JOBI the Moon Fox 序章 6 - 糖果 與 記憶

JOBI the Moon Fox

序章 6 - 糖果 與 記憶


「嗯......？我為什麼哭起來了？」


我一臉茫然，完全摸不著頭腦。


回家後，我看見書桌上放著一瓶糖果，突然感到若有所失。雖然不知道是誰放下的，卻感覺它已經放在房間很久，只是說不出為何會有這種感覺。


可能因為跑得太累，我靜靜地坐在床上凝望著那瓶糖果，不知不覺就睡著了......


「Mei，今天沒有狐狸故事要分享了嗎？」


第二天回到學校，鄰坐同學向我問道。


「什麼狐狸故事......？」我聽不明白。


「喔？你終於選擇長大了。那我們得好好慶祝一下。哈哈！」鄰坐同學拍拍我的肩膀，一副替我高興的樣子讓我有點不知所措。


我好像很久沒有試過如此放鬆了。


那天放學後，我為自己的房間換上了新的桌子跟床鋪，然後在窗台上裝上漂亮的窗簾，用來阻擋窗外偶爾過份耀眼的月光。整個房間頓時煥然一新。


唯獨是那瓶糖果，我由它繼續放在原位。


不知何故，我總覺得要是把它拿走，就會失去某些重要的連繫，而且再也無法尋回。


也或許這瓶糖果已經是最後留下來的東西了......


如是者，一年之後，一個月圓的晚上。


那天我感冒發燒，只好窩在床上休息。可是吃過藥後又覺得口腔很淡，於是披著綿被走下床，從書桌上的瓶子裡拿糖果吃。


突然，一陣怪風把窗簾吹起，月光滿滿地照亮我的房間。這種似曾相識的感覺讓我那半夢半醒的腦袋開始運轉起來。


「Mei，你看見了嗎？我做到了喔！」


我聽見一把熟悉的聲音。這聲音在我的腦海中轉化成一幕幕熟悉的畫面。畫面聚集起來，構成出我最寶貴的回憶！


我.....我怎可能會把它忘記的？


「......你在哪裡？」


焦急的我連衣服都沒有整理好，就怱怱跑到街上四處尋找聲音的主人。奈何所到之處都沒有看見那個熟悉的身影。


就在我累到幾乎要跪在地上，而且徬徨得快要哭出來的時候，有個小女孩迎面跑向我。


「姊姊，你看得見嗎？有隻狐狸在月光下施法術喔！」她......竟然能夠看見狐狸！


我連忙望向久違了的那個比平常更大更光的月亮，並隱約發現一條幼小的光柱落在學校後山山頂。回憶的畫面再次湧現。


我立刻抓著小女孩的手，帶她一起奔向「牠」初次來到地球時所踏足的地方。


我從遠處已經能夠認出「牠」 - 一個被自私又軟弱的我遺忘了整整一年的朋友。


「JOBI！」

「Mei，你終於來了。」



我雖然已經氣喘得腳步躝跚，卻還是用盡力氣衝上前，希望能夠盡量奪回失去了的時間。


然而，當我看見 JOBI 的身體呈半透明的時候，終於意識到自己已經來得太遲。


-Ms. Traveller



JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 6 - Candy and Memory 


I didn't stop until I couldn't ran anymore. By that time, my tears had stopped. 


'Oh...? Why did I cry?' 


I was so confused. 

I headed back home and saw a can of candy. I had a strange feeling of losing something, yet I couldn't recall. I didn't know who put the candy here, but I feel like it had been put here long ago. 


I was too tired from running so I sat on my bed and stared at the candy until I fell asleep...


'Mei, don't you have fox stories to share today?' 


My classmate asked when I attended school the next day. 


'What fox stories...?' I couldn't get it. 


'Well, you finally decided to grow up! We gotta celebrate!! Haha!' The strange manner of my classmate confused me. 


Felt like I hadn't been so carefree for long time. 


I replaced my desk and bed sheet with new ones, also decorated the window with cute curtains in order to block the over-shiny moonlight. The room was so refreshing. 


But I left the can of candy in the same place. 


With unknown reasons, I felt like some important connections would be gone if I put it away.



Maybe this can was the only thing left...


