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2019年4月28日 星期日

英文小說-超過500年的愛戀02-Mida

英文小說-超過500年的愛戀02-Mida

More than 500 years of love
英文校對: 沒空看的Chris Chen


One of the duties of the time machine’s testers is to forget everything when they returned from the time travel.
As a passenger of a time machine, 13-year-old Mida had to perform validly. Her memory was been clear validated by the conductor. She ever forgot to take the time machine. When she woke up, she was sitting in front of a small cake in the shape of a bear in the bakery, there was a cute clerk by her side and introduced the cake for her. Mida quickly finished the cake and licked the plate. She went to the counter and asked for the cake’s price. The clerk told her, she already paid for it. Mida went out of the bakery with a lovely moon.

Da Vinci was a 14-year-old boy who likes nature very much. One day when he was near a cave, he heard a nice and familiar voice in the cave telling the story about the nymph. The story evoked Da Vinci's memories of he saw Mida for the first time. She was in the water, and the voice of the storyteller’s voice was just like Mida.
Although the cave is very dark, it still can't stop his wishful thinking of seeing Mida again. He entered into the darkest cave and followed the direction of the voice. “Mida?” Da Vinci surprised” Why are you here?”
“Who are you? How do you know my name?”
“I am Leonardo da Vinci”
“Leonardo da Vinci!! My god!! I love you so much” Mida said” I searched for your information on the internet!! You look so young. How old are you?”
“14 years old”
“Me too,” Mida said.
“How did you get here ?” Da Vinci asked.
“Me?? Ha Ha, I am not here, you will be shocked to know that I am from an era of 500 years!!” Mida was excited.
“I have been waiting for you for a whole year, how could I not know that you come from 500 years later?” “I filled in the online application form to enroll in the virtual reality workshop. All the participants can choose to project their virtual reality to any dark place and I don’t know why my images projected the cave from 500 years ago. This is so cool”
“How could you forget me?” Da Vinci complained.
“Forgot you?? I never” forgot” you, did we know each other?”
“Hum…forgot it, “Da Vinci said.
“Haha, I am wearing a robe today. That reminds me of your great painting” Virgin of the Rocks”.”
“Did I? I didn’t paint it now”
“Yes, you do. When you are 31 years old, you will paint the work.”
“I don’t know about the future. But you are so beautiful to me. One day I will draw a portrait for you.”
“Happy~~” Mida completed the virtual reality workshop when she registered to return the projector, the workshop manager gave her a bear-shaped cake. When she finished the cake, she would forget all the memories related to Da Vinci, but she didn’t know about it because she liked the cake too much. Mida was gone, again.
Da Vinci was very sad and started to talk to himself :
“Mida always came to me without warning, but inexplicably forgot me. I have to start working and completely forget the feelings about her. I will apply for a job to be an apprentice in the studio of Verrocchio.” Mida underwent some things she didn’t remember recently. When she woke, she always has a cake shaped in bear in her big mouth. The series of events that led up Mida has to rescheduled her life.
Extensive renovations were carried out on the venue for the new scientific experimental base which is pretending to be a bakery. The bakery’s signboard is called Da Vinci. Da Vinci wants to think a way for Mida can remember him.
It was a pity now that he is the only one has the whole memory. The Da Vinci Bakery was renovated and decorated all the portrait that was the period of ages of Da Vinci. For 14-year-old Mida who lost her memory, it is hard for her to recognize the looks of her lover. It was harder for her to recognize the looks of 14-year-old Da Vinci who she just saw recently. But everything in the bakery is so similar to her. The memory of being friends with Da Vinci has hardly and any progress because she still can’t remember anything about that. But Mida can always overcome her obstacles. She is always improving and asked to answer questions by herself. If she has never been to 15th, how could she find out what was happened? “I must forget something about Da Vinci I don’t know,” she said. In order to help herself to think of something, she decided to sit and order a cake shaped in bear and eat it with her big mouth. When Da Vinci comes to Andrea del Verrocchio’s workshop, Verrocchio let him paint a egg for 3 years.
”It so bring.” Da Vinci thought,”Painting an egg is too boring to forget Mida.”
Da Vinci was not paid attention to painting an egg, that made Verrocchio very angry.
“How you do anything is how you do everything,” Verrocchio said to Da Vinci.
Da Vinci found out he was wrong and started to pay attention to paint an egg. “What do you expect from your own hard work?” Verrocchio asked.
“I will accept my results so long as I know I have put in efforts.”Da Vinci replyed.
“How I do anything is how I do everything. If I am absent toward my work, I will absent toward my love, too.” Da Vinci thought. Da Vinci bakery is holding a sale. Everyone left the sale feeling satisfied except Mida. When Mida went to the bakery, there was neither bread or cake left. Mida didn’t get the discounted items. She looked very upset.
“Don’t worry beautiful little girl.” The clerk said.
“We had a special one just for you.”
“Really?” Mida’s eyes flashing.
The clerk gove she a cake shaped in bear and said: “When you eat the cake, you can imagine any place you want to arrive, it will send you there.”
Mida received the cake happily and returned home. Mida’s twin obsessions – chocolate and Soy milk. She always drinks chocolate Soy milk on the chair which is located on the corner of Datong Street and Wen Sheng Street in the Music Park. When she walks on the avenue, she always sings some songs loudly. Mida always invents many electronics in her mind. The Ace product is a machine can affect brain wave to remember things conveniently. Mida always exists between reality and unreal worlds. Underneath the rational appearance, she is actually a very romantic girl. There is no one really get across her. People think she is strange, she thinks she came from another place not belong to the earth though. “I think I am too pure that makes me can’t get along with any people, those will hurt me. Maybe I am an angel, I am too weak to exist in society. I want to go somewhere to meet someone who is an angel, too. Who has a clean and honest heart just like me. Oh my, if a person like me really exist in the world, who must be an angel. Please take me to meet such an angel.” 14-year-old Mida finished the bear cake and said it sincerely. Mida stood in front of the painting which painted on it are Jesus and angels. The angel on the left had an innocent face just like her.
“Oh I've got it for a long time,” Mida was very depressed “There is no one as flawless as me on the world, there is only an angel on the painting like me.”
19-year-old Da Vinci was just there. He was completely baffled by Mida’s coming and strange behavior.
“Mida??” Da Vinci gently whisper.
Mida turned over and looked at 19-year-old Da Vinci.
“ What a perfect guy?” Mida thought with a surprised look.
“What’s your name? Why do you know my name ?” 14-year-old Mida asked.
19-year-old Da Vinci was almost fainting, but he used to it.”
“My name is Leonardo Da Vinci. We have been knowing each other for many years. When I was a 13-year-old boy, you were a 13-year-old girl, we had a good time. Now I am 19 years old, why do you look so young?”
“That not make sense. I am only 14 years old. I can’t remember we know each other.” Mida said.
“It is true. I reassured it” Da Vinci said “ Look at the left angel on the painting if you don’t believe. The angel is as bright as you. " Da Vinci said.

