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這對夫妻打開全鎮最破爛的一道門，進入全鎮最破爛的一間屋子。同時，那也是距離鎮中心最邊緣、最接近黑流蘇之丘的一間屋子。那屋子非常的狹小，客廳只有一張扶手椅和一個老舊的儲物櫃，牆上沒有掛任何東西，轉身就是簡陋的廚房和餐桌，藏在一片布簾後面的是胖太太和丈夫睡覺的地方。一個角落有一只大鳥籠，裡面…沒有鳥。


After a while, they opened the most ragged door in town, and entered the most ragged house, which was also the nearest one to black tassel hill.
The house was very tiny. In the living room, there were just one armchair and one chest, nothing on the wall for decoration. Turning around you could see the simple kitchen with a dinning table, and what's hidden behind a curtain aside was where the couple got their sleep.
Lying in the corner was a big birdcage, which was…empty.

9

噹噹噹～集會解散鈴聲響起，敲碎了36場精采的謀殺幻想。大家紛紛動身回家，一對胖瘦夫妻往鎮上最遠一棟破屋走去。
「他可能會被抓到地底下活埋！」丈夫說
「是嗎？我覺得黑流蘇會勒死他！」太太說
「阿！」他大叫一聲
「幹什麼鬼！你要嚇死我啊」她不高興咕噥
「那個老太婆…」
「什麼老太婆？」
「傳說中那個阿！黑流蘇之丘上住了一個邪惡的魔鬼老太婆，她控制了那些草，作家先生就要被抓進老太婆的老黑房，永不見天日囉，可憐哪！」
「好了！這麼恐怖的事情你別再說了！我們快到家了」太太下達命令。

The ringing bell smashed thirty-six fabulous murder imaginations, and people started going home. A couple of fat wife and thin husband headed the shabbiest house in town, which was also the nearest one to black tassel hill.
“He maybe caught underground and buried alive!” said the husband.
“Is it? I think the tassels will tie his neck to death.” Said the wife.
“AHHHHHHHH~” he shouted.
“What's the matter? You frightened me! ”she said with displease.
“The old woman!”
“What old woman?”
“You remember the legend? The rumor is that an old evil woman lived in the hill, the tassels listen to her order! Ohmigod, poor Mr. writer is going to be jailed in the dark old mansion never has chance to see the sun! ”
“Enough! That's it! Stop saying such terrified things, we are almost home!”the commander gave the order.

8

人群自動分開讓出一條路給作家先生，人們看他的眼神彷彿在和一位烈士道別；一個小傢伙拉拉媽媽的衣角問：「怪物會吃掉他嗎？」大人沒坑聲。在場的人們全都忍不住開始想像作家先生的各種死法。
總共有36種死法。
你知道的， 25個人 + 8隻狗 + 3隻金魚= 36



People parted like the Red Sea for Mr. writer, gave him the space to go to the stage, and cast him a sad look like saying farewell to a tragic hero.
A little child pulled his mother’s cloth and whispered ”Will the monster eat him? ” the adult was speechless.
All people couldn’t help to thinking of various ways to die for Mr. writer.
There are thirty-six ways to die.You know, twenty-five (person) plus eight (dogs) plus three (goldfishes) equaled thirty-six!

7

傍晚，鎮長站在中心廣場的紅白高台上，扯著嗓門說話。

其實他大可不必喊叫，反正全鎮的人口也不過25個人，8隻狗，3隻金魚。鎮上唯一的作家先生心想…
「很抱歉！各位先生女士，一年一度的馬拉松大賽出了一點問題」鎮長說。
「怎麼回事兒？」眾人鼓譟
「唉…這大會規定路線得符合50公里，所以必須更改路線！」鎮長說。
「改什麼？改什麼？」「汪汪！」連狗狗也鼓譟了
「唉…這恐怕得經過黑流蘇之丘」最後這幾個字，一個字比一個字小聲。

一聽見這個山丘的名字，大家面色鐵青，狗狗垂下耳朵，金魚都低頭掩面。為了鼓舞士氣，鎮長勉強開口發言「別這樣呀！大家！一年一度的馬拉松可是咱們鎮上最重大的盛事」一片寂靜黑壓壓的人群中，一隻手舉起來「我跑！」是作家先生。鎮長恢復鎮定，裝模作樣的說：「很好，作家先生！我很高興我們鎮上還有這麼一位勇敢的人，不畏艱難為了鎮上的光榮而跑。來吧！年輕人，請上前一步，領取你的跑步背心。吶～1號」


Evening, Mayor was trying all effort to make a statement on stage.

“There's no need for him to yell at all. Anyway, there are only twenty-five person, eight dogs, and three goldfishes in town…” Mr. writer thought.
“Excuse me, ladies and gentlemen, something was wrong with Marathon…”
“What's going on?” the crowd raised an uproar.
“Um…there's a mistake about the running length, so we have to change the route across…”
“Across what? Across what?” “Bow-wow! ” even dogs were getting nervous.
“Um…the thing is…we have to across the Black Tassel Hill…” last four words were fading out.

Everyone's face became pale, dogs lopped ears, and goldfishes put faces in their fins when hearing the scary name.
“Come on! Everyone! It is the annual Marathon! The most important thing in town! You got to be brave!” he tried hard to encourage the frightened public.

