雙語小說閱讀:《誰動了我的奶酪》(7)大綱

He stopped for a rest and wrote on the wall of the Maze:
Smell Your Cheese Often So You Know
When It Is Getting Old

Later, after not finding Cheese for what seemed a very long time, Haw came across a huge Cheese Station which looked promising. When he went inside, however, he was most disappointed to discover that the Cheese station was empty.
　　"This empty feeling has happened to me too often," he thought. He felt like giving up.
　　Haw was losing his physical strength. He knew he was lost and was afraid he would not survive. He thought about turning around and heading back to Cheese Station C. At least, if he made it back, and Hem was still there, Haw wouldn't be alone. Then he asked himself the same question again, "What would I do if I weren't afraid?"
　　Haw was afraid more often than he liked to admit, even to himself. He wasn't always sure what he was afraid of; but, in his weakened condition, he knew now he was simply fearful of going on alone. Haw didn't know it, but he was running behind because he was weighed down by fearful beliefs.
　　Haw wondered if Hem had moved on, or if he was still paralyzed by his own fears. Then, Haw remembered the times when he had felt his best in the Maze. It was when he was moving along.
　　He wrote on the wall, knowing it was as much a reminder to himself as it was a marking for his friend Hem, hopefully, to follow:他停下來休息了一會兒，並在迷宮的牆上寫道：
　　經常聞一聞你的奶酪，你應會知道，它什麼時候開始變質。
　　一段日子以後，好像已經很久沒有找到奶酪了，這天，唧唧遇到了一個很大的奶酪站，看起來裏面似乎裝滿了奶酪。當他走進去以後，去發現裏面空空如也。他失望至極。
　　"這種空空的感覺，對我來說太平常了。"他嘆息道，他覺得自己就快要放棄了。
　　唧唧的體力正在慢慢的喪失。他知道自己迷路了，此刻他有些擔心自己能不能活下去。他想轉身回到奶酪C站去。回去後，至少哼哼還在那裏，唧唧就不會孤單一人了。這時，他又問了自己一個同樣的問題："如果我無所畏懼，我又會怎樣做呢？"
　　唧唧覺得他正在克服和超越自己的恐懼，但他又越來越經常地感到害怕，害怕得甚至無法對自己承認。他常常難以確定自己到底害怕什麼，但是在目前這樣虛弱的狀況下，他知道，他只是害怕一個人獨自前行。唧唧其實並不清楚這一點，他只是在跟着這種感覺走。因爲他一直在被這些恐懼的念頭壓迫着。
　　唧唧想知道哼哼是否已經離開了C站開始出發去尋找新的奶酪，或者是否仍然被自己的恐懼所嚇倒，仍舊裹足不前。這時，唧唧想起他在迷宮中度過的時光，那些他曾經覺得是美好的時光，其實正是他一個人穿行在迷宮中找尋奶酪的時候。
　　他又在牆上寫上了一句話，以便提醒自己，同時，這句話也是一個標記，留給他的朋友哼哼，希望會跟上來。