I wish to know what humans are saying to me

◎代理經銷 白象文化
這是一個觸動人心的靈魂故事，創作靈感來自作者與心愛寵物間的心有靈犀，以溫柔而堅定的簡單對話，直指心為何物，感動無數成人與幼童，喚醒我們內在深處的愛。繪本作者為長年定居美國的台灣人，以台灣孰悉的對話寫述中文繪本，並貼心地同步上市本書的英文繪本。本英文繪本是由作者的丈夫-美國國小老師，土生土長的美國人翻譯為正統美語，非常適合中英雙語教育，讓孩子以中英兩版繪本，透過一個令人感動的故事學習語文，同時亦能使孩子認識寵物的視角與正確飼養寵物的觀念。

◎About the author and illustrator:
Rachel Hwang is a painter and potter
who divides her time between New York
and Maine,where she lives with
her husband, daughter, dog, and parrot.

You can explore Rachel’s work on
Instagram @rachel.minus

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A tiny soul drifted
before the Creator.
A flickering, fluid form,
excitedly murmuring words
that the human ears
can not comprehend.



The Creator
knew this well
----A soul that once lived
within an animal's form.

He adjusted the frequency,
aligning it to a world where
only an animal's mind could
dwell.

From the little soul,
almost finished with his words,
came the final whisper of his longing:

"......I want to be human,
I wish to know
what humans are saying to me."



With a smile the Creator pondered the little soul,
for any soul eager to experience,
to taste the vastness of life,
is a joy to the Creator's heart.

"You must understand----
To be human is to feel it all,
every emotion,
experienced in a human way....."
He continued,
"......like grief, fear and worry."

The little soul, with his tiny understanding,
reached for meaning in these words,
drawing on every brief experience he knew,
struggling to grasp the weight they held.



The little soul said,
"I remember when I was small
someone took me away
from the side of my mother,
put me in a clear box
with a bunch of others I did not know."

"I missed my mother so much,
I could not move at all."

The Creator said,
"That is grief."



Surprised to find that
he had said something
correctly related to humans.
The little soul grew confident.

"I remember," he said softly,
"One time a small person
put something into our box."
"One of my mates ate it
and then, he died."

"After that,
whenever we see the small persons
we all hide."

The Creator looked down
and replied,
"That is fear."