A year passed by, the moon was full tonight. 


I stayed in bed as I had catch a cold. I went to take some candy from the desk after taking medicine that was too plain. 


Suddenly an unnatural flow of wind blew into my room, followed by bright moonlight. I felt like I had seen this scenery before, my brain was flashing with some memories. 


'Mei, can you see it? I did it!' 


I heard a familiar voice. This voice recalled pieces of memories that were long forgotten. 


These pieces were put together and formed my most cherished memory! 


How... how could I forget? 


'Where are you?'


I rushed on to the street in haste before tidying up my clothes to look for the owner of the voice. Yet It could not be found. 


I was too frustrated to go on, and when I was just about to knee down and cry, a little girl ran into me. 


'Hey, can you see that? A fox was casting magic under moonlight!' 


So she could see the fox!! 


I looked at the moon that was fuller then usual and discovered a tiny light tunnel linking to the mountain located in the back of my school. The memories flashed by. 


I grabbed her hand and took her to where 'it' was when 'it' first landed on earth. 


I could recognised 'it' from distance － a dear friend that was forgotten by the weak and selfish me year ago. 


'JOBI!' 


'Mei, finally, you are here.'


I was nearly out of breath but still rushed to it at full blast, hoping to gain back the time that was lost. 


However when I saw JOBI's body, I realised it's too late － It was transparent. 


-Ms. Traveller

JOBI the Moon Fox 序章 5 - 無力的堅持 與 無情的言語

JOBI the Moon Fox
序章 5 - 無力的堅持 與 無情的言語


「月光通道？怎可能有那種東西？」


「狐狸在哪裡？少騙人！」


「該長大了，Mei。」


如此這般的說話，我已經數不清聽過多少遍了。雖然我很想讓更多人知道狐狸的存在，可是礙於大家都無法親眼看見，他們就只會覺得我在胡說八道而已。


我總算明白 JOBI 國王的苦況。當堅持已久的事情得不到別人認同，那種無力感真的會讓人感到十分氣餒。


甚至令我對自己產生懷疑......


「Mei，你不需要勉強去實現 JOBI 國王的理想啊。反正我們現在生活得很好不是嗎？」


新生 JOBI 悠閒地躺在我的房間邊吃糖果邊看書。一向悠然自得的牠倒是沒有很在意要繼承上一代的志向。


不經不覺來到我家快三年的 JOBI，成長速度跟學習能力都非常高。牠已經長得跟 JOBI 國王差不多高了，而且很懂得照顧自己。唯一不變的，就是牠仍然會經常跟我討吃初次見面時送給牠的那款糖果。


所以，為了讓牠跟我一起努力。我決定用糖果引誘牠。


「JOBI，我想請你幫我做一件事情。如果你答應的話，我就請你吃一個月份量的糖果好不好？」我拿出一整瓶價值相等於我半個月零用錢的糖果放在 JOBI 面前。


「噢噢噢當然好！你想我幫忙做什麼？」JOBI 興奮得雙眼發光。


「我想你在大家面前開啟月光通道。這樣的話即使他們看不到你，也還是會因為月亮突然變得更大更光而相信我的！」這次我一定要成功。


誰知道 JOBI 聽到我的計劃之後，興奮的情緒一下子就冷靜下來。


「可是我不懂得打開通道的方法耶！我又不是國王......」牠面有難色。


「既然你跟 JOBI 國王一樣擁有月光狐血統的話，我相信你一定會找到方法的。拜託你嘗試看看吧。我再也想不出其他辦法去讓大家相信我了......你要幫我！」我明白自己的想法可能有點胡來，可是三年來不斷碰釘已經讓我開始失去耐性。


而 JOBI 好像也能夠看得出來。


「......Mei，你要我這樣做，真的是為了 JOBI 國王的理想嗎？還是其實只為了滿足你自己啊？」


牠的質問深深刺中了我的痛處。


雖然我不想承認，可是當我鍥而不捨地努力想讓大家相信狐狸的存在，卻沒有得到任何成果的時候，一直存在於心中的懷疑開始變得愈來愈強烈......


