When Spring Comes 当春天到来（Kevin Henkes 英文绘本）

注：用《情非得已》的曲调把Kevin Henkes的绘本作品When Spring Comes（《当春天来临》）唱出来

词：Kevin Henkes

曲：汤小康

Before Spring comes, the trees look like

black sticks against the sky.

But if you wait, Spring will bring leaves and blossoms.

If you wait, Spring will make the leftover

mounds of snow smaller

and smaller and smaller

until suddenly— they're gone.

Before Spring comes, the grass is brown.

But if you wait, Spring will turn it green

and add little flowers.

If you wait, an egg will become a bird.

A seed will start growing.

Spring comes with sun

and it comes with rain.

And more rain and more rain.

Do you like mud? Do you like puddles?

I hope you like umbrellas.

Before Spring comes, the garden is just dirt,and empty.

But if you wait, Spring will push green shoots

through the dirt to fill up the garden.

And Spring will call out the pussy willows

and new kittens, too.

Spring can come quickly or slowly.

It changes its mind a lot.

But when Spring is finally here to stay,

you will know it......There will be buds

and bees and boots and bubbles.

There will be worms and wings

and wind and wheels. You will feel it.

You will smell it. You will hear it.

When spring is finally here to stay

you might think you are done waiting,

but you are not...Now, you have to wait for Summer.