📖 Adam of the Road

As Adam learns at the Abbey of St. Alban, his minstrel father Roger travels in France, learning new stories to tell the nobility of England. At school, Adam is bored with the lessons, but he plays his harp on rainy days during free time, and is friends with another boy named Perkin. Additionally to all these things, Adam has his dog Nick, a red spaniel, to meet and play with. One St. Alban's day, Adam and Perkin sneak out of the Abbey to meet Nick and give him some food. After taking Nick out on a walk together, they hear news of a minstrel from France, and Adam is sure he is Roger. They go to see the minstrel, rumored to be in the service of a Sir Edmund, and it does turn out to be Roger. They leave the city together, and go entertaining the nobles together. When they leave however, Nick is stolen and Adam goes chasing after him, losing Roger in the process. Will Adam find Nick and Roger or will he wander the roads of England in vain? I recommend this book because it is a tale of wandering and searching, and we sometimes need to search for things without much hope as well.

把 Adam送去St. Alban圣修道院学习后,他的父亲Roger开始了法国的吟游诗人之旅。Adam喜欢空闲时间在雨天弹竖琴,还喜欢他红色的西班牙猎犬Nick。一天Adam和朋友Perkin偷偷溜出修道院去喂Nick,他们仨在散步时,听到了来自法国的吟游诗人的消息。Adam确信父亲Roger回来了。Adam准备和父亲一起离开时,发现Nick被偷了,Adam在找寻Nick的过程中和Roger走散了。Adam能会找回Nick,回到Rodge身边?还是会徒劳地在英国的道路上徘徊?这本美国八十年前的优秀作品,至今仍能被孩子们喜爱。