2019年4月24日 星期三

英文小說-超過500年的愛戀01-Mida


More than 500 years of love
英文校對: 沒空看的Chris Chen

When Mida was a junior high school student, she fell in love with Da Vinci, a genius who was a vegetarian and died 500 years. One day when Mida was running errands, she saw that the convenience store was selling a time machine, and she decided to buy it to go back 500 years ago to look for her lover. When Mida entered historical time and space, she was too thrilled to look out for a lake in front of her. As she couldn't swim, she fell into the lake thinking that it was how she was going to die then. Suddenly, Da Vinci jumped into the water and saved her. Da Vinci looked after Mida, but Mida didn’t understand what’s her lover said. Mida looked up the dictionary to communicate with Da Vinci, and slowly, they got to know each other more. 
 One day, Da Vinci was alleged to be a homosexual, making him imprisoned, Mida wanted to save him and investigate the matter. The trial of the court was underway, and the definition of homosexuality was not described accurately. Although there was intense argument, Da Vinci was free, but he became distrustful of human beings and he didn’t believe his true love. Mida was sad and she told him when she grew up one day when she was back to the future, she would do everything to prove his innocence.


After Mida returned to the future, Da Vinci went on to look at the letters she wrote. Actually, Da Vinci thought Mida has been an interesting girl,  but she was too young to fall in love. She was just 12 years old, and he is already 23. Da Vinci Pretends not to care about Mida, but he always goes on looking at Mida’s letters towards the end of the day. The letters make him so happy, but Mida was gone, and not show up again.

