Kiki (written by Joann Hsu and Sophie Yen)

by Joann and Sophie

Kiki lives in a happy home that’s in the corner of an old factory. They always stay in the corner all day long. Nobody even knew they existed there. One day, the workers of the factory found out they were living there. The workers were very mad at the moment, so they called the staff of the animal shelter to come and take them to the shelter. The staff of the animal shelter received the message from the workers at the factory. They told the worker they would arrive the next day in the afternoon. The next day, the staff of the shelter brought two big cages to catch them. Kiki’s parents were very nervous about everything that was going to happen to them. To protect Kiki, her parents lured away the staff of the shelter and were caught by the big cages they had brought. The young Kiki was left behind by herself.

Kiki和他的爸爸媽媽原本住在一個舊工廠的角落，沒有人知道他們住在工廠裡。有天，一個工廠的員工發現了他們的存在。那名員工非常地氣憤，所以就向動物救援隊打電話尋求幫助，請他們把狗抓走。當救援隊收到通報時，表示明天一早會將狗帶走。隔天，救援隊帶了兩個大籠子打算抓走Kiki一家。 kiki一家都十分害怕接下來會發生的事。Kiki的爸媽為了保護Kiki，就自行引誘走了救援隊。希望能因此保護自己的女兒不被抓走。Kiki的爸媽後來被救援隊帶來的籠子捉捕，而Kiki雖然得救，但卻變成孤零零的一隻狗。

Kiki was a brave girl, and she had to live by herself outside, which was in a dangerous city. The city is too dangerous to live in, so she could only find some small space to keep herself safe. Kiki liked to stay in the small alley or street because she thinks that’s a safe place to hide. She tried to find a box to keep warm in the winter. She also tried to get more water in the summer. Summer is a season in which people get thirsty easily and it’s the same for stray dogs. She walked to the countryside for a few days. She tried to find her parents at that place because she knew that the shelter is located in the countryside. She faced many difficulties at that time. For example, she almost got hit by a car when she was crossing the street. She spent all the time searching for food.

Kiki是個勇敢的女孩，她孤獨一人在車水馬龍的城市生存。 為了確保自己能在這個危險的城市裡安全的生活，她只能找個角落把自己安頓下來。Kiki覺得待在巷子或是小的街道裡能藏的較為隱密，並帶來安全感。冬天來臨時，她嘗試找個箱子將自己藏在裡面以保持溫暖。夏天的溫度極高，所有流浪狗都會拼命的上街尋找水源，當然也包括Kiki在內。她花了幾天走到了鄉下。她一心想著要快點找到自己的爸媽，她知道收容所都位於偏鄉的山上。在前往收容所的路上也遇到了種種困難。有次，她甚至差點被一輛疾駛的車輛撞到。她也常常花一整天的時間尋找食物。

On her way to the countryside, she got some friends and she could get along with them happily. One day, she saw a little dog trying to jump down from a high wall, but it was too high. Kiki found a bucket which was a little heavy to push, and made it closer to the wall so that it could let the little dog jump down easier. Another thing that she did was to help a dog which was stuck in a tree. She found a rope and threw it toward the dog, which helped the dog to get down easier. She also helped the dog that fell into the mud, and her body was all wet. Kiki threw a swimming ring to the wet dog and let it get on. She used her teeth to pull up the swimming ring. In the end, the wet dog was all fine because of Kiki’s help. Even though it seems all right for Kiki, she still had a very hard life. However, she didn’t forget to help the dog which is weaker than herself all the time.

在她前往鄉下的路上，她結交了許多朋友也和他們相處得十分愉快。有天，她看見一隻小狗嘗試從高牆跳下來。但圍牆實在太高了，所以Kiki找了個桶子來協助那隻小狗，並把桶子靠近牆，好讓小狗跳下來。kiki還曾幫助過卡在樹上的小狗，他找了條繩子，丟向小狗，讓他順著繩子下來。有天，kiki看見有隻小狗掉進了泥巴坑裡，導致全身都濕透了，kiki拿了個游泳圈丟向小狗，讓他扶著游泳圈上岸，kiki則用她的牙齒拉著繩子讓游泳圈靠近岸邊。最後，那隻小狗也因為kiki的幫助而安然無事。kiki看起來好像每天都過得非常充實，但她的生活其實是非常艱苦的。即便如此，她都依然會幫助落難的狗狗。

A few weeks passed. In order to find her parents, Kiki walked around many places. In the end, she went to the mountains. On her way up the mountain, she was thinking of finding her parents as fast as possible. She saw that the other side of the mountain had many warehouses. She ran towards the warehouses. The shelter was just in front of her. The time at the moment was noon. The staff of the shelter were all sleeping at the time. She walked into the shelter, there were dogs everywhere. When all the dogs saw her, they started to bark very loudly. She walked past two hallways, but she still didn’t see her parents. Then the staff were all woken up by the barking sound. They went and took a look and they saw Kiki in the middle of all the cages. They caught Kiki and locked her in one of the cages. Until now, all of her days were spent in the shelter. SHE WANTS A HOME!!!!

幾個星期過去了，kiki為了找到爸爸媽媽，走了很遠的路。最後，她抵達了山區，在上山時，她一直想著要趕快找到父母。 她看到山的另一邊有很多倉庫，於是她向倉庫奔去。 收容所就在她的眼前。那時正好是午休時間， 收容所的工作人員都在睡覺。 她走進收容所後，發現周圍都是狗。當籠子裡的狗看到kiki時，牠們開始大聲的吠叫。 她走過了兩條通道，都沒有見到父母。 工作人員很快地被狗的吠叫聲吵醒了，於是他們向了kiki的所在之處，並在兩排籠子的走道中間看到了kiki。 他們抓住kiki並將她鎖進其中一個籠子裡。 直到今天，她仍待在收容所裡。 她只是想要一個家。

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