「算了！既然你不肯幫我，那就當我沒說過吧！反正我早就隱約覺得，我之所以能夠看見大家都看不見的狐狸，並不是因為自己有什麼特別......」


「Mei......? 」JOBI 望著激動起來的我，眼神變得十分陌生。


「或許......或許所謂的『狐狸』，其實只是小時候沒有認識到朋友的我所妄想出來，藉以陪伴自己的虛構存在而已！什麼月光通道，什麼 JOBI 國王，還有你......


「Mei！我......」JOBI 試圖握住我的手，卻被我大力甩開。


「根．本．從．來．都．不．存．在！」


那個時候，自私而軟弱的我完全沒有顧及 JOBI 的感受。心中埋藏已久的不快讓無情的說話像缺堤般衝口而出。


我頭也不回衝出家門。


然後，我的世界也同時「恢復正常」。


-Ms.Traveller



JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 5 - Powerless Persistence and Ruthless Words


'Moonlight tunnel? How does that exist?'


'Where is the fox? Stop lying!'


'Grow up, Mei!'


All theses years, I had heard uncountable words like these. I wanted to let more people know the existence of the foxes, yet no one was able to see them, thus no one believed me.


I finally came to understand the helplessness JOBI the King once felt － I couldn't earned any recognition for what I had been believing for years.


I was so discouraged, even started doubting...


'Mei, Why do you persist to achieve the will of JOBI the King so reluctantly? We are having a good life, aren't we?'


Newborn JOBI was laying on the floor in my room carelessly, eating candies while reading. This unrestrained fox didn't have the tendency to inherit the belief of its past generation.


Three years had passed since JOBI came to my home. It had grown a lot, with the height almost as same as JOBI the King. It was a fast-learner, it knew how to take care of itself well.


The only thing that didn't change, was that it still craved for the candies I gave it when we first met.


Thence, in order to motivate it to work with me, I decided to use candies as a bite.


'JOBI, I would like you to do something for me. If you promise me, you will be given candies with the amount of a whole month, how about that?' I put a big can of candies equaled half of my spending money for a month in front of JOBI.


'OHHHHH SURE! What do you want me to do?' JOBI's eyes were brightened with excitement.


'I want you to open the moonlight tunnel and let everyone sees it. Even they can't see you, they will trust me as the moon will become fuller and brighter oddly!' This had to work.


However JOBI was cooled off after hearing my plan.


'But I don't know how to open it...I'm not the king.' JOBI seemed troubled.


'You have the blood of Moon Fox like JOBI the King, there must be a way you can do that. Please try. I can't think of other ways to let them believe me... You have to help me!' I did realised I was being unreasonable, yet I was exhausted by the failures I had faced these three years.


JOBI seemed to know.


'Mei, what you wanted me to do, is to fulfil the wish of JOBI the King? Or just for yourself?' Its questioning touched my raw nerve.


I hated to admit it. I was so persistent and had put much effort in making others to believe the existence of the foxes, still I got no retribution at all, the doubts inside my heart started to spread.


'Fine! Forget it if you are not helping me! I had a feeling about it anyway, the reason I can see foxes others cannot see...is not because I'm unique...'


'Mei...?' JOBI stared at me like looking at a stranger.


'Maybe...maybe the 'foxes' were merely my imaginary friends to comfort myself as I wasn't able to make friends in my childhood!! Moonlight tunnel, JOBI the King, and you...'


'Mei! I...' JOBI attempted to grab my hand, but I flung its paw away.


'DO NOT EXIST!'


At that moment, I was too wrapped up in myself to consider the feeling of JOBI. The unsatisfactory piled up in my heart pushed the ruthless words out of my lips.


I ran away from home.


Then my life went back to 'normal'.


-Ms.Traveller

JOBI the Moon Fox 序章 4 - 約定的延續 與 新生的狐狸

JOBI the Moon Fox
序章 4 - 約定的延續 與 新生的狐狸


我乘上再次開啟的月光通道來到月球。眼前熟悉的風景也再次勾起我的回憶。


「當我消失之後，再過一段時間，這裡將會有另一隻狐狸誕生。到時你會願意回來為牠命名嗎？」


我沒有忘記五年前跟 JOBI 國王的約定。


而就在那座跟牠離別的小山丘，我看見一隻黑色的小狐狸在靜靜地盤坐著。


我走到小狐狸面前，牠並沒有感到害怕，只是慢慢抬起了頭。


「你的名字是......JOBI。」當我為小狐狸完成命名之後，不可思議的事情隨即發生。


小狐狸聽到自己的名字後立刻站了起來。牠的尾巴用力一揮，讓周圍吹起一陣微風。微風從下而上把牠的毛髮從原來的黑色催化成閃亮的紫色。過程就像醜小鴨剎那間蛻變成天鵝一樣神奇奪目。


