Smeared Face / 花花臉

小方的鼻頭上某天突然出現了像黑芝麻的斑點，雖然家長們都緊張得不得了，我卻和他說，這真是個寫圖畫書的好題材，他也雀躍地和我附和。拖了一陣子，心中老想著，我要當守承諾的大人，最近終於把草本生出來，不過很多地方不滿意，所以我決定之後再重寫。不過明天我的小少爺來訪時，我們可有得玩了。

A black dot grew out of nowhere and decided to settle on the tip of Von’s nose one day. All the adults were tormented by its mysterious appearance, but I told him, “Now we have a WONDERFUL theme for writing picture books!” He was thus, if not more, at least as excited as me. I had been putting off the task though, despite the constant nagging of my conscience to remind me that a responsible adult should keep her promise to a young child. The good news is that I have finally produced the draft, but the bad news is that I am so dissatisfied with it that I will rewrite it in a few months. Still, I can’t help feeling thrilled about my little princes’ arrival tomorrow because we’ll have the story to chatter about.

故事提要：小比不喜歡吃飯，外婆為他煮了又香又Q的黑芝麻飯，他沒吃幾口就飽了，但是第二天早上小比起床時，發現鼻子上長了一顆大黑點！

Excerpt of the story: Bibi doesn’t like to eat. Granny prepares yummy sesame rice for him, but he eats next to nothing. The following morning when Bibi gets up, he finds a HUGE black dot on the tip of his nose!!!