原文： I got this as a starter home for my 34-month old. She's a little younger than the target audience, but she can't keep her hands off the Calico Critters at the local toy shop, so I decided to go for it.
The main advantage to this house set is that it includes some furniture and one critter
to start with. After a few missteps in our initial foray into Calico Critterdom, it became clear that it's easy to spend a good amount of money buying things that make no sense: I bought my daughter the Cherry Cruiser; guess what - no critters! So I sent my teenage nephew to get critters (admittedly, a mistake in judgment on my part since he's 16) and he got a nursery set, also with no critters. Then, I finally got critters, but it was a family of chipmunks; cute, but their tails made it hard for them to sit properly on either chairs, or the car, and they tend to roll over and off beds. (I think there is a case for some accommodation in critter-world, because the tails can be a distinct handicap).
The included critter here is a bunny (Bell), and the house comes with a bed and bedding, a TV and armoire, a kitchen set, a table with two chairs, and kitchen implements (cutting board and knife). The second floor is removeable and reversable, to show either flooring or "lawn," and there's a ladder to use to travel between floors. The doors on the house and armoire open and shut, and the plastic is clean and smooth, with no rough edges. I have hidden the tiny pieces (kitchen implements and stuff from other sets), since I am not inclined to give teensy items best measured in millimeters to a toddler.
So far, bunny Bell has had a dinner party with her non-sitting chipmunk friends, washed her hands so many times I think she may have OCD, slept on the bed, jumped on the bed, trotted up and down the ladder, used a flipped over bed as a bathtub, and had a few disciplinary time outs on the "naughty roof." I am absolutely delighted to see the amount of imaginative play this toy has fostered in my toddler, and the language development she displays in narrating the little stories or conversing with the critters is pretty astonishing. We've had the toy about 16 hours, with about 5 hours of playtime (rest is nap, meals, bedtime), and it's been non-stop critter stories.
Given other reviews of kids much older enjoying their Calico Critter sets, I anticipate this toy will last a long time in our house as a top favorite.
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译文：
我把这个作为我三十四个月大的孩子的玩具。 她比目标消费者还小一点，但无法阻挡她对当地玩具店的Calico Critters的喜爱，所以我决定购买回来。
这个房子的主要优点是它包括一些家具和小动物。 在我们初步打开Calico Critterdom发生了一些失误之后，很明显，花很多钱买东西是不容易的：我给我的女儿买了樱桃巡洋舰; 没想到是没有小动物的！ 所以我送给了我的侄子希望得到小动物（但我判断错误了，因为他16岁了），他还有一个苗圃套装，也没有小动物。最后，我终于得到了小动物，它是一个花栗鼠的家庭; 很可爱，但他们的尾巴使他们很难坐在椅子或汽车上，他们往往倾倒在床上。 （我认为在疯狂的动物世界一些住宿情况下，尾巴是一个明显的障碍）。
到目前为止，兔子贝尔已经和不能坐下的朋友花栗鼠举行了一场晚宴，女儿洗了很多次手，我觉得她可能有强迫症，睡在床上，跳上床，爬上梯子，用翻床作为一个浴缸，玩屋顶的时候拖延了好久。我非常高兴看到我的孩子中在这个玩具中培养出的想象力，而她在叙述小故事或与小动物交谈时所展示的语言进步是非常惊人的。 我们已经拿到这个玩具约16个小时，玩了大约5个小时的时间（休息时间是午睡，晚餐，睡觉的时间），这是个不会停止的小动物故事。
对于年龄较大的孩子，还有其他的评价，喜欢他们的Calico Critter套装，我预计这个玩具将作为最喜欢的房子玩具持续很长时间。