「喔喔喔！」新生的 JOBI 像個精力充沛的小孩般又跑又跳。


「你好喔 JOBI，我叫 Mei。」我「再次」向 JOBI 介紹自己。


「我肚餓了，Mei。我要吃東西！」JOBI 一雙純真的眼睛有如湖水般清徹，聲線也比 JOBI 國王響亮，只是初生的牠看來不太懂禮儀就是。


「嗯？我身上只有幾顆糖果耶......你在這裡等等，我回家拿食物給你好了。」我在考慮應該帶什麼給狐狸吃才好。


「我跟你一起回家不就好了嘛？」怎料 JOBI 竟然一手拿走我的糖果就往嘴裡扔，老實不客氣得讓我有點無所適從。


不過，這隻小狐狸雖然直率得有點亂來，卻一點也不會討人厭，甚至讓人覺得挺可愛的。


再者，如果我就此讓牠跟 JOBI 國王一樣獨個兒留在月球，也未免太殘忍了。


現在回想起來，或許我從再次看見月光通道開啟的那刻，就已經做好了決定......


「狐狸跟人類是可以成為朋友的。」


我很想延續 JOBI 國王的理想。尋找更多能夠看見狐狸，而且願意跟牠們交朋友的人。


– Ms. Traveller



JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 4 - The Promise Continued and the Newborn Fox


I rid on the moonlight tunnel to the moon again, this reminded me of the past.


'After I have disappeared, years later in here, another fox will be born. May I ask you to name it?'


I didn't forgot the promise made five years ago.


A little black fox was sitting quietly on the mountain we said goodbye.


I walked in to the front of the tiny fox, it wasn't afraid. It merely stared at me.


'Your name is... JOBI.'


After I named the fox, incredible thing happened － it stood up after hearing its name, waved its tail and stirred the air. The wind blown its fur and turned it into shimmering purple. It's like the ugly duckling turning into a swan. Such fascinating.


'OHHHHHH!' Newborn JOBI jumped and ran like an energetic child.


'Hello JOBI, I'm Mei.' I introduced myself to JOBI 'again'.


'I'm starving, Mei. I want to eat!' JOBI had a pair of crystal-clear eyes brightened by purity. It's voice was louder than JOBI the King － it hadn't know much about curtesy though.


'Oh? I have a few candies with me only...Would you like me to go home and get you something while you stay here and wait?' I wondered what a fox might like to eat.


'I can go with you, can't I?' JOBI took my candies and threw them into its mouth unexpectedly. I was at a loss as to what to do with its frankness.


Yet, this candid little fox was not annoying, even cute. Also, it'd be cruel to leave it alone on the moon like JOBI the king.


Speaking of that, I had probably made up my mind at the moment I saw the moonlight tunnel.


'Foxes and humans can be friends.'


I wished I could pass on the will of JOBI the King － to look for people who could see the foxes and willed to be friends with them.


– Ms. Traveller

JOBI the Moon Fox 序章 3 - 逐漸消失的國王 與 牠的請求

JOBI the Moon Fox
序章 3 - 逐漸消失的國王 與 牠的請求

「我大概很快就會消失了，哈哈！」

JOBI 國王感覺在故作輕鬆地把一點也不輕鬆的事情告訴我。

「消失......是什麼意思？你快要死了嗎？」當時只有七歲的我完全無法理解。

「我們狐狸啊，是需要依靠彼此的記憶來提煉生存能量的。換句話說，要是我們被遺忘的話，便等於無法收集能量。而我們的身體將會逐漸變得透明，直至完全消失。」聽著 JOBI 國王解釋的同時，我看見牠胸前的透明部份正在慢慢擴散......

