Chapter 1- Transformation (Part II)
第一章～改變（第二話）
That night, Victor lay on his bed, watching the beautiful full moon, whose bright light shone past the glass of the window onto the young face of its watcher, and thinking about the events of the boring weekday. Suddenly, he remembered the Chinese old lady and thought to himself, "Actually, it won't be too bad becoming a mouse, then, I would be able to go outside and play, know what it feels like to walk and run on all fours, and even view the world in a completely different perspective!" As he was thinking about all the adventures he would have, he gradually dozed off.
那天晚上，維特躺在床上，一邊望著窗口外美麗的滿月，一邊想著那天所發生過的事。月亮的光線穿過玻璃窗户，照在維特稚嫩的臉上。突然，他想起了早上的那個中國老太太，他心想：「其實，變成老鼠應該也不會是一件壞事兒吧！？如此一來，我就可以偷偷溜出去玩兒，體驗用四肢走路及奔跑的感覺，而且說不定還可以從一個全然不同的角度來觀看這個世界。」他一邊想像著他的歷險，一邊緩緩地進入夢鄉。
Then, after hours of sleep, Victor heard a familiar voice calling his name.
然後，經過了好幾小時的睡眠後，維特聽到了一個熟悉的聲音在呼喊他。
"Victor! Victor! Wake up! Get dressed quickly! Didn't I tell you that we have to go to the clinic early today?" his mum shouted in her usual, impatient tone.
「維特！維特！起床啦！趕快起來換衣服！我不是告訴過你今天要提早去診所嗎？」維特的媽媽用著平常那個不耐煩的語氣大聲說道。
When Victor gradually opened his eyes, he was astonished to perceive that his mum had seemingly grown, no wait, the entire room seemed to have grown, including all the furniture. Suddenly, his gigantic mother screamed deafeningly, then, she turned around and grabbed a broom from somewhere and began hitting Victor with it.
當維特緩緩張開眼睛時，他赫然發現他的媽媽好像突然變大了，不，是整個房間，包含傢俱都變大了！突然，巨大的媽媽發出震耳欲聾的尖叫聲，隨後便轉身隨手抓起了一把掃帚，開始往維特身上揮打。
"Ouch! No! Stop! Mum!" Victor tried to shout, but all that came out was the squeaking of a mouse.
「哎唷喂呀！好痛呀！媽！別這樣啦！」維特試圖大叫說，但是，從嘴裏傳出來的卻都是老鼠的嘰嘰喳喳聲。
As Victor's mother aimed one last blow at him, Victor jumped off the tall bed onto the floor, and began scuttling frantically on all fours looking for a place to hide.
當維特的媽媽準備再狠狠地出擊時，維特趕緊跳下了超高的床，落到了地上後便開始用四肢腳東奔西跑，試圖找到可以躲避的地方。
Oh no! Victor had turned into a mouse overnight!!
遭了！纔隔了一個晚上，維特竟變成一隻老鼠了！！
Without warning, Victor perceived a hole on the side of the wall that he had never noticed to have existed in his room before. Without any hesitation, he dashed towards the hole to hide from the huge broom. Victor was shocked at how fast he could run on all fours, it was the fastest he had ever ran in his entire life.
突然，維特注意到他以前從來没發現過存在他房間牆角處的一個洞。於是，他便不顧一切地用四肢腳往洞口的方向衝去。「用四肢腳跑步還挺快的嘛！」維特心想。這是他有生以來，跑得最快的一次了！
~To be Continued~
～待續～
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