这本有趣读物是《鼠王》的配套绘本。故事中的小熊想要唱自己的歌，但其他动物不给他这个机会。

小熊在树林里发现了一把四弦琴。琴发出了美妙的声音——叮铃！激发小熊写出了自己的歌曲。他的朋友老鼠很想听听这首歌。但是，小熊并不是那天森林里**找到音乐灵感的动物，蛇、乌鸦、乌龟不断地轮着表演。终于他们给了小熊表演的机会，但不看好他的歌声，灰心的小熊永远搁置了他的音乐生涯……但他**的朋友给予了他善良、同情、欣赏，证明他的艺术值得认可，甚至可以激励他人。

本书由两位广受欢迎的儿童读物作者合作完成，幽默、甜蜜且深刻，是大师级作品《鼠王》的后续，有可能成为现代经典。

Bear wants to sing his song, but the other animals won't give him a chance to perform his masterwork in this delightful picture book companion to the critically acclaimed King Mouse.

A bear finds a ukulele in the woods. It makes a nice sound -- PLINK! -- and inspires him to write his own song. His friend Mouse would love to hear it. But Bear isn't the only animal in the forest to find musical inspiration that day, and Snake, Crow and Tortoise keep taking his turn to perform. When they finally give him the opportunity and meet his song with less enthusiasm than he'd like, the discouraged bear shelves his music career forever . . . but the kindness, empathy and appreciation of his best friend will prove that his art deserves recognition and can even inspire others.

This dryly humorous and sweetly profound collaboration between two critically acclaimed children's book creators, a follow-

up to the masterful King Mouse, has the makings of a modern classic.