「那......那麼，你現在還剩下多少時間？我有什麼可以幫到你嗎？」我緊張地問道，那是我初次接觸「狐狸消失」這件事情。

「小妹妹，你不必幫我做什麼喔。你答應了跟我成為朋友，就已經證明我一直以來的想法是正確的。那我就再沒有遺憾啦！不過......我還未知道你的名字就是。」JOBI 國王向我伸手示好。

「我叫 Mei......」我立刻握緊牠那開始被透明蔓延的手臂，慌怕錯過的話就無法再觸摸了。

「Mei，我答應過會帶你參觀我的王國，事不宜遲，我們馬上出發吧！」JOBI 國王高興地拉著我，不帶半點傷感。

在短短的大半天，我跟 JOBI 國王一起參觀過月球上最巨型的狹谷，也登上了最高的山峰，還玩了一次月球史上首次人類跟狐狸捉迷藏。

最後，我們選擇坐在一個小山丘上聊天。

「Mei，我覺得只能跟你當一天的朋友真是太可惜了。你還會想回來這裡跟我玩嗎？」JOBI 國王的聲音開始變得依稀。

「可是你......」

不知道是淚水阻擋著視線，還是 JOBI 國王真的快要完全變成透明的關係，當時我只能隱約看見牠的身體。

「當我消失之後，再過一段時間，這裡將會有另一隻狐狸誕生。到時你會願意回來為牠命名嗎？」JOBI 國王再次握住我的手，好讓我知道牠仍然在我身邊。

「好，我一定會回來的！」我勉強自己做出一個不會讓 JOBI 國王擔心的笑臉。

「謝謝你，Mei。你是個十分特別的女孩，能夠認識你真是太好了。請不要忘記我喔！掰掰......」JOBI 國王跟我道別之後化成了一顆光點，引領著我一路回到月光通道後才完全熄滅。

那是我初次跟狐狸相遇的經歷。

返回地球之後，我的身體狀況竟然迅速好轉。不需要每天見醫生的我終於能夠踏出自己的房間，開始正常的生活。

不過，我每晚依然會凝望著那個又大又圓的月亮。

五年之後，在我十二歲生日的晚上，我看見月光通道再次開啟。

-Ms. Traveller

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JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 3 - The Proof of Existence and the Request from the King

'I'd be gone very soon, probably, haha!'

JOBI the King pretended to be delightful while telling me a harsh truth.

'Gone...? What does that mean? Are you dying?' 7-year-old me was not able to understand at all.

'Foxes like us gain energy from the memories of each other. In another words, once we have been forgotten, we will not be able to gain energy anymore. Our bodies will become transparency... then disappear.' The transparent part on JOBI the King's body was spreading.

'So... so how much time is left until you disappear completely? How... how can I help you?' I asked in panic. It's my first encounter with 'disappearing fox thing'.

'Dear, you don't have to do anything for me. I am contented, as I am able to prove my belief before I am gone. Thank you for being my friend! But I haven't known your name yet!' JOBI the King held his hand towards me.

'I'm Mei...' I grabbed his hand eagerly, fearing that I wouldn't be able to touch him again if I missed it.

'Hello, Mei. Hope you will have a great day here! I promised to take you on a tour in my kingdom, Let's not waste anymore time!' JOBI the King said with excitement, without any bit of sadness.

JOBI the King and I visited the largest valley and the highest mountain, also played the very first human-vs-fox hide and seek on the moon.

By the end of the day , we sat on a hill side by side and talked.

'Mei, I wished we could spend more time together, it's so sad that we had got only one day. Would you like to come again and play with me?' The voice if JOBI the King started to become unclear.

'But you...'

I wondered if it's my tears or JOBI the King were almost gone, I could merely see its body.

'After I have disappeared, years later in here, another fox will be born. May I ask you to name it?' JOBI the King hold my hands again to let me know its existence.

'Sure, I promised. I will be back!' I forced a smile.

'Thank you, Mei. You are a very unique girl. I'm so glad to meet you, please, never forget me!!Bye bye,..' JOBI the King waved me goodbye before it turned into a light ball and led me back to the moonlight tunnel. Finally it disappeared completely.

This was my first encounter with a fox.

After getting back on earth, my health became better. I tried to go to school with other kids. I felt like I was reborn when I stepped out of my room.

