十个平凡的小黑点，在作者富有创新的组合和改变下，居然能变成了小太阳、一双动人的眼睛，雪人可爱的脸……通过图画告诉小朋友如何利用1到10个小黑点创造出无限可能。
Donald Crews
What can you do with ten black dots?
你可以用10个小黑点来做什么呢？
One dot can make a sun
一个黑圆点日出时可以做成太阳，
or a moon when day is done.
日落时可以做成月亮。
Two dots can make the eyes of a fox
2个黑圆点可以做成狐狸的眼睛，
or the eyes of keys that open locks.
或者一双钥匙的眼。
Three dots can make a snowman's face
3个黑圆点可以做成雪人的脸，
or beads for stringing on a lace.
或者绳子上的念珠。
Four dots can make seeds from which flowers grow
4个圆点可以做成花儿的种子，
or the knobs on a radio.
或者收音机上的旋钮。
Five dots can make buttons on a coat
5个圆点可以做成外套的纽扣
or the portholes of a boat.
或者做轮船的舷窗。
Six dots can make marbles that you hold-
6个圆点可以做成你手上的石头，
half are new,the rest are old.
一半是新的，一半是旧的。
Seven dots can make the spots on a snake
7个圆点可以做成蛇身上的斑点，
or stones turned up by a garden rake.
或者被花园里的靶子耙起来的石头。
Eight dots can make the wheels of a train
8个圆点可以做成火车的轮子，
carrying freight through sun and rain.
和货物一起穿过阳光和雨水。
Nine dots can make toy soldiers standing in rank
9个圆点可以做成排列整齐的玩具士兵
or the pennies in your piggy bank.
或者当做你的小猪存钱罐里的硬币。
Ten dots can make balloons stuck in a tree-
10个圆点可以做成被缠在树中的气球。
shake the branch and set them free.
摇一摇树，他们就自由了。
Count them.
数数它们。
Are there really ten?
真的是十个吗？
Now we can begin again,
现在我们又可以开始了，
counting dots from one to ten.
从一到十数这些黑点。