Something Smells!

By Blake Liliane Hellman, Illustrated by Steven Henry ( Atheneum Books for Young Readers – 2018 )

There was a smell. A most terrible smell! Was it the dog? Was it the baby? Was it the trash? Or could it be Grandma’s Gefartenschnaffel(a special meal)? And Elliot’s imagination was expanded to determine to find out what that something was! But after Elliot took bath, the terrible smell was gone. Elliot was excited to put on his new pajama, and he decided he was never ever going to take them off.

何か臭い匂いがした。匂いの原因は犬?赤ちゃん?それともゴミだったのか? おばあちゃんの特異料理かも知れなかった。Elliotの想像力は膨らみ、臭い匂いの原因を調べることに夢中であった。しかし、Elliotがお風呂に入るとその匂いは消えてしまった。新しいパジャマを着た彼は,それを大変に気に入り、決してそのパジャマを脱ぐことはしないと決めてしまった。