Among the silent crowd, a hand raised up with a sentence “I'll go!” That's the voice of Mr. writer. Mayor seemed to be very happy to hear that!
“Wonderful! Mr. writer! It's very decent of you to make such a brave decision, not afraid of obstacles, and to run for hometown honor!” he said it in an affected way.“Come on up! Young man, take the running suit from my hand. You are definitely deserved the number one!”

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黑流蘇之丘是什麼？
它位於小鎮北方，民宅聚落和鎮長的高塔之間。這座小山丘長滿了歷史上沒人記載，如今世人也不知道名字的黑暗長草。黑草的幼苗在一天之內可以長到成年男子的下巴！要是你有膽子踏上這黑色的地球腫塊，後腳跟一離地，黑長草如簾幕立即拉上，遮住了你的身影，淹沒了你的去向，阻斷了你和外邊一切關聯。

噢，我忘了提醒你另外一件事，關於這些黑長草。它散發著一種味道，
正因為它如此的濃密、黑暗和頑強，並且還散發著濃烈無法形容的氣息，就像人類腋下的黑流蘇一樣。
所以，大家稱之為黑流蘇之丘。

What the hell is Black Tassel Hill ?
It located on the north side of town, between village houses and Mayor's tower.
It was full of dark black long grass which never had a name in history and not a living person in the world know its origin. They only knew its offspring could grow up to men's chin in a day!

If you dare to take a step upon this black bump of earth, better know once your foot leaving the ground, grass would close behind you like curtains, totally parted you away from the world.

Oh…one more thing to warn you…about the grass…they got a odd smell!
It were the darkness, bushiness, and stubbornness that the grass are so similar to human's under arm tassel, so it gained the name of BLACK TASSEL HILL.

5

完成了這場無聲綁架，風還不滿足！它繼續往小鎮北方走，目的地是鎮長的高塔官邸。
鎮長埋首閱讀著《年度馬拉松大賽籌辦事項規則》，沒有注意到風的靠近。
風偷偷接近書房，趁一個不注意，撥掉了書桌上的地圖。
鎮長連忙撿起，一抬頭就看見目前路線規劃總長59公里，足足比大會規定的多了9公里！

「哎哎哎，這下糟了，怎麼會多出9公里呢…」
「咦」
「啊…要是穿過黑流蘇之丘就剛剛好了」
「但是…」
「但是…」
「這樣好嗎…」

一陣咕噥，煩惱的鎮長毅然決然拿起紅蠟筆，筆直地畫過地圖上的黑流蘇之丘。
風走了，房間回覆平靜。


After this silent kidnap, the wind didn't satisfied yet.
It passed through the Hill arriving mayor's tower.
Mayor was occupied by ”Annual Marathon Guide Book” not noticing the wind.

To get mayor's attention, wind dropped the Marathon map on the floor.
By picking up the map, Mayor finally notice a fatal mistake
that current length of running was 9 km longer then regular!

“Ooooooops….How come the length gets wrong here?”
“Ohmigod”
“It would be fixed just alright if it…… ”
“pass...”
“the...”
“Hill...”
“But…”
“People were afraid of the Hill…”

Murmuring for a while, Mayor made up his mind changing the route across the Hill.
It was the result that the wind expected for!

4

風的隱形之手把海報一路往北拉，拉出了小鎮，

把它丟鉛球似的甩上了黑流蘇之丘。

黑流蘇張牙舞爪地捕捉漂浮的馬拉松海報。

海報躲過一條黑流蘇、二條黑流蘇、三條、四條、五、六、七，終於還是被抓住，可憐的海報被窸窸窣窣地吞進流蘇叢裡去。

The invisible thief grabbed the poster
running out of town and threw it onto a HILL.

The scary BLACK TASSEL HILL.

The TASSELS haunted the paper!

Poor little thing…couldn't fight the tragic destiny.

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小鎮中心的佈告欄前，站著兩名正在替海報上膠的工人，那是馬拉松大賽的宣傳海報。在這個灰樸樸小鎮，一年一度的馬拉松大賽是比小孩子讀書更重要的事。

風趁著工人不注意，躡手躡腳地吹走了一張海報。

While two men had to keep eyes open and worked on the posters!

Those were posters for Marathon.

You have no idea that in this little gray town,

annual Marathon was more important then children's studies.

The wind sneaked up hehind them, and stole a poster!

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風好像要確認著什麼似的，一邊走一邊拂過小鎮上的一切；
它拂弄過花瓣上的絨毛，路上的雜草，小狗的濕鼻子，女人們的裙擺。

大風分散成無數隱形的支流從袖口灌進腋下，輕柔地撫弄每個男人和
女人、濃密或稀疏的流蘇叢，這股涼爽的解放讓大家深深吸了一口氣，
舒服地閉上了眼睛。


Seemed to examine something,
the wind touched everything on the street as it took every step,
including petals, grass, dogs' wet noses, and women's skirt edge.

Surely, it wouldn't forget to pass its hands into people's sleeves

and stroked the TASSELS under their arms.

It was so comfortable that people couldn't help closing eyes

to enjoy coolness!

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正午，太陽烘烤著小鎮。
突來的大風從南邊吹進鎮上，溶化了悶熱。

Noon, the sun was toasting a village.
Suddenly, a big wind walked into the town and relieved the heat.