Meet Kathleen the mouse and Mark the elephant. Kathleen is very brave and likes adventure, but Mark is very shy and scared of many things. But friends stay together, so Mark follows Kathleen wherever she goes. Sometimes they get into some very sticky situations.
見見老鼠凱薩琳和大象馬克。凱薩琳非常勇敢又喜歡冒險，但馬克的個性十分害羞，對許多事情都感到害怕。不過，朋友都喜歡黏在一塊兒，所以凱薩琳走到哪兒，馬克就會跟到哪兒。有時候，他們也會碰上非常棘手的情況...
A picnic for a warm day 晴天野餐記
One bright afternoon, the shining sun and soft breeze made Mark and Kathleen want to go outside and have fun.
"Let's have a picnic!" Kathleen said. "We will make sandwiches, bring dessert and have some fun. It'll be great."
"All right," Mark said, even though he was a little worried. "I'll make the sandwiches if you get the picnic basket out of the closet. There are spiders in there!"
After getting all their food and a blanket ready, Mark and Kathleen walked to the park and sat down under a tree to have their picnic.
"This ham sandwich is delicious, Mark," Kathleen mumbled with a full mouth.
"Thanks! I used a spicy mustard," Mark replied.
Just as Mark and Kathleen finished their sandwiches and took out their apple pie, a big dark cloud covered the sun and it began to rain.
"Oh no!" Mark cried. "I don't like the rain." Mark hugged the tree to get away from the rain.
Suddenly, Mark felt a little pinch on his hands. One pinch became two, two became fifty, and the pinches started to burn. And they hurt a lot.
Mark looked at his hands and saw he was covered in fire ants.
"Oh no!" he yelled.
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer)
一個晴朗的午後，明媚的陽光與徐徐的微風讓馬克和凱薩琳想到外頭遊玩。
「我們去野餐吧！」凱薩琳說︰「我們可以做三明治，帶一些甜點，玩得開心。一定很棒。」
「好吧，」馬克雖然有點擔心，還是說︰「假如你把野餐籃從櫃子裡拿出來，我就做三明治。櫃子裡有蜘蛛！」
馬克和凱薩琳準備好所有食物與一條毯子後，走到了公園，在一棵樹下坐下來野餐。
凱薩琳滿口都是食物，含糊地說︰「馬克，這個火腿三明治真好吃。」
馬克回答︰「謝謝！我加了辛辣的芥末。」
就當馬克與凱薩琳吃完三明治，拿出蘋果派時，一大片烏雲遮蔽了太陽，開始下雨了。
「噢，不！」馬克大叫︰「我不喜歡下雨。」馬克抱緊了樹，想躲雨。
突然，馬克覺得雙手有點痛。刺痛感由一變二，由二變五十，刺痛感開始變灼熱，而且很痛。
馬克看著他的手，發現上頭爬滿了紅火蟻。
他大叫︰「噢，不！」
（翻譯：賴美君）
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