The only thing that never changed was I would still look at the full and bright moon every night.

Five years later, on my 12th birthday, I saw the moon tunnel again.

-Ms. Traveller

JOBI the Moon Fox 序章 2 - Mei 與 JOBI 國王

JOBI the Moon Fox
序章 2 - Mei 與 JOBI 國王

跟教科書所描述的不太一樣 - 我來到月球之後仍然能夠正常呼吸，重力也跟地球差不多。

而且有一隻狐狸在迎接我。

細看之下，這隻住在月球上的狐狸跟地球上的狐狸有點不同，一身黃色毛髮的牠跟人類一樣以兩足站立。牠穿著紅色的披肩，頭上戴著小皇冠，看起來還真的活像一個國王。

「歡迎來到月球，我是這裡的國王，我的名字叫 JOBI 國王！」狐狸一再強調自己的身份。

「這裡只有你一個人嗎？」奇怪的是，我並沒有看見其他狐狸。

「對喔，我的國民早已經離我而去了......所以我才會覺得悶啊。」JOBI 國王語帶一點寂寞。

「牠們為什麼要離開呢？」我同情地問道。這個時候，JOBI 國王從披肩裡拿出一面我曾經在教科書跟電視上都見過的國旗。

「幾十年前，地球上的人類在沒有使用月光通道的情況下憑自己的科技來到月球，令國民大為恐慌。有些國民擔心月球將會在不久之後被人類佔據，並改造成不適合狐狸居往的地方，於是牠們便開始陸續離開，往其他星球移居去了。」牠訴說著自己國家的過去。

「那麼......你為何沒有跟牠們一起走呢？」只有 7 歲的我知道 JOBI 國王的遭遇之後，也難免泛起莫名的罪疚感。

「我覺得根本不需要離開啊。既然我們月光狐一族自古就擁有能夠跟地球上部份人類溝通的月光通道，那就代表我們是可以跟人類成為朋友的。我想留在這裡證實自己的想法！」JOBI 國王回答起來充滿自信。

「那......除了我之外，還有其他人來過嗎？」我再次望望四周，心想會否遇見「同類」的足跡。

「這幾十年間，雖然我們曾經成功找到幾個能夠聽見我們說話的人類，可是他們始終不願意相信我們，讓跟我擁有相同想法的國民十分灰心。終於，最後一班留守的國民也在幾年前離開了。」JOBI 國王無奈說道。

「怎會這樣的......那如果我現在就跟你做朋友，你有辦法找到那些離開了的國民，然後說服他們回來嗎？」我向 JOBI 國王提議，希望牠能夠跟同伴團聚。

「哈哈......謝謝你喔。可是我已經時間無多了。」JOBI 國王說著脫下了披肩。

「嗯？這是......?」眼前的景象令我十分驚訝。

沒想到，牠的胸前是半透明的，而且那片「透明」好像正在蔓延......

-Ms. Traveller
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JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 2 - Mei and JOBI the King 

Unlike what was written in the textbook, I was able to breath on the moon, the gravity was almost the same as the earth.

A fox was greeting me.

It's a bit different from the foxes on earth － it has yellowish fur and was standing with two legs like humans. It was wearing a tiny clown also a red cape that made it look like a king.

'Welcome to the Moon. I'm the king of this planet, my name is JOBI the king.' The fox stated its identity again.

Oddly, I didn't see other foxes.

'Is there only you?'

'I lived here with my people before, yet they have left me... That's why I was bored.' JOBI the king said with a bit of loneliness.

'Why did they leave?' I asked sympathetically.

'Few decades ago, the humans on earth developed advanced technology and found their way to the moon, which freaked my people out as they were worried that the human kinds would take over the moon and destroy our habitats.' JOBI the king took out a national flag I had seen on tv and books and started telling the past of its country.

'So...why didn't you leave with them?' I was 7 at that year, yet I couldn't help feeling guilty when I heard the past of JOBI the king.

'I don't think we have to leave. We, the moon foxes, are born with the ability to communicate with humans, meaning we can befriend them. I decided to stay here a prove it.' JOBI the king sounded so confident.

'Is there anyone... besides me came here before?' I looked around, wondering if I would meet 'my kind'.

