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Surprise! The little red chicken is back — and as endearingly silly as ever — in David Ezra Stein’s follow-up to the Caldecott Honor–winning Interrupting Chicken. It’s homework time for the little red chicken, who has just learned about something every good story should have: an elephant of surprise. Or could it be an element of surprise (as her amused papa explains)? As they dive in to story after story, looking for the part that makes a reader say “Whoa! I didn’t know that was going to happen,” Papa is sure he can convince Chicken he’s right. After all, there are definitely no elephants in “The Ugly Duckling,” “Rapunzel,” or “The Little Mermaid” — or are there? Elephant or element, something unexpected awaits Papa in every story, but a surprise may be in store for the little red chicken as well. Full of the same boisterous charm that made Interrupting Chicken so beloved by readers, this gleeful follow-up is sure to delight fans of stories, surprises, and elephants alike.

小红鸡放学了，她告诉爸爸老师教了一个新知识：每个故事中都有一头“没想到的大象”。鸡爸爸解释说那叫“没想到的真相”，就是会让人大叫“哇！没想到会发生这个”的部分。可小鸡坚持认为是大象，并且让爸爸帮她完成家庭作业，从故事里找到那头大象。他们读了《丑小鸭》《长发公主》和《小美人鱼》，爸爸努力让小鸡相信故事里根本没有大象……结果真的如此吗？