毛毛蟲繪本時間之THE DOT(16)

01-30

「Just make a mark and see where it takes you." "你只要隨便塗上一個記號就好，看你能塗成什麼樣。"

這是Vashti老師輕柔的鼓勵，鼓勵Vashti表達自己。但Vashti不會畫畫，她沒有藝術細胞。她為了證明自己不會畫，在空白的紙上狠狠戳了一個毫無印記、充滿憤怒的洞。

「好啦！」她說。

這一個小圓點從此開啟了Vashti驚喜的自我挖掘之旅，而這一個小圓點也開啟了作者Peter H. Reynolds的這個精緻的小故事，試圖喚醒我們每一個人心中的創新精靈。

正是那一個小小的圓點，開啟了這一切……

The Dot——點（中文隨手而譯）

Art class was over, but Vashti sat glued to her chair. Her paper was empty.

美術課結束了，Vashiti坐在椅子上像是粘住了一樣。她的紙上什麼都沒有畫。

Vashtis teacher leaned over the blank paper. "Ah! A polar bear in a snow storm."she said. "Very funny!"said Vashti."I just CANT draw!"

Vashti的老師側身過來，看著空白的紙說。「啊！一隻在暴風雪中的北極熊。」她說。「很好笑！」Vashti說。「我就是不會畫畫！」

Her teacher smiled. "Just make a mark and see where it takes you."

Vashti grabbed a marker and gave the paper a good, strong jab. "There!"

"你只要隨便塗上一個記號就好，看你能塗成什麼樣。"老師笑著說。Vashti抓起一支彩筆在紙上狠狠戳一大洞，「好啦！」

Her teacher picked up the paper and studied it carefully. "Hmmmmm."

She pushed the paper toward Vashti and quietly said, "Now sign it."

她的老師把紙拿起來仔細看了看。「嗯..."

她把紙推給Vashti，輕輕地說，「現在簽個字吧。」

Vashti thought for a moment. "Well, maybe I cant draw, but I CAN sign my name."

Vashti想了一會兒。「好吧，我可能不會畫畫，但是我會寫自己的名字。」

The next week, when Vashti walked into art class, she was surprised to see what was hanging above her teachers desk.

It was the little dot she had drawn--HER DOT! All framed in swirly gold!

第二個星期，Vashti走進美術教室，看見了老師的桌子上掛了一幅畫，她驚呆了。

那幅畫就是她畫的小小的點——她的點！整幅畫被裝裱在有漩渦金邊的畫框中。

「Hmmph! I can make a better dot than THAT!」 She opened her never-before-used set of water colors and set to work.

"唔！我會畫比那個更好的點！"她打開她那盒從來沒有開過的水彩顏料開始畫了起來。

Vashti painted and painted. A red dot. A purple dot. A yellow dot. A blue dot.

The blue mixed with yellow. She discovered that she could make a GREEN dot. Vashti kept experimenting. Lots of little dots in many colors.

Vashiti畫呀畫呀。紅點點。紫點點。黃點點。藍點點。

藍色同黃色混到一起的點點。她發現她畫出了綠色的點點。Vashti一直不停地實驗著。無數的小點點色彩斑斕。

「If I can make little dots, I can make BIG dots, too.」 Vashti splashed her colors with a bigger brush on bigger paper to make bigger dots. Vashti even made a dot by NOT painting a dot.

「如果我會畫小點點，我也能畫大點點。」Vashti用大刷子在大紙上潑上顏色，畫出了大大的點點。Vashti甚至能不畫點點卻創作出一幅大點點畫。

At the school art show a few weeks later, Vashtis many dots made quite a splash.

幾個星期以後學校的藝術展上，Vashti的點點們轟動校園。

Vashti noticed a little boy gazing up at her. "Youre a really great artist. I wish I could draw."he said. "I bet you can," said Vashti. "ME? No, not me. I cant draw a straight line with a ruler."

Vashti注意到一個小男孩一直盯著她看。「你真的是個大畫家。我多希望我也會畫畫。」他說。「我打賭你肯定會的。」Vashti說。「我嗎？不，肯定不是我。我拿著尺子都不能把一條線畫直了。」