Elims was a twelve-year-old girl who lived a normal life with a loving family. However, she faced a few challenges that had troubled her for a long time. First, she was too shy and timid. She was eager to make friends but lacked the courage to start a conversation. Second, she spoke so softly that, no matter how hard she tried, her voice remained as quiet as a mosquito's buzz. Lastly, the biggest problem that troubled her the most was that she didn't know how to smile.
One day, in the dead of night, she was drawing as usual. After a few minutes, she started dozing off and fell asleep with the paintbrush still in her hand.
Elims was awakened by the freezing air. She looked around and found herself on a small iceberg covered in ice and snow, much like the coldness and loneliness she felt in her heart. After a while, a polar bear moved nearby.
"Hello, I'm your new neighbor," the polar bear said. Elims looked at the polar bear but was too afraid to talk to a stranger. As the sun broke the sky, the ice started to melt. The iceberg was getting too small, so they had to move closer to each other. Eventually, the ice they lived on became so small that they were about to sink.
"What should we do now?" the polar bear asked anxiously.
Elims was too shy to say a word, but she looked down and noticed she had her paintbrush in her hand. She could feel that the paintbrush had magic. She quickly drew a large piece of ice, and her drawing turned into a gigantic iceberg. They ran to the new iceberg and found relief. Elims was happy, and so was the polar bear. She drew herself a boat and bid the polar bear farewell.
Later, Elims arrived on an island filled with lions. She was terrified because the lions roared loudly. But she met a lion who spoke as softly as she did.
“Oh… my throat! It hurts so much,” softly cried the lion.
"May... maybe I can help you?" Elims stuttered.
Elims took a magic eraser from her pocket and mustered up the courage to remove the fishbone from the lion’s throat. “ROARRRRR!!!” shouted the lion. The fishbone disappeared. “Ahhhhhhhhhh,” Elims screamed back. “You scared me,” Elims yelled. “Oh, sorry! I didn’t mean to. By the way, I didn’t know your voice was that clear and bright. Thank you so much! Now I can roar again!” said the lion.
Elims was surprised by how loud she could scream too. She said goodbye to the lions and continued her journey.
Elims came to the last island and immediately noticed something was wrong. The island was colorless. She walked into a small village, and only one house was colored.
"Hello!" Elims knocked on the door curiously, "the door is not locked. You can come in," said the house owner.
Inside the house, there was a lonely painter who owned the house.
She asked the painter, "Your house is beautiful. Did you paint it yourself?" Elims tried to make a smile, but she was too shy.
The painter replied, "You must be joking. You don’t even look like you like my house. I don't think other villagers like colors too. No one painted their house or has ever said that my work is beautiful."
Elims found numerous pieces of mail in the mailbox next to the door as she walked inside the house. She told the painter, and they carried them inside the house.
“Dear Mr. Collar, we love your house. Could you come and help us repaint our front door?” “Dear Mr. Collar, I know this sounds strange. But the pink color of your roof makes me think of my grandma a lot. Would you like to come to my house for tea sometime? I'd love to introduce her to you!” “Dear Mr. Collar….”
The painter couldn’t believe what he read. Elims felt happy for him too. They carried the paint to knock on every door on the island, offering help to decorate their houses. That night, Elims, the painter, and all the villagers had a great party at the painter’s front garden.
Suddenly, Elims felt very sleepy, so she took a nap.
When she woke up, she realized she had fallen asleep while drawing. She stretched and looked at her painting. A happy polar bear was on the vast iceberg, a group of lions roaring with their mouths wide open, and the painter waving and smiling happily. Elims found it so magical, and she smiled.
