貓頭鳥
貓頭鳥
There is an owl kingdom, where a variety of owls live. They have a shared mission to care for human children through knowledge.
有一個貓頭鷹王國，王國裡有各種貓頭鷹，貓頭鷹共同的任務， 就是要用知識守護人類的小朋友。
Some owls are learned scholars, so they write down all kinds of knowledge children need.
有的貓頭鷹是很有學問的智者， 所以會寫下各種小朋友需要的知識。
Some owls are expert fliers, so they deliver these books to children.
有的貓頭鷹很會飛行， 所以就負責運送這些書本給小朋友。
There are also little owls like us. We play happily on the prairie every day.We have a shared hope to grow up quickly so that we can join the work to help human children.
還有就是像我們這樣的小小貓頭鷹， 我們每天都很快樂地在草原上玩耍， 我們有一個共同的願望， 就是希望自己快點長大， 也可以加入幫助人類小朋友的工作。
That day, the wisest elder owl was writing stories about faith for children. He was awesome, knowing so many stories about deities and humans. We had a great time listening to the stories.
那一天，
最有智慧的長老貓頭鷹， 正在幫助小朋友書寫關於信仰的故事，
The deity in the first story is special. The elder said that this deity does not have her own temple.She alternately lives in the homes of many believers. She is Xinshe’s Jiuzhuangma.
第一個故事的神明很特別， 長老說這一位神明沒有自己的廟宇， 祂都輪流在許多信徒家裡，祂就是新社的九庄媽。
But why doesn’t she live in her own temple?
The second deity is the Dragon god. The elder said the Hakka people revere natural geography, so they hold a grand festival for the Dragon god called Dragon God Mountain and Water Festival.
第二位神明是龍神， 長老說，客家人崇尚自然地理， 所以幫龍神舉辦盛大的祭典， 叫做龍神山水祭。
What do the Hakka people do during the festival?
在祭典裡，客家人都會做什麼事呢？
In the third story, there is more than one deity. The Qiao Sheng Xiang Shi Temple in Dongshi is the ancestral temple in Taiwan. The temple enshrines the main deities, Qiao Sheng Xian Shi, He Ye Xian Shi, and Lu Gong Xian Shi. The elder said the three deities all have remarkable crafts.
第三個故事的神明不只一位， 這東勢的巧聖仙師廟是全臺祖廟，
廟內供奉主神巧聖仙師、荷葉仙師與爐公仙師， 長老說，這三位神明都擁有很厲害的工藝。
Oh, what is the rice cake competition all about?
喔喔，鬪粄是什麼呀？
The elder said Dongshi also has a unique festival called Xin Ding Ban Festival, which is to celebrate the birth of newborn human babies. Dongshi also has a street with the highest concentration of temples in Taiwan. The temples on the street hold a rice cake competition during the Lantern Festival every year…
長老說，
東勢還有一個很特別的節慶，叫做新丁粄節，
是為了慶祝人類新生兒的誕生；
東勢有一條街，是臺灣廟宇最密集的地方，
每年的元宵節，在這條街上的廟宇就會舉行鬪版……
The elder will give the finished books to the large owls with flying abilities.
One by one, the owls will grab a book with their talons and then fly through the anywhere door into the human world.
長老會將寫好的書，交給擁有飛行能力的大貓頭鷹。
一隻又一隻的貓頭鷹用爪子抓住一本書， 然後穿過任意門，飛向人類的世界。
Many human children will open the windows and receive the books the owls deliver. They are grateful to the owls for providing them with precious knowledge.
許多人類的孩子，
打開窗戶，收到了貓頭鷹送來的書本。
他們很感謝貓頭鷹為他們提供寶貴的知識。
You can help when you grow up and learn to fly.
We’ve done a lot of practices, but we still can’t fly.
我們做了很多練習， 可是還是學不會飛行。
Elder, we’ve practiced many times, but we still can’t fly. Since we can run, may we run to deliver books to children? Let us join the work, please!
長老，
雖然我們練習很多次了，還是學不會飛行，
但是我們已經會跑了，
我們可以用跑的去幫小朋友送書，
您讓我們參加工作好不好？
It’s not only about flying. Your bodies are too small to hold a book in your beak. So, you have to wait until you grow bigger before you can help.
不只要會飛行，你們的身體也太小了， 你們還沒有辦法咬住一本書， 所以要等你們身體長更大了，才可以幫忙。
We keep practicing, but we still can’t fly. We all feel frustrated.
Suddenly, we have an idea!
We can lift this piece of wood together and put the books on the wood. In this way,we can move these books…
我們可以合力扛起這個木頭，再把書放在這個木頭上， 這樣我們就可以搬動這些書了……
The elder said it’s a great idea. As long as we work as a team, we can generate greater power.
長老說，
這個點子很棒，
只要我們發揮團隊精神就可以產生更大的力量。
Elder, I want to learn from them. 長老，我也想要向他們學習
Many large owls come to see our teamwork with the elder. Everyone thinks it is a smart way. It not only allows the little owls that can’t fly to help with the delivery but also increases efficiency as boxes can hold more books.
許多大貓頭鷹都跟著長老來看我們團隊合作， 大家也都覺得這是一個聰明方法，
不但讓還不會飛行的小貓頭鷹也可以幫忙運送， 用箱子還可以裝更多的書，增加效率。
I want to change the way of delivering one book at a time.
我要改變 一次只運送一本書的方式
Thisisagreatway. 這是很棒的方法
I also want to use boxes to hold books. 我也要用箱子裝書
More and more large owls use boxes to hold more books. Then they grab the boxes with their talons and soar toward the mountain town…
越來越多的大貓頭鷹改用箱子來裝更多的書， 然後，用爪子抓住箱子， 展翅高飛，飛向山城……
One day, the boxes full of books fell onto the winding mountain road and became one mobile library after another.
有一天，
裝滿書的箱子落在了山間蜿蜒的小路上， 變成了一輛又一輛的行動書車。
The owl has become the symbol of the mobile library. The thought of caring for the children in the mountain town has been passed down. Knowledge empowers and accompanies children as they grow up, giving them more…
貓頭鷹成為了書車上的標誌， 守護山城孩子們的心意一直流傳， 知識傳遞了力量，伴隨孩子們長大， 守護更多……
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