The UpDown Boy

The Up Down Boy, written by Stephen Cosgrove. Illustrated by Carolyn Laporte.

《倒立男孩》，作者：斯蒂芬·科斯格罗夫，绘者：卡罗琳·拉波特。

There once was a boy who noticed that people had become very, very sad. And, of course, this made the boy very, very sad.

从前有个小男孩，发现大家都变得特别特别难过。 这当然也让小男孩觉得特别特别难过。

He tried to make the people laugh, but no matter what wonderfully silly face he made, no one would smile. It was a sad world he lived in.

他想逗大家笑， 可不管他做的鬼脸有多滑稽好笑， 没有一个人肯笑一下。 他生活的这个世界可真让人难过呀。

It was then that the boy made a magical discovery. His discovery was made in the simplest of ways. He had bent over to pick up a ball. As he was bent over, he saw the world through his legs, upside down.

就在这时，小男孩有了个神奇的发现。 他的发现来得特别简单。 他刚才正弯下腰捡球呢。 弯腰的时候，他从两腿中间看世界，整个世界都倒过来了。

It looked like people were walking on the ceiling. What had been up was now down. The long sad frowns of the people, now upside down, looked like great big smiles. The boy had found an up -down world.

看起来大家都像是在天花板上走路， 原来在上边的现在都到下边了。 大家脸上长长的难过皱眉， 倒过来之后看起来就像大大的笑容。 小男孩发现了一个颠倒的世界。

So he placed his hands on the floor and lifted his legs high in the air. His hands and arms did what his feet and legs had done so well before. Excited, the boy began to explore his new, up -down world.

于是他把手撑在地上，把腿高高举到空中。 他的手和胳膊做起了之前脚和腿最擅长做的事。 小男孩兴奋极了，开始探索他这个全新的颠倒世界。