entrust\u00aded to Susan. When Susan left Macmil\u00adlan in 1974 and found\u00aded her own Green Wil\u00adlow Book Com\u00adpa\u00adny, Pater con\u00adtin\u00adued to sign a con\u00adtract with Green Wil\u00adlow until today, which shows the depth of their trust.
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\nSusan Hirschman (woman hold\u00ading the sign) and col\u00adleagues cel\u00ade\u00adbrate Green Wil\u00adlow\u2019s 21st anniver\u00adsary<\/span>
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\nLet\u2019s talk about anoth\u00ader Anne, whose full name is Anne McNeill. She is a pub\u00adlish\u00ader at Hod\u00adder Chil\u00addren\u2019s Books in the UK. Anne has been work\u00ading in the UK pub\u00adlish\u00ading indus\u00adtry for many years and is a rare vet\u00ader\u00adan edi\u00adtor who still retains a pas\u00adsion for chil\u00addren\u2019s books. She said that she might not remem\u00adber the con\u00adtents of her refrig\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtor, but she can recite the words of a pic\u00adture book she read 20 years ago. It was per\u00adhaps this pas\u00adsion and cre\u00adativ\u00adi\u00adty that ignit\u00aded Pat Hag\u00adgins. Pat said that peo\u00adple had sug\u00adgest\u00aded writ\u00ading a sequel to Hen Rose from time to time, but it was\u00adn\u2019t until she met Anne that her inspi\u00adra\u00adtion was tru\u00adly sparked.<\/span>
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\nThe per\u00adson on the left is edi\u00adtor Anne McNeill<\/p>\n

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\n  Then Rose the hen real\u00adly came back, and we were blessed.
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\nWrit\u00adten in Bei\u00adjing on Sep\u00adtem\u00adber 15, 2015
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