Back to the contemporary, Mida went to the factory that manufactured time machines.
“I’m sorry I bought the wrong item. I would like to make a refund.” She said.
“The wrong item ?” the clerk looked at the time machine and ask Mida “ Little girl  did you have trouble using it”
“I fell in love with the ancient guy, he died for almost 500 years, I want to refund the time machine, I won’t use it anymore.”
“I am sorry to hear about that,” the clerk said,”I will give you a refund.”

“We have a new line of productions, I think this is very helpful to you. Do you want to give it a try?”
“OK, I’m a course about what is it ?”
“Forget-love-water” the beverage you drink can make you forget your true love.”
“I need it so much.”Mida said.”Can my refund pay it enough? “
“No.,” said the clerk “But little girl I’ll help you”
The clerk takeout a paper and said”  fill in the coupon and I’ll give you a voucher, with the voucher, you’ll have enough money to pat it”
“Thank you so much, may the product can deliver to my house with the indicated date?”
“Sure, what date would you like ?”
“September 28, that’s my 13 years’ birthday”
“O.K.The production will be on time. Thanks for coming”
“Yeah~bye-bye,” Mida lovely said.
Da Vinci always remembers to read Mida’s letters early in the morning and (to) read Mida’s letters the moment before he goes to bed.
Da Vinci misses Mida day and night. Mida comes from the future, she told Da Vinci many things about the future. For remembering all things about Mida, Da Vinci wants to write all the things that she talks about. I must write all of them, just for Mida, not for anyone. Da Vinci invents words that can only be read through the reflection of a mirror. For that reason, no one can read the mirror words. When anyone wants to take his notes away about what Mida said, he is always unhappy and says ” Keep your hands off the notes”

In modern time. At school. In class.
If Da Vinci’s notes had been found earlier, our technology would have improved at least 500 years. Mida feels so sad, but she doesn’t understand why. When she looks at the historical monument of Italy on the textbooks, she feels very familiar to the ancient structures. When she listens to the name of “Da Vinci”, the sadness comes into her heart so hard, she feels very sad but doesn't know why.


“Choose any artist you like and submit a paper.” The teacher said.

After class, students were crazy about finding their favorite artist. It was a pity that all the students chose vying for  Da Vinci’s books. The books were taken away. None of them was left over. Mida can’t get any one of the books. She screamed in her heart “Da Vinci is mine, how could you did it !” Mida started to cry, but she must uphold the good track record in this class. She had to choose another artist.

Mida’s heart was intolerable for unreaching Da Vinci's books. In order to make up for her inner imperfections, she search for Da Vinci on the internet.
According to network information:” Mona Lisa is the greatest and famous portrait of Da Vinci. It has no defect in this painting’s workmanship that was invented by Da Vinci.” When Mida look at Da Vinci's self-portrait on the lap top’s screen, she was shocked by his looks “What was a perfect face!!” Mida paused to marvel at Da Vinci's perfect face. after a few seconds, Mida looked at the mirror in front of her and said: “What a flawless complexion !!”. Suddenly she shrieked to herself ”look at the Mona Lisa!! “ She found out something “Mona Lisa’s pretty face was a combination of my face and Da Vinci’s!!!” Mida had confidence and said, “Da Vinci is mine unquestionably.”

“What are you thinking about, master?” said the apprentice in Da Vinci’s studio.

“I am seriously considering flying to the future.” Da Vinci said.
“Master, you have many great achievements.” Said the apprentice” You need to take thought for our studio in career planning to better prepare.”
“The better prepare to my future is to fly toward my true love through 500 years,” Da Vinci said ” I am sure when Mida be a graduating student from high school, she will be a vegetarian” If Mida is a vegetarian, she will more suitable as my lover”
“But she will be encouraged a normal, not a vegetarian.”

