(UK) Sam McBratney
illustrated by Anita Jeram

Little Nutbrown Hare, who was going to bed, held on tight
to Big Nutbrown Hare's very long ears.
He wanted to be sure that Big Nutbrown Hare was listening.
"Guess how much I love you," he said.
"Oh, I don't think I could guess that,"said Big Nutbrown
Hare.
"This much,"said Little Nutbrown Hare, stretching out his
arms as wide as they could go.
Big Nutbrown Hare had even longer arms.
"But I love YOU this much,"he said.
Hmm, that is a lot, thought Little Nutbrown Hare.
"I love you as high a I can reach,"said Little Nutbrown
Hare.
"I love you as high as I can reach,"said Big Nutbrown
Hare.
That is quite high, thought Little Nutbrown Hare. I wish
I had arms like that.
Then Little Nutbrown Hare had a good idea. He
tumbled upside down and reached up the tree trunk
with his feet. "I love you all the way up to my
toes!"he said.
"And I love you all the way up to your toes,"
said Big Nutbrown Hare, swinging him up over his
head.
"I love you as high as I can HOP!" laughed Little
Nutbrown Hare, bouncing up and down.
"But I love you as high as I can hop," smiled
Big Nutbrown Hare - and he hopped so high that
his ears touched the branches above.
That's good hopping, thought Little Nutbrown
Hare. I wish I could hop like that.
"I love you all the way down the lane as far
as the river," cried Little Nutbrown Hare.
"I love you across the river and over the hills,"
said Big Nutbrown Hare.

That's very far, thought Little Nutbrown Hare.
He was almost too sleepy to think any more. Then
he looked beyond the thorn bushes, out into the
big dark night. Nothing could be further than the
sky.
"I love you right up to the MOON," he said, and
closed his eyes. "Oh, that's far," said Big Nutbrown
Hare. "That is very, very far."
Big Nutbrown Hare settled Little Nutbrown Hare
into his bed of leaves.He leaned over and kissed
him good night.Then he lay down close by and
whispered with a smile, "I love you right up to
the moon - AND BACK."

 
爱,有时候,真的不能去比较的，单纯最美！故事发生在一个和寻常无异的夜晚……
　　小兔子要上床睡觉了，它紧紧抓著大兔子的长耳朵，要大兔子好好地听它说。
　　「猜猜我有多爱你？」小兔子问。
　　「噢！我大概猜不出来。」大兔子笑笑地说。
　　「我爱你这么多。」小兔子把手臂张开，开得不能再开。
　　
　　大兔子有双更长的手臂，它张开来一比，说：「可是，我爱你这么多。」
　　小兔子动动右耳，想：嗯，这真的很多。
　　「我爱你，像我举的这么高，高得不能再高。」小兔子说，双臂用力往上撑举。
　　「我爱你，像我举的这么高，高得不能再高。」大兔子也说。
　　这真的很高，小兔子想：希望我的手臂可以像大兔子一样。
　　小兔子又有个好主意，它把脚顶在树干上倒立了起来。它说：「我爱你到我的脚趾
头这么多。」
　　大兔子一把抓起小兔子的手，将它抛起来，飞得比它的头还高，说：「我爱你到你
的脚趾头这么多。」
　　小兔子笑了起来，说：「我爱你像我跳得那么高，高得不能再高。」它跳过来又跳
过去。
　　大兔子笑著说：「可是，我爱你，像我跳得这么高，高得不能再高。」
　　他往上一跳，耳朵都碰到树枝了。
　　跳得真高哇－－小兔子想－－真希望我也可以跳得像它一样高。
　　小兔子大叫：「我爱你，一直到过了小路，在远远的河那边。」
　　大兔子说：「我爱你，一直到过了小河，越过山的那一边。」
　　小兔子想，那真的好远。它揉揉红红的两眼，开始困了，想不出来了；它抬头看著
树丛后面那一大片的黑夜，觉得再也没有任何东西比天空更远的了。
　　大兔子轻轻抱起频频打著呵欠的小兔子，小兔子闭上了眼睛，在进入梦乡前，喃喃
说：「我爱你，从这里一直到月亮。」
　　「噢！那么远，」大兔子说。「真的非常远、非常远。」
　　大兔子轻轻将小兔子放到叶子铺成的床上，低下头来，亲亲它，祝它晚安。
　　然后，大兔子躺在小兔子的旁边，小声地微笑著说：「我爱你，从这里一直到月亮
，再……绕回来。」