之所以起这样一个名字，是因为这五本书都和男孩有关，即使是那本说森林和大熊的，也有一个小男孩在书中扮演重要的角色，之所以叫3+2，因为前三个故事和后两个故事，实在是风格不一样的，作者好像直到后两本才开始露出自己的“捣蛋鬼”本色，不过也可能相反，前三个带点忧伤气质的故事才是他的本色。
人本身就是矛盾的，这些男孩们只是让我们更清楚地看到了这一点
（Lost and Found）远在天边
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Once there was a boy
And one day he found a penguin at his door.
The boy didn’t know where it had come from but it began to follow him everywhere.
The penguin looked sad and the boy thought it must be lost.
So the boy decided to help the penguin find his way home. He checked in the lost and found office. But no one was missing a penguin.
He asked some birds if they knew where the penguin came from. But they ignored him. Some birds are like that.
The boy asked his duck. But the duck floated away. He didn’t know.
That night, the boy couldn’t sleep for disappointment. He wanted to help the penguin but he didn’t know how.
The next morning he discovered that penguins come from the south pole. But how could he get there?
He ran down to the harbour and asked a big ship to take them to the south pole. But his voice was much too small to be heard over the ship’s horn.
So together, he and the penguin would row to the south pole. The boy took his rowboat out of the cupboard and they tested it for size and strength. They packed everything they would need …
And together they pushed the rowboat out to sea.
They rowed south for many days …
… and night with the boy telling stories all the way. The penguin listened to everything that the boy said.
They floated through good weather and bad, when the waves were as big as mountains …
… until they came to the south pole. The boy was delighted, but the penguin said nothing. Suddenly it looked sad again as the boy helped it out of the boat.
The boy said goodbye …
… and floated away. But as he looked back, the penguin looked sadder than ever.
It felt strange to be on his own … and the more he thought …
… the more he realized he was making a mistake. The penguin wasn’t lost. He was just lonely.
Quickly he turned the boat around and headed back to the south pole as fast as he could.
At last he reached the pole again. But where was the penguin? The boy searched and searched but he was nowhere to be found.
Sadly the boy set off from home.
There was no point telling stories because there was no one to listen, except the wind and the waves. But then the boy saw something in the water ahead of him. Closer and closer he got until he could see …
… it’s the penguin.
有这么一个小男孩。
一天，他在家门前发现了一只企鹅。
他不知道企鹅是从哪儿来的，可不管他走到哪里，企鹅总是跟着他。
这只企鹅看上去有点伤心，小男孩想，也许它迷路了。
小男孩想帮这只企鹅找到回家的路，于是，他去了失物招领处，可没有谁在寻找一只企鹅。
他去问小鸟们，是不是知道企鹅的家在哪里。可小鸟们根本不搭理他，有些小鸟就是这样不爱搭理人的。
小男孩又去问他的玩具小鸭子，可小鸭子一声不吭地游走了，它也不知道怎么回答这个问题。
这天晚上，小男孩翻来覆去睡不着觉，他是那么想帮助企鹅，可他不知道该怎么去做。
第二天早上，他终于查到，企鹅是从南极来的，可新的问题又来了，他怎么才能去南极呢？
小男孩跑到大码头上，向一艘大船呼叫，请它带自己和企鹅去南极。可他的声音太小了，完全被大船开动的鸣笛声给淹没了。
于是，小男孩决定，他要和企鹅一起划船去南极，他们从玩具柜里找到了男孩的小船，查看了一下小船够不够结实好用。
然后，他们把能用得着的东西都打包带上了船……
他们一起用力把小船推入了大海。
他们划着船，一直划向南方……
……夜晚来临的时候，小男孩就给企鹅讲故事解闷，不管他说什么，企鹅都安静地听着。
他们驾船漂过了许多风风雨雨，越过了山一样高的大浪……
……最后，他们终于来到了南极。小男孩高兴极了，可企鹅什么话也没说。当小男孩帮它爬出船舱的一刻，企鹅忽然又显出一副很伤心的样子。
（小船旁广告牌子上的字：欢迎来到南极）
小男孩说了声“再见”……
然后，他划着船离开了。可他回头看看，只见企鹅还在望着他，他从来没见它这样伤心过。
他独自一个在船上，感觉很奇怪……他想了很多很多……
……他终于想明白了，他犯了一个错误——企鹅不是在找回家的路，它只是想找到一个朋友。
小男孩匆匆忙忙掉转了船头，用尽全力向着南极划去。
他终于又回到了南极，可企鹅在哪里？小男孩找啊，找啊，可哪儿也不见企鹅的踪影。
伤心的小男孩只好动身回家了。
一路上，小男孩没有再讲故事，因为没有谁听他的故事，耳边，只有风和海浪的声响。
就在这时，小男孩忽然看到前方的水波中有什么东西，正向他靠近。越来越近，越来越近……终于，他看见了：
是那只企鹅，它找到了自己的朋友。
（the Way Back Home）天上人间
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Once there was a boy
And one day, as he was putting his things back in the cupboard, he found an aeroplane.
