P.1-2
從前有隻非常年幼的小狗,叫做安格斯,因為他的爸爸和媽媽都來自蘇格蘭。
雖然安格斯的身體很小,他的頭和腳卻非常大。
Once there was a very young little dog whose name was Angus, because his mother and his father came from Scotland.
Although the rest of Angus was quite small, his head was very large and so were his feet.
安格斯對許多地方和許多事物都感到好奇。
他好奇沙發底下和黑暗的角落裡住著什麼,還有
Angus was curious about many places and many things.
He was curious about what lived under the sofa and in dark corners and
P.3-4
鏡子裡那隻小狗是誰。
Who was the little dog in the mirror.
他好奇「會分開的東西」和那些「不會分開的東西」,像是拖鞋、男士的吊帶,諸如此類的東西。
He was curious about Things-Which-Come-Apart and those Things-Which-don’t-Come-Apart; such as slippers and gentlemen’s braces and things like that.
P.5-6
安格斯也很好奇「外面的東西」,但是他對他們並不是很瞭解,因為他被繩子拴住了。
Angus was also curious about Things-Outdoors but he could not find out much about them because of a leash.
繩子的一端緊緊繫著他脖子上的項圈,而另一端則被某個人握著。
The leash was fastened at one end to the collar around his neck and at the other end to somebody else.