Fun Country Adventure

Author: Xiaoling Dingdang / Country: Mainland China
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Publish Date: 2006-06-01
Features: This is a delightful book that children will love, and a wonderful fairy tale that makes parents and teachers think deeply. It is clever yet frightening, humorous yet interesting. It brings joy through playful exaggeration, filled with the intellectual elements of game spirit. It gives children a boundless and free happiness. — An Wulin, renowned children's literature writer, critic, and commentator for Fun Country Adventure
The book is truly amazing, containing the wisdom and spirit of children. Step into it, and you'll find the fairy tale world so fascinating! — Tan Xudong, famous children's literature critic, writer, and PhD in children's literature
Boundless imagination, a story with a rhythm of ups and downs, a fresh and interesting work. — Turnip Detective (renowned children's reading advocate)
Mushroom Kiss, Chili Gun, Pepper Cannon, Sichuan Peppercorn Grenade, and those mushrooms who only say "Hula Fun Dong" instead of "Hello"—I wanted to read it again and again. Full of imaginative creativity, truly fun! I haven’t seen such an interesting fairy tale in a long time. I’d love to turn this book into an animation right away! — Lin Aiwo (renowned animation producer)
A truly fun fairy tale that makes you laugh out loud while also prompting you to think about how we should educate today’s children. This captivating book is worth reading again and again by every parent and educator. — Chen Jia (mother of a 12-year-old child)
As my classmates put it, this fairy tale is "so cool." Reading it in one go is even more thrilling than riding a roller coaster! — Huang Zizhuo (13 years old)
Shrimp yawned. "It’s time to sleep," said Xiao Ke Ai. "Where do you want to sleep? In the Dream House, Ghost House, or Story House? Or maybe just camp in the forest?" Shrimp’s sleepiness vanished instantly. "What are Dream House, Ghost House, and Story House?" he asked. "Sleeping in the Dream House lets you have interesting dreams, customize your own dreams, or even visit others’ dreams." Xiao Ke Ai explained. "Girls all love sleeping in the Dream House."
"But boys like thrilling adventures. If you’re the kind who enjoys scary stories late at night, you’ll have an unexpected adventure in the Ghost House." said Pi Tan. "If you’re used to falling asleep to stories, the Story House has all kinds of bedtime stories—more than 'One Thousand and One Nights,' so much that you’d never run out even if you lived to be a thousand years old," said He He. "Or you can choose camping—the forest always has many strange and wonderful things happening at night," Xiao Ke Ai added.
Shrimp quickly did some mental calculations and announced his decision: "I want to sleep in the Dream House, Ghost House, Story House, and the forest for two hours each!"
"My little tail bean," He He tapped his forehead, "Do you really sleep like that?"
"It’s the only way to truly have fun!" Shrimp said. "Just give me an alarm clock, and I’ll have a colorful night."
Xiao Ke Ai laughed. "I hope you don’t have a night full of wild antics." She clapped her hands, and a green frog jumped onto her palm. "Here, this is your alarm clock."
The frog croaked and playfully stuck out its tongue before hopping onto Shrimp’s head.
"Earlier, you said you can customize dreams in the Dream House—does that mean I can dream about whatever I want?" Shrimp asked.
"Yes, in the Dream House, your dreams are yours to decide," Xiao Ke Ai replied.
"■——" Shrimp cheered and jumped high, like drinking bouncy cola. "It looks like I have a chance to dream about turning into a donkey!"
"Why would you want to dream about turning into a donkey?" He He looked at him in confusion.
"Because the teacher said that dreaming about turning into a donkey is a sign of a good child, while dreaming about turning into a duck isn’t." Shrimp said quickly, as if reciting a tongue twister.
"My old," Pi Tan’s eyes widened like round coins, "What kind of strange theories are these?"
The Dream House was water-blue, gentle as a breeze brushing through flowers. Shrimp closed his eyes and imagined every detail of the donkey—how cute it should be (since it was turning into one), with watery eyes like black jade, long and soft ears, and a light gray coat of curly fur all over.
He opened his eyes—
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