孿生猴(中英對照)

　　傑克和傑茜是一對過胖的孿生猴，
　　他們跟猴群在森林裡一起生活。
　　可是，他們因為肥胖的身軀，
　　成為了猴群譏笑的對象……

　　猴群中沒有同伴會跟傑克和傑茜打招呼，或跟他們玩耍。每天，他們都是孤獨地度過。

　　縱然遇到困難，這對孿生兄妹互相扶持。直至有一天，當他們在濕地裡尋找食物時……

本書特色

　　‧本書透過兒童故事帶出正面的訊息，適合兒童獨立閱讀，或家長與兒童一起閱讀。
　　‧作者小魚撰寫故事外，還繪畫書中的插畫，圖畫生動，讓讀者更易投入在故事中。
　　‧雙語故事，中英對照。

作、繪者簡介

小魚 (W. L Palmer)

　　小魚在香港土生土長，在羅富國教育學院畢業後便投身教育工作。其間在港修畢環境學學士，後到紐西蘭繼續進修環境學。她關心學童的成長及人對環境的影響，希望通過兒童故事帶出正面的訊息。她創作過好幾個兒童故事，而《孿生猴》是她首次出版的中英雙語故事。

　　W. L. Palmer was born and grew up in Hong Kong. She has worked as an educator after graduated from Northcote College of Education, Hong Kong. As she completed a bachelor degree in environmental studies in Hong Kong, she went to New Zealand to further her study. She engages children’s development and environmental conservation. She hopes with her children’s stories, she could bring these issues up and have a positive impact on children. She has written several children stories, The Monkey Twins is her first published bilingual story.

“Catch it, Jessie,” said Jack throwing a crab to his sister. Then he carried on hunting for another one among the maze of branches and roots.
 
“Ha, got it!”
 
Jack and Jessie, the twins, sat together enjoying the juicy crab.
 
「接着牠，傑茜！」傑克把一隻美味的蟹抛給妹妹，然後繼續在縱橫交錯的枝根間尋找食物。
 
「哈，抓到了。」
 
傑克和傑茜這對孿生兄妹坐在一起，享受那肉汁鮮美的蟹。
 
“Let’s catch a big one for Papa,” suggested Jessie. She threw away the shell and moved towards the overlapping roots. Soon she pulled out a crab of decent size.
 
“This will do,” Jessie said satisfyingly.
 
「讓我們也抓一隻給爸爸。」傑茜提議道。她一手把蟹殼丢掉，便往枝根間走去。不久，她便抓到一隻大肉蟹。
 
「這隻夠大了。」傑茜滿意地說。
 
When the twins went back to their group, they saw Papa searching on the ground and eating the figs that had been accidently dropped by other monkeys. Jessie looked up at the canopy where her family had not been for a long time.
 
當這對孿生兄妹回到猴族時，他們看到一眾猴子都在樹頂上摘果子吃，傑克和傑茜的爸爸卻在樹底下撿吃其他猴子不小心跌下來的果實。傑茜仰望這個他們一家久未待過的樹頂。