“I trust her.” said Da Vinci with a belief heart “I will give up my success in the workplace, there will nothing more important than Mida in my world.” Mida wanted to be a volunteer to be a new time machine when she was 13 years old. “I don’t know why I love Da Vinci so much, let me be the volunteer please” Mida requested. “Girl, you are too young to go to the past , didn’t you regret for anyone or anything” asked the scientist. “I must see him ,he is mine, I must find him” Mida said. So~ Mida went to the past,again. She fell in the lake,again.Da Vinci caught her at the precise moment from the lake,again. “Da Vinci~~” Mida happily give Da Vinci a hung to show her gratitude. Da Vinci was very shoked , but this time , Da Vinci was a 13 years old young boy,too. “Why do you know my name,” asked Da Vinci.
“Because I am from 500 years after,” Mida said.
“500 years” how do you give these measurements?”
“500 years, this means my love to you is 500 years, I do and I am sure.”
Da Vinci was blush and said “Maybe…I had seen you in my dream”
“How did you get here?” Da Vinci asked.
“I took a time machine” Mida said.
“The invention of the time machine is significance for people from the future.”
“It seems to be beyond my capacity to understand how could I love you so much,”Mida said with an innocent look.
“Can I trust you with this?”
“Yes, I’m the soul of discretion.”
Da Vinci was too shy, he didn’t know what to say. He placed his emphasis on painting something.
“What things do you paint now ?”
“buildings. I am researching architecture”
“That’s great, I had seen you the stairs your design”
Da Vinci’s eyes were bright and curious” How is that?”
“That can make space broader,let me paint it for you”
Da Vinci felt he finally meet someone who can understand what was he care and interesting about. He fell in love with Mida at the moment. But Da Vinci was too young to know Mida’s exist meaningful to him. “Da Vinci,” Mida said with a gentle voice,
“The memory we had interacted together will be erased due to I am time machine tester.”
“Oh nope…don't forget me, Mida”13 years old’s Da Vinci cried,
“I hope you can remember me, instead of I am the only one who has the whole memory by myself ”
“The first time I saw you, I said I love you with a tight embrace in spite of considering a proactive girl by you, I don’t want to regret anything,” Mida said.
“I never thought you were a too active girl.” Da Vinci said,
“I had seen you when I was a baby. I am waiting for you for 12 years !!”
“That wasn’t possible,” Mida said, as soon as disappear in the sky. When Mida was gone, Da Vinci walked on the streets, which he used to walk with Mida.
Suddenly, he saw a street vendor which sold many kinds of things.
“Boy, what do you want?” the roadside vendor asked.
“I need a transport to take me to a distance which is far far away “Da Vinci reply.
“We have a magic carpet that can take you wherever you want to go.” the roadside vendor said.
“That is not enough “ 13 years Da Vinci said,
“I have to go to Mida’s side which is 500 years after.”
“Oh I see, you want to go someone’s side after 500 years,” the roadside vendor said who was thinking the boy is a crazy guy.
“Yes,” Da Vinci said.
In addition to taking a carpet, we also have a crystal ball. Despite the crystal ball can't take you anywhere, it can let you see the person you want to see and talk to her in her dreams.”
“I want to buy this.” Da Vinci said. “I want Mida to go back to me. I have no time machine, I must call her to come back to me.”Da Vinci thought.
13-year-old Da Vinci used a crystal ball to enter the dream of 12-year-old Mida.
“Mida, I am Da Vinci, a 13-year-old boy, from 500 years ago, I am your true love, please come back to me.” Da Vinci told with Mida in her dream.
12-year-old Mida didn’t know Da Vinci, but she was a romantic and curious girl.
“I’ll remember that,” said Mida in her dream.
When Mida woke up, she got some errands to do and pass by a convenience store.
She went into the convenience store and she was surprised by a product-----a new time machine!!.
“How funny, Is that a joke? I dreamed of a strange boy named Da Vinci from 500 years ago yesterday, I find out there is a time machine here today? Ha ha ha, he said I’m his true love and call me to find him, it’s so interesting, I will give it a try.
The second day which was 13- year-old Mida leave, 13-year-old Da Vinci didn’t see either 12-year-old Mida or 13- year-old Mida return.
The second day which was 13- year-old Mida leave, 12-year-old Mida find a time machine in the convenience store.
what a coincidence!
Then 12-year-old Mida takes the time machine, but she can’t operate it well.
When 12-year-old Mida returned to Da Vinci, he was a 23- year-old handsome young man.

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