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...
The land was darkened 蝗蟲壓境
One Saturday morning, Mark woke up early. He yawned, stretched, and got out of bed.
"It looks like today is going to be a nice quiet Saturday, just the kind I like."
Mark began his morning routine of sweeping up, taking out the garbage and wiping down the tables. "There's nothing like a clean house," he said to himself as he was dusting the television.
Suddenly, Kathleen burst through his front door. "Quick!" she gasped between deep breaths.
"Didn't anyone ever to teach you how to knock?" Mark asked, slightly annoyed.
"There's no time," Kathleen heaved. "We've got to get out of here now."
Mark was confused. "What on earth are you talking about?"
"They're coming! Hurry, there's no time to run, close the windows!" She ran to the closest window and slammed it shut.
"Calm down now," Mark tried to soothe her. "Who are they? And why are they coming?"
"The locusts," Kathleen said. "They're eating everything in town."
Hearing this, Mark realized Kathleen was right. He also began closing windows.
Just as Mark was about to shut the last one, a swarm of locusts as thick as molasses came flying through the window, filling the room in seconds ...
(Jason Cox, Staff Writer)
某個週六清晨，一早便醒來的馬克打完哈欠、伸完懶腰後就起床。
「看來今天會是美好、寧靜的一天，正合我意。」
馬克開始每天早上的例行打掃、倒垃圾和擦桌子。他一面撣去電視機上的灰塵，一面自言自語地說：「沒什麼比乾淨的家更重要的了。」
突然，凱薩琳推開大門闖了進來，上氣不接下氣地說：「快！」
有點生氣的馬克劈頭就一句：「沒人教妳怎麼敲門嗎？」
「沒時間了，」還在上氣不接下氣的凱薩琳說：「我們得馬上離開這裡。」
馬克一臉疑惑。「妳到底在說什麼啊？」
「牠們來了！快，來不及跑了，把窗戶都關起來！」她跑向最近的那扇窗，砰地一聲關上它。
「先冷靜下來，」馬克試圖安撫她。「牠們是誰？牠們為什麼要來這裡？」
凱薩琳說：「蝗蟲大軍啊，牠們就快吃光鎮上的一切。」
聽到這裡，馬克知道凱薩琳是對的，他也開始關起窗子。
就在馬克準備關上最後一扇窗時，一大群如糖漿般密稠的蝗蟲竟從窗口長驅直入，不消幾秒鐘整個房間都是蝗蟲...（翻譯：林倩如）
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