The Fly on the Ceiling

to fly on the ceiling.

飞到天花板上。

This is the story of a guy who lived a long time ago. He lived in France. He was a French guy. So he had a French name. His name was Rene Descartes. This may sound like a funny name to you, but in France it is pretty normal.

这是一个很久很久以前生活在法国的人的故事。 他是法国人，所以有个法国名字，他叫 勒内·笛卡尔。 你可能觉得这个名字听起来很奇怪，但在法国这是个很常见的名字。

René was a philosopher. A philosopher is someone who thinks about why things are the way they are. René was a great philosopher. Many of his ideas are still famous today. But even though René was a great philosopher, he didn't have one problem.

勒内是一名哲学家。哲学家就是思考事物为何是现在这般模样的人。 勒内是一位伟大的哲学家，他的很多观点至今仍广为人知。 不过尽管勒内是位伟大的哲学家，他却有个毛病。

He was messy. This problem started out small. But it got bigger and bigger. The funny thing was, René did not know he had a problem until...

他这个人很邋遢。 这个问题一开始并不严重。 但后来变得越来越糟糕。 有意思的是，勒内一直没意识到自己有这个问题，直到……

He started to lose things. His notebook, his favorite hat.

他开始丢东西，比如他的笔记本、他最爱的帽子。