Name: 精靈少女 | 青少年故事 | @英語童話 (The Elf Maiden | Stories for Teenagers | @EnglishFairyTales)
Uploaded: 2024-06-01T17:26:40.000Z
Duration: 9 min 56 s

We live in the human world, but is this the only world there is?

我們生活在人類世界，但這是唯一的世界嗎？

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What if I told you that ours is just one world, and that there are many other worlds just like ours?

如果我告訴你，我們的世界只是一個世界，還有許多和我們一樣的世界呢？

Won't your problems look tinier if they are?

如果是這樣，你的問題不就顯得更小了嗎？

There was a time when he was the best doctor in town.

曾幾何時，他是鎮上最好的醫生。

Tending to other people's wounds is what he lived for.

But slowly, as he became richer, Jake hired other doctors and took an early retirement.

但慢慢地，隨著他越來越富有，傑克僱傭了其他醫生，並提前退休了。

And now, well, he's just a rich man complaining about everything in his life.

而現在，他只是一個抱怨生活中一切的有錢人。

But Jake always had a strange feeling, like someone was watching him.

但傑克總有一種奇怪的感覺，好像有人在看著他。

Um, sire, I can add one more marshmallow if you like.

陛下，如果您願意，我可以再加一塊棉花糖。

Jake would have prodded more, but you see, he had important things to do, like… Why is this so sweet?

傑克本想再多問幾句，但他有重要的事情要做，比如......怎麼這麼甜蜜？

Why can't my life be easy even for a second?

為什麼我的生活就不能輕鬆一秒鐘？

One day, Jake and his friends decided to go for a trip.

一天，傑克和他的朋友們決定去旅行。

They had planned to visit an island, but while in the boat, something happened and their ship was turned to another island far away.

他們原計劃去一個小島遊玩，但在船上發生了意外，他們的船駛向了很遠的另一個小島。

As long as we leave before the high tide, we should be fine.

只要我們在漲潮前離開，就不會有事。

The friends decided to play some games, but Jake suddenly felt too tired to do anything, and he decided to go sleep under a tree.

朋友們決定玩一些遊戲，但傑克突然覺得太累了，什麼也做不了，他決定去樹下睡覺。

And he slept like he had never slept before.

I mean, who even chose this island in the first place?

我是說，當初是誰選擇了這座小島？

難道沒人注意到我不在船上嗎？

Melly was the elf maiden from the Realm of Elves.

梅莉是來自精靈王國的精靈少女。

I heard you say that you were a lifesaver.

我聽你說過，你是我的救命恩人。

My realm is gripped with a curse, and I don't know what to do.

我的王國被詛咒籠罩，我不知道該怎麼辦。

I'm a man of science, and I don't believe in curses.

我是個講科學的人，我不相信詛咒。

Jake was intrigued with this idea of an elf town.

傑克對精靈小鎮的想法很感興趣。

梅莉耐心地把他領到自己的船上。

As Jake saw the boat, he was sure he was imagining things.

當傑克看到那艘船時，他確信自己是在胡思亂想。

For it was the most exquisite boat with the most extraordinary people in it.

因為那是一艘最精緻的船，船上有最非凡的人。

They wore gorgeous suits and beautiful gowns.

他們穿著華麗的西裝和漂亮的禮服。

Looks like everybody in every other world is better than I am.

看來其他世界的每個人都比我強。

Thinking that the town must be around the stream, Jake boarded the boat and sat down.

傑克認為小鎮一定就在溪流附近，於是他登上小船，坐了下來。

But before Jake could realize, the boat was flying in the air.

但還沒等傑克反應過來，小船已經飛到了空中。

Then taking soft turns, it entered what seemed like a fissure in the sky.

然後，它輕輕地轉了個彎，進入了彷彿是天空裂縫的地方。

It was the most beautiful place he had ever seen.

My town was once the most beautiful town in the entire realm.

我的小鎮曾經是整個王國最美麗的小鎮。

Jake heaved a determined sigh and asked Melly to take him to the townspeople.

傑克堅定地嘆了口氣，讓梅莉帶他去見鎮上的居民。

As he examined the elves one house after another, he found that they all were suffering from multiple ailments.

當他一家一家地檢查精靈時，發現他們都患有多種疾病。

Hmm, I need to examine the fields and the crops.

嗯，我需要檢查一下田地和莊稼。

I want to see what the elves have been eating and where it is coming from.

我想看看精靈們都吃了些什麼，又是從哪裡來的。

Jake was then taken to the farms and the storages.

He picked up a few grains and told Melly that he needed a lab to work in.

他拿起幾粒穀物，告訴梅莉他需要一個實驗室來工作。

The elves were not only intelligent beings, but also resourceful.

精靈不僅聰明，而且足智多謀。