2014-10-22
【Aiden in English】
Long, long ago, humans roamed the earth. We did everything by day, because at night time, there was no moon. As soon as the night fell, the world turned pitch black. The nights were cold and eerie. Then the sun would rise, filling the world with warmth and happiness and everyone would awake and do whatever they have to do. One day, an inventor looked up and wondered if there was a way to light up the night sky. He began with a brilliant invention that would change the world. It was a giant light bulb, and the inventor called it the moon. After carefully inspecting it one final time, the inventor hurled it into the air. The moon sprouted rockets and flew into space. As soon as the sun set, the inventor hit a switch. The night sky was illuminated with a warm glow from the heavens. Everyone cheered for the great inventor. However, the moon had a little less light the next night. The inventor looked up, and saw a sliver of the moon broken. The next night, a little more broke, and a little more and a little more. Soon, the moon was almost invisible again. So the great inventor then made a machine that would fix the moon, and it flew into space. The new machine immediately fixed the moon, but it needed a cool down. Thus the machine went into hibernation mode. In that time, the moon’s light dimmed, only to be fixed by the machine once it awoke. This cycle continued on and on and on, but the people were happy. As long as there was a little light, they were fine. And so, the people of earth lived happily ever after.
【紅霞譯文】
很久很久以前，人類湧入地球，不過那時祖先們只能白天幹活，因為晚上根本沒有月亮。當夜幕降臨，四周漆黑一團，到處顯得陰森恐怖。太陽出來了，給大地帶來了溫暖和生機，人們從睡夢中醒來，重新開始了新的奮鬥。一天，造物主抬頭仰望，冷不丁萌發出照亮夜空的想法，希望以此來改變整個世界。於是一個巨大的燈泡問世，造物主美其名曰稱之為“月亮”。經過最後一次仔細檢查，造物主終於把月亮拋向空中，只見祂宛如發射的火箭直衝雲霄。每當太陽下山，造物主便撳下開關，這時天空中溫暖的光芒照亮了茫茫黑夜，人人無不對造物主心存感激。然而，第二天月光卻變得暗淡起來。造物主舉目觀察，發覺月亮里出現一道小小裂痕，隨着時辰流逝，裂痕越變越大，而且沒過多久，幾乎再也看不見月亮的蹤影。見此情景，造物主又發明了修理月亮的機器，並把它發射升空。新機器很快修復了月亮，但月亮需要休整調理，就這樣機器便幫月亮設置休眠狀態，在此期間，月光微弱，要靠機器才能恢復亮度。整個周期循環往復，絲毫沒有影響到人們的喜悅心情，只要世間有一絲光明，生活便充滿希望，居住在地球上的人們從此才會幸福安樂。
