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Unit 10 A Fairy Encounter
第10單元 遇見仙女
One day, while walking through the forest, Jessica heard a strange noise. It sounded liked singing. She looked around but she was alone. Then Jessica saw something moving in the bush. Just at that moment, something shot out of the bush and flew around her head.
有一天，杰西卡行經森林時聽到一個怪聲，聽起來像是有人在唱歌的聲音。她東張西望卻不見半個人影，四周除了她一個人以外沒有別人。接著杰西卡看到灌木叢里有個東西在動，突然就從草叢里面沖出一個東西在她頭上飛來飛去。
It wasn't a bird. Why? It was a fairy about the size of Jessica's finger. It was very beautiful with tiny little wings. The fairy said, "Come with me." and pointed to the bush. "I am too big, I can't fit in there."
那不是鳥，哎呀，原來是個和杰西卡手指差不多大小的仙女。它長得非常美麗，還有一對小小的翅膀。“跟我來。”仙女邊說邊指著灌木叢。“我太大了，我進不去。”
The little fairy wiggled her nose and Jessica shrank to the same size as the fairy. Behind the bush, Jessica saw a beautiful village that sparkled and shone like a mountain of jewels. "This is where I live," said the fairy. "Would you like to live there with us?" asked the fairy. Just then, Jessica heard her mom calling her.
于是小仙女扭動一下鼻子，杰西卡便縮小成和仙女一樣大。就在灌木叢后面，杰西卡看到一座像寶石山一般閃閃發光的美麗村落。“這就是我住的地方。”仙女問道：“你要和我們一起住嗎？”就在這時，杰西卡聽到她媽媽在叫她。
"Oh, I would love to stay, but my mom is calling me. Can you please make me big again?" So the fairy wiggled her nose and Jessica was big again. Jessica ran home and promised to come and visit the fairy again soon.
“哦，我很想留下來，可是我媽媽在叫我了。可以請你把我變回原來那么大嗎？”于是仙女又扭動一下鼻子，把杰西卡變回原來的樣子。杰西卡跑回家前答應仙女會很快會再來探望她。
【美】 Meredith Walker 著 陳怡芬 譯
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