以琳是一位十二歲的女孩，她在充滿愛的家庭中長大，過著平凡的生活。然而，以琳正面臨一些困擾她許久的人生挑戰。第一項挑戰是她太害羞太膽小了。以琳很想要交朋友，卻沒有勇氣開口跟別人聊天。第二項挑戰是她講話非常輕聲細語，不管她再怎麼努力嘗試，她的聲音還是小的跟蚊子聲一樣。最後也是最困擾她的事情，那就是她不知道該如何微笑。
有一天半夜，以琳像平常一樣在畫畫。過了幾分鐘後，她開始打瞌睡。最後竟然睡著了，連畫筆都還握在手上。
寒風吹拂下，以琳醒了。她看了看四周才發現自己在一座冰天雪地的小冰山上，這座小冰山就如同以琳寒冷寂寞的內心。
過了一會兒，一隻北極熊朝她走過來。「嗨，我是你的新鄰居。」北極熊說。以琳看著北極熊，但她實在太害怕跟陌生人說話所以不發一語。當陽光劃破天空，冰開始漸漸融化了。小冰山又變得更小了，這下她們兩個只能靠在一起。最後冰山實在變得太小，小到幾乎快要沉沒。
「我們現在該怎麼辦呢？」北極熊焦急地問。
可是以琳太害羞了，一個字也說不出來，但她低頭一看，發現手裡還拿著她的畫筆，畫筆就像有魔法一樣，她很快地畫了一大塊冰，冰瞬間變成了一座巨大的冰山。 他們一起跑向冰山，終於鬆了一大口氣。 以琳很開心，北極熊也很高興，然後她為自己畫了一艘船，告別了北極熊往下個目的地出發。
接著，以琳來到了一座充滿獅子的小島。獅子們的吼叫聲太大聲了，所以剛開始她真的非常害怕。不過她在路上遇到了一隻說話和她一樣小聲的獅子。
「哦天啊......我的喉嚨……好痛…」這隻獅子聽起來快哭了。
「也許......也許我能幫你！」以琳鼓起勇氣小聲地說，接著從口袋裡掏出一塊神奇的橡皮擦，探著頭幫獅子擦掉了卡在喉嚨裡的魚刺。
「吼吼吼吼吼！！！」魚刺消失了，獅子興奮地大叫。
「啊啊啊啊！」以琳嚇到尖叫。
「你嚇到我了！」以琳大喊
「啊，抱歉！我不是故意的。話說回來，你的聲音原來那麼清澈響亮，太感謝你了，我又可以放聲大吼了。」獅子說。
以琳很驚訝她自己也能吼那麼大聲，她和獅子道別，然後繼續她的旅程。
以琳來到最後一座島時，馬上發覺島上有些不對勁。這個島上沒有任何色彩！
她走進了一個小村莊，發現只有一間房子是彩色的。
「你好。」以琳好奇地敲了敲門。
「門沒鎖，請進。」房子的主人說。
房子裡住著一位孤獨的畫家
「你的房子真漂亮，是你幫它上色的嗎？」以琳問完，試圖擠出一抹微笑，可是因為太害羞而失敗了。
畫家說：「你一定不是認真的，你看起來一點也不喜歡我的房子，其他人大概也不喜歡色彩，因為沒人把自己的房子刷上顏色，更沒人稱讚過我的房子。」
以琳告訴畫家，當她走進房子時發現門口信箱中有許多信件，於是他們一起把信件拿近屋內。
「親愛的柯領先生，我們很喜歡您的房子。能幫我們粉刷前門嗎？」
「親愛的柯領先生，我知道這聽起來有點奇怪，您粉紅色的屋頂讓我想起了奶奶。來喝杯茶吧! 我想介紹她給您！」「親愛的柯領先生，……」
畫家不敢相信自己所讀到的內容，以琳也為他感到高興。於是，他們帶著顏料拜訪了每戶人家，幫助他們裝飾房子。那天晚上在畫家的前院，以琳、畫家和所有村民舉辦了一場盛大的聚會。
聚會中，以琳突然感到非常疲倦，於是小睡了一會兒。
當她醒來才知道，原來自己在畫畫時睡著了。她伸了個懶腰，看著自己的畫作。畫裡有一隻快樂的北極熊站在巨大的冰山上，一群獅子張著大嘴咆哮，還有一位畫家在揮手微笑。以琳覺得這畫面似曾相識，微笑了起來。