He didn’t remember leaving it in there but he though he’d take it out for a go right away.
The plane lifted off the ground and up into the sky …
Higher and higher and higher.
Suddenly the plane spluttered … it had run out of petrol.
Now the boy was stuck on the moon. What was he to do?
He was all alone and afraid and soon his torch began to go out.
Up in space someone else was in trouble too. His engine had broken down …
And steering the ship towards a flicker of light, he landed on the moon with a bump.
Both the boy and the Martian could hear noises in the dark and both feared the worst.
But as their eyes got used to the dark, they both realized they’d met someone else in trouble.
They weren’t alone any more.
The boy showed the Martian his empty petrol tank and the Martian showed the boy his broken engine.
Together they thought of ways to fix their machines and how to get them both back home.
The boy jumped down to earth to get things they would need … right down into the sea …
… and swam towards home.
But by the time he got there, the boy was tired out so he sat in his favorite chair, just to catch his breath. His favorite program was just starting and he settled down to watch.
Suddenly he remembered what he should be doing and rushed off to the cupboard to get what he needed. He ran outside and shouted. But there was no reply, he couldn’t be heard.
The boy climbed to higher ground, called again, and waited.
This time, a rope was lowered.
The boy began to climb and the Martian began to pull, and soon the boy was back on the moon.
The boy fixed up the Martian’s engine with the right spanner and the Martian filled the boy’s petrol tank.
They said goodbye and thanked each other for their help. They wondered if they’d ever meet again.
After a long night, they were both finally off the moon.
The boy went one way and the Martian went another, both on their way back home.
有这么一个小男孩。
有一天，他在收拾玩具柜的时候，发现了一架飞机。
他不记得这架飞机是怎么来的了，不过他想，他可以坐上飞机，出去兜一小圈。
飞机腾空而起，飞向蓝天……
越飞越高，越飞越高，越飞越高……
忽然，飞机熄火了……原来，是燃料用光了。
就这样，小男孩被困在了月亮上，他该怎么办呢？
他孤零零一个人，很害怕，他的手电筒也就要没电了。
在黑暗的宇宙里，还有一个小火星人也遇上了大麻烦。他飞船上的引擎坏掉了……
这时候，一束光亮让飞船调转了方向，“砰”的一声，一头栽到了月亮上。
小男孩和小火星人都听到了黑暗里的声音，他们都吓得战战兢兢。
可等他们的眼睛习惯了黑暗之后，很快就发现，对面原来只是一个和自己一样倒霉的旅行家。
他们不再觉得孤单了。
小男孩给小火星人看了看他那个没汽油的油箱，小火星人也给小男孩看了看他那个出毛病的引擎。
他们开始一起琢磨，怎么才能修好他们的机器，怎么才能飞回到自己的家里。
为了去拿一些修理机器需要的工具，小男孩纵身一跳……跳进了大海……
……他向着家里游去。
小男孩到家的时候，已经累坏了，他气喘吁吁，一屁股坐到自己最喜欢的椅子上，这时，他最喜欢的电视节目也正好开始了，他就坐在那里，看啊看……
忽然间，他想起了自己是来干什么的，赶紧冲向玩具柜，拿上了他要的工具，跑出家门。他对着天上大叫，可没有回答声，天上的人听不到他在叫什么。
小男孩爬上一座山，他又叫了一次，然后静静地等着。
这一次，有一根绳子丢了下来。
小男孩顺着绳子往上爬，小火星人抓着绳子往上拉，没一会儿，小男孩就回到了月亮上。
小男孩帮小火星人修理好了飞船的引擎，小火星人帮小男孩加满了飞机的油箱。
他们互相说了一声：“谢谢你的帮助，再见！”
可他们都不知道，他们是不是还能再见。
漫长的一夜过去了，他们终于离开了月亮。
小男孩向着地上飞，小火星人向着天上飞，他们都要飞向自己回家的路。
（How to catch a star） 摘星的日子
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Once there was a boy
And the boy loved stars very much.