'Well, a few human had received our messages in these few decades but they didn't trust us. Then the last few foxes who stayed left.' JOBI the king said helplessly.

'Why would that... Then I'll be your friend!! Is there any way you can ask your people to come back?' I suggested, hoping it could reunite with its own kind.

'Oh Thank you. Unfortunately I don't have the time.' JOBI the king took off its cape.

'Eh? What the...?' I was shocked.

Unexpectedly, its chest was transparent, and that transparency part seemed to be spreading...

-Ms. Traveller

JOBI the Moon Fox 序章 1 - 月亮 與 少女

JOBI the Moon Fox
序章 1 - 月亮 與 少女

「月球很沒趣啊！」

記得剛好滿 7 歲的那天晚上，如常倚在窗台看著又大又圓的月亮的我，忽然聽見一把陌生的聲音這樣說。

我從前的名字叫 Mei，自小體弱的我並沒有跟其他孩子一樣如常上學。我每天都得蓋著厚厚的綿被，留在自己的房間等待家庭醫生與家庭教師的來訪。

不過我並沒有覺得沉悶。除了因為我很享受一個人閱讀之外，窗外璀璨無比的月亮彷彿在每個寂靜又寒冷的晚上為我帶來溫暖。

「你要來參觀我的王國嗎？」

聲音繼續從月亮的方向傳來。那天剛好是月圓，月光滿滿地照亮著我的房間。

我躡手躡腳地探頭出窗外，搜索房子的周圍，卻看不見有人。

「是我啦，我～在～這～裡！」就在聲音變得愈來愈清晰的同時，我隱約看見月亮上有個影子正在跟我揮手。

「你是誰？」充滿好奇的我嘗試輕聲回應。

「我是月球的國王，可是這裡實在太悶了。如果你肯過來跟我做朋友，我就帶你參觀我的王國。好嗎？好嘛～！」國王的聲線很沉厚，語氣卻跟小孩沒兩樣。

「好是好......但我要怎樣過來啊？」從沒想過自己可以親身踏足月亮的我開始興奮起來。

「你真的願意過來嗎？太好了！我現在就把月光通道移到你窗前。你只需要放鬆身體就可以嚕！」國王說完不久，窗外的月亮一下子變得比平常更大更光，甚至把我的房間映照得閃閃發亮。

然後，我的身體竟然不由自主地漂浮起來，並且被一股力量推出窗外，就此向著月亮直飆！

「望著我，別移開視線喔！」國王發出指示，讓我不敢細看快速變小的城市風景。而隨著月亮上的影子跟我愈來愈接近，我發現一直跟我說話的月球國王原來並不是想像中的白鬍子胖叔叔。

而是......一隻狐狸。

記得那是我第一次乘上月光通道來到月球。

-Ms. Traveller

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JOBI the Moon Fox
Prologue 1 - The Moon and the Girl

'It's so boring on the Moon!'


On the night of my 7th birthday, when I was leaning on the windowsill looking at the globose moon, I suddenly heard a voice I had never heard before. 

My name was Mei. I was not able to go to school like other kids as I was too weak and sick, the only thing I could do was to stay in bed, waited for the doctor and private tutor to come. 

Yet, my life wasn't dull. I enjoyed reading alone, also I had a companion that warmed me at heart in every cold and silent nights－ the bright moon outside my window. 

'Would you like to visit my kingdom?'

I kept hearing the voice from the Moon. It's full moon tonight － the shimmering moonlight filled my room. 

I peeked out of the window, looked around to seek for the owner of the voice, however no one was found. 

'It's me! HERE! OVER HERE!' 

As the voice was becoming clearer, I saw a shadow waving at me on the moon.

'Who are you?' I asked curiously. 

'I'm the the King of the Moon. I'm so bored, if you may come and be my friend, I will give you a tour on the moon, how about that?' The King said in a deep voice, yet he sounded like a little boy. 

'How can I get there?' I was excited as I could never imagine that's I'd be able to land on the moon. 

'So you are willing to come? Great!! I will place the moonlight tunnel on your windows, just relax and give me a second!' 

The moon became brighter and fuller then then usual, even lightened my room up. 

Suddenly, my body floated in the air and was dragged out by an unknown force to the moon. 

