揚帆啟航的少年
The Boy Who Set Sail
23 June 2022
Written by St. Columba’s National School, Iona Road, 3rd & 4th Class
Translated by 趙有筌 沈融 鄭詠睿 章庭嘉
Illustrated by 林燦羽 洪子集 戴進豪 游雅婷 羅方妘
有一天，小男孩和家人們在打掃閣樓時發現了一隻可愛的泰迪熊。
小男孩衝到閣樓窗戶前看著大海。心中蹦出一個想法，那就是他想要航行探索世界。
小男孩思考了一下並看著手中的泰迪熊跟他說：「總有一天我會帶你一起出去冒險。」不過，小男孩因為害怕，以為船很容易就會不小心掉落世界的盡頭，最後他還是選擇了放棄。
那天晚上，小男孩幫自己的泰迪熊取名為吉米，他再次向窗外看去，發現海面因為早上的暴風雨看起來很不平靜。
當小男孩慢慢長大後發現，世界其實沒有盡頭，因為地球是圓的。
小男孩決定加入了英國海軍，並開始他的航海夢朝未知前進。
於是他登上了艘船，這艘船開始變得搖搖晃晃就快要翻覆…
(Original Text)
A family with a little boy were cleaning out the attic one day and they found a teddy bear.
The little boy ran to the window to look out at the sea. He had an idea to sail out and discover the world.
And then he thought about the teddy bear in his hand and said “I’m going to take you there with me someday.”
Then he decided not to because he was afraid he was going to sail off the edge of the world.
Later that evening he decided to name his teddy bear Jimmy.
He looked out the window again and saw that the sea was really waving because there had been a storm that morning.
When he grew older, he learned that the world was round.
He decided to sign up with the English Navy to get on a ship and try to find a new place.
When he got on the big ship it started to get really wobbly.
The boat started to topple over...