Every night the boy watched the stars from his window and wished he had one of his very own.
He dreamed how this star might be his friend. They would play hide-and-go-seek
And take a long walk together.
The boy decided he would try to catch a star. He thought that getting up early in the morning would be best, because then the star would be tired from being up in the sky all night.
So, the next day he set out at sunrise. But he could not see a star anywhere. He sat down and waited for one to appear.
He waited … and he waited …
… and ate lunch …
.. and waited. And after dinner he waited some more.
Finally, just before the sun was about to go away, he saw a star.
The boy tried to jump up and grab it. But he could not jump high enough.
So, very carefully, he climbed to the top of the tallest tree he could find. But the star was still way out reach.
He thought he might lasso the star with the life belt from his father’s boat.
But it was much too heavy for him to carry.
He thought he could fly up in his spaceship and just grab the star. But his spaceship had run out of petrol last Tuesday when he flew to the moon.
Perhaps he could get a seagull to help him fly up into the sky to reach his star?
But the only seagull he could find didn’t want to help at all.
The boy thought he would never catch a star.
Just then he noticed something floating in the water. It was the prettiest star he had ever seen. Just a baby star. It must have fallen from the sky.
He tried to fish the star out with his hands.
But he couldn’t reach it.
Then he had an idea. The star might wash up on the shore. He ran back along the jetty to the beach.
Then he waited and walked … and watched and waited …
… and, sure enough,
The star washed up on the bright, golden sand.
The boy had caught a star.
A star of his very own.
有这么一个小男孩。
他特别特别喜欢星星。
每天晚上，小男孩都会在窗口，望着天边的星星，他真希望，其中有一颗星星，是自己的。
他梦见，星星成了他的好朋友，他们一起玩捉迷藏的游戏。
他们还一起走了很长很长的路。
小男孩下了决心，他要摘下一颗星星。他想，只要一大早就起床，肯定能摘到的，因为星星们在天上逛了一夜，都很累了。
第二天，太阳刚刚升起，小男孩就出发去找星星了。可是，他找呀，找呀，一颗星星也没看见，最后，他只好坐下来，等着星星出现。
他等啊等……等啊等……
他吃了点午饭……
……又继续等。晚饭的时间也过了，他还在等。
终于，就在太阳快要落下去的一瞬间，他看见了一颗星星。
小男孩想跳起来，抓住它，可是，他怎么跳，也跳不到星星那么高。
他只好去爬树，爬到自己身边最高的一棵树上，可他还是够不着天上的那颗星星。
他想了个主意：也许他可以用爸爸船上的救生圈，去套住星星。
可那个救生圈太沉了，他根本搬不动。
他又想，也许他可以坐在自己的小飞船上，去追上星星，可他刚刚用那个飞船去月球上玩过一趟，用光了所有的燃料。
也许，他还可以请海鸥帮忙，带他飞到天上去，好捉住他的星星？
可他面前的那只海鸥，根本不听他在说些什么。
小男孩开始觉得，他永远也不可能摘到星星了。
就在这时，他看到水面漂着什么东西。那是一颗他见过的最漂亮的星星！是一颗星星小宝宝。它一定是从天上掉下来了。
他伸出手，想把星星捞上来。
可他怎么也够不着水里的那颗星星。
这时，他忽然想到，星星也许会被海水冲到岸上去，这样一想，他立刻转身跑向了海滩。
然后，他等啊等，走啊走……找啊找，等啊等……
……最后一刻，理所当然，
星星被海水送到了金灿灿、亮晶晶的沙滩上。
小男孩终于摘到了一颗星星。
只属于他一个人的星星。