'Look at me, don't look away!' The King instructed, I was too afraid to look at the views. As i was getting closer to the shadow that was talking to me all the time, I found out that it was nothing like the fat old gentleman with white moustache in my imagination. 

It's.... fox. 

That's the first time I landed on the moon through the moonlight tunnel.

-Ms. Traveller

SORA's Part-time job

不經不覺，還有一個星期左右就到聖誕了，同學們都紛紛為自己的課室佈置裝飾。

我們的課室今年也跟往常一樣，依舊會放置一棵古老小型聖誕樹。這棵聖誕樹從我讀幼稚園的時候已經存在，每年聖誕都會從後院搬回課室當值。而今年負責為聖誕樹裝飾的剛好是我跟 SORA。

正當我們開始替這位老朋友打扮的時候，我在放滿裝飾品的小盒子裡發現了一件久違了的東西。

是一個紅鼻子。

「原來它在這裡啊！我還以為已經弄丟了。SORA，你記得這個嗎？」我興奮地試著把這個紅鼻子套在鼻上，卻發現它的大小已經不適合我了。

「噢噢，想不到在這裡哩！」SORA 從我手上拿過去試戴，當然也一樣戴不上去。

「在幼稚園的聖誕派對時，你在交換禮物環節把這個送給我，還跟我說是第一次打工的報酬。我看你根本是忘記準備禮物，然後隨手就把聖誕樹上的裝飾拿過來頂替吧？」我為幼稚園時期受騙的自己抱怨道。

「才～沒有騙你啦。記得那年我在後山遊玩時偶然遇到那位老公公，他跟我說由於當年純鹿的出生率很低，讓他十分煩惱，然後就問我要不替他打工。我可跟他忙了整個平安夜哩！而這個紅鼻子就是當時的報酬了。」SORA 的解釋疑幻似真。

「老公公......平安夜......？你的打工內容是什麼？」我心中雀躍，卻還是故作冷靜地問道。

「就跟老公公養的純鹿們一起拉著他那輛會飛的雪橇，然後把禮物丟進有煙囪的屋子裡。可惜我們學校的宿舍沒有煙囪，要不然我們都應該會收到禮物哩！」SORA 悠然地形容。

「那......那不就是......！」我整個呆掉。

「今年那位老公公也有來找我打工啊！說起來我也差不多要出發去幫他整理禮物了。今年的平安夜大餐，你留起給我回來吃就好！」SORA 拋下這句說話後就一支箭地衝出課室，剩下我呆呆地拿著這個小小的紅鼻子。

「誒誒誒誒！？不會是真的吧！？」

Only a week was left for Christmas, everyone has started to decorate our classroom.

As tradition we'd put an old tiny Christmas tree in our classroom, which I could see on every Christmas since kindergarten. The tree would be taken from backyard to the classroom for displaying and it's SORA and my responsibility this year.

By the time we were about to dress our old friend up, I discovered something hadn't been seen for years in a tiny box filled with decors－ a red nose.

'Oh! I thought it was lost! SORA, do you still remember this?' I attempted to put it on my noise yet it couldn't fit any more.

'Oh! So it was here!!' SORA took it and put it on, naturally it didn't fit at all.

'You gave this to me during the Christmas party when we were kindergarteners, and told me it's the first pay of your job. But I'm sure it's just something you randomly took from a Christmas tree as you forgot to prepare my present, isn't it?' I grumbled.

'No! It's really my pay for work! I met an old man when I was playing in the mountain that year, he told me that the birth rate of reindeers was very low and he was troubled. He asked if I wanted to work with him so I had been busy with my job for whole day on Christmas eve.'

'Old man...? Christmas eve...? What's your job about?' I pretend to be calm yet in fact I was so excited.

'To take care of reindeers with the old man and pull a snow slide, also throwing presents into chimneys － what a pity that our school has no chimney, or else we may get our presents too!' SORA said causally.

'If...if that wasn't...!' I was stunned.

'The old man came to me this year again! Speaking of this it's almost time for me to help him to pack the presents, please keep me something good in the Christmas eve feast tonight!!' SORA rushed out of the classroom, leaving me who was holding the red nose stupidly behind.

'Whaaaaaaat!? Could that be real!?'

-JOBI