繪本“尋找”以空靈的水彩插畫及詩意的敘述文字，講述一段孤獨的心靈找尋認同的簡單故事。故事主角是一名小男孩，他想知道什麽是“不孤獨”；熱心的企鵝帶領他到山裏去碰運氣，因爲山上什麽都能找到。
沿途，他們找到了自由、永恒、緩慢、信任、平靜……最後也找到了彼此。
有時候，會莫名感到很孤獨。然後就會問自己……
For no reason, I feel lonely most of the time. And I would ask myself… …
這世上會不會有一樣東西，叫“不孤獨”？
Could there be something out there known as “not lonely”?
于是，我孤獨上路，期待能找到“不孤獨”。
With that question in mind, I embarked alone on a search for “not lonely”.
“我沒見過你，你怎麽一個人在這裏呢？”
在這陌生的地方，你是唯一理睬我的人。
“我想找一樣東西，我想找‘不孤獨’，但不知道上哪兒尋找。”
“我不知道什麽是‘不孤獨’，但我知道山上什麽都有，也許就在山裏。我帶你去找吧！”
“I’ve never seen you; why are you here all by yourself?”
I’m a stranger in a strange land; and you’re the only one taking notice of me.
“I’m searching for ‘not lonely’. But I have no idea where to begin.”
“What’s ‘not lonely’? Maybe you’ll find it in the mountain. We can find anything in the mountain! Trust me, I’ll help you!”
“我們要上山啦！來啊！真的可以找到很多東西哦！”
And so, we went up into the mountain.
“Com’on! We’ll find what you’re searching for up there!”
“這是山神廟，你把心願誠心告訴山神，或許就能找到。”
我聽到啄木鳥輕叩老樹的聲響。但怎麽都看不見啄木鳥的身影。
我找到了渺小。
“Here’s our Mountain God Temple. Let’s say a prayer, the Mountain God might fullfill your wish.”
I could hear a woodpecker knocking on an old tree somewhere. I searched around but the woodpecker was nowhere to be found.
I found insignificance.
“這是我最喜歡的大樹，它一直都在這裏像個老爺爺，我抱著它，它也抱著我。”
我找到了永恒。
“This is my favourite tree, he’s so old yet so strong; like a grandfather to me. I hug him, he hugs me back.”
I found eternity.
走累了，在小溪邊休息。蜻蜓在水面上點出一朵又一朵的漣漪。
“你看，水在跳舞！我喜歡看水的圈圈，永遠都看不膩。”
我找到了水的圓舞曲。
We took a rest by a stream. The dragonflies were making circles and cirlcles of ripple on the water surface.
‘ Look! The water is dancing!’ You said in fascination.
I found water dancing waltz.
天很藍，我們躺在蒲公英白色的王國裏，找到了自由，也找到了流浪。
How blue the sky.
In the pure white kingdom of dandelion, I found freedom, and wanderlust.
然後起風了，我找到了山的歌聲。
In the breeze, I found singings of the mountain.
“要下雨了，得趕緊下山。”
我們找到了和時間賽跑。
“It’s going to rain, we need to get down quick.”
I found what is racing against time.
雨落下來了，我們反而放慢步伐，漫步在煙雨中，一起找到了緩慢。
The rain came, there’s no hurry anymore. Instead, we took a slow walk drenched.
I found slowness.
雨把溪流變得更湍急，我們小心走著，牽著手，找到了信任。
The rain rised the water level. We treaded across the river carefully hand in hand.
I found trust.
“雨會停的，一定會停的。”你說。
我們聽著雨點滴滴嗒嗒從屋檐落下，找到了平靜。
“All rain will stop. I’m very sure.” You said.
As we listened to the dripping sound of raindrops from the roof, I found peace.
真的，雨停了，烏雲散去。
稻田變成了雲的舞台，雲的影子緩緩流過，流成了時間的河。
For sure, the rain stopped.
Across the golden fields, the drifting shadows of the moving clouds gradually flowed, into a river of time.
我們在時間的河裏找到了肩膀。
In the river of time, I found shoulders.
“天快黑了，我得回了。”你說。
“你找到那樣東西了嗎？”
“沒有。”
“對不起，沒幫上忙。我走了。”
金黃色的彩霞劃過天際，漸漸轉紅，轉紫，最後只剩下一片深深的藍。
你離去的影子很長，我找到了說不出來的憂傷。
“It’s getting dark, I’ve to go.” You said.
“Have you found what you’re looking for?”
“No.”
“Sorry, I didn’t help much.”
Looking at your long shadow tapering into the distant darkness, I found an unspeakable sense of sadness.
當晚，月亮失眠了。
That night, the moon was wide awake.
和月亮一起失眠的人，有幾個？
Could there be someone else losing sleep like the moon? I wondered.
“你怎麽又來了？”
“我說過了，來找‘不孤獨’的。”
“Why are you back?”
“I’ve told you, I’m in search for “not lonely”.
夜空的星星很亮，我們找到了溫暖。
The stars glittered brightly, together we found warmth.
我還是經常感到孤獨的，但我學會了如何去面對。
因爲有你。
I’m still lonely at times.
But I know how to face it now, with you.
新加坡繪本作家阿果素有“新加坡幾米”之稱。他本名李高豐，義安理工學院人文科目講師，新加坡國立大學中文系畢業，之後負笈英國劍橋藝術學校（Cambridge School of Art, Anglia Ruskin University）攻讀童書繪畫碩士學位。平時喜歡塗塗寫寫，創作圖文與讀者分享美的喜悅。
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