Hot-diggerty! Whatever's that? exclaims Mole as he burrows out of the ground one night and catches sight of the moon. He thinks it's the most beautiful thing he's ever seen and he wants it, so he sets about trying to pull it down - to no avail. When all of his efforts prove to be in vain, he suddenly notices the moon's in a puddle at his feet and reaches to pick it up...and breaks it. Poor Mole's inconsolable, until he is shown that the moon is not broken at all, but just as beautiful as ever, hanging in the sky like a bright silver coin. And it's not as near as it looks!
小鼹鼠从来没有看过月亮。一天晚上，他从地洞里钻出来，发现又圆又亮的月亮就挂在天边。小鼹鼠觉得月亮是他见过最美的东西，于是想尽办法要摘月亮。但摘月亮可不像他想的这么简单！小鼹鼠先是伸手往上跳，但他没抓到月亮，反而惊醒了兔子；他又拿了竹竿想勾月亮，但月亮没勾着，又吵醒了刺猬。小鼹鼠又想用橡子把月亮打下来，却只打到在树上休息的松鼠。



大家都跟小鼹鼠说：“月亮在很远很远的地方，你是碰不到她的。”但小鼹鼠还是不死心，他爬到一棵大树上，想伸手抓月亮，但一个没站稳，就吭哩喀啷的摔了下来，跌进一滩水漥里。小鼹鼠喃喃自语说到：“这次我差一点就可以摘到月亮了！”但是，聪明的你，猜猜小鼹鼠在水漥里找到了什么呢？



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