Hide and Seek with Taiwan’s Big Cats

Hide and Seek with Taiwan’s Big Cats

Let’s play hide and seek! I’ll count. You hide. Find somewhere I can't see you. Ready? Go!
我們一起玩捉迷藏吧！我來當鬼，你去找個我看不到你的地方。
3 … 2 … 1! Ready or not, here I come! … Hey! Where did you go?! Hmm … I found you! I win! Hide and seek is so fun!
How about playing hide and seek with an elephant? That's too easy, right? How about playing with a mouse? That's too hard!
跟大象一起玩捉迷藏太容易了，但是跟一隻老鼠玩就很困難。
How about playing hide and seek with a cat? Cats move quietly. They’re very good climbers. And their fur helps them hide.
那跟貓一起玩躲貓貓呢？牠們很會爬，還有保護色。
Taiwan has a big cat called the Formosan clouded leopard. It’s very good at hiding. People have looked for it for 150 years!
台灣有一種大型貓科動物叫做台灣雲豹。牠們很會躲，人們已經花了150年找牠們。
The National Taiwan Museum made a kids’ book. It’s about the Formosan clouded leopard. It’s written in Taiwanese and Mandarin. Guess what it’s called … “Hide and Seek”!
國立臺灣博物館分別以中文跟台語，製作了一本關於台灣雲豹的繪本，書名就叫做「捉迷藏」。
Now it's on an important kids’ booklist, the “White Ravens 2023 List”. People around the world use it to find books for kids.
這本書入選2023年的白烏鴉獎，很多人都從得獎名單裡面幫小孩找適合的童書。
Now more kids everywhere will read about Taiwan's Formosan clouded leopard! I can’t wait to read this book!

Vocabulary
台灣雲豹行蹤隱密，讓人類怎麼也找不到牠。
1. hide 躲藏
I didn’t like playing hide and seek when I was little. 我小時候不喜歡玩捉迷藏。Neither did I. 我也不喜歡。
I never knew where to hide. 我都不知道要躲去哪裡。
2. find 找到
Me too.我也是。
We lived in an old house. 我們住在老房子。
All the hiding places were dark. 所有躲藏的地方都很黑。
But I didn’t want to be found. 但是我不想被找到。
3. hard 困難的
Once I even climbed up a tree. 我有一次甚至爬到樹上。
That’s hard for a little kid! 對小孩來說太難了!
It was okay. 還好。
4. look for 尋找
Everybody was looking for me, but I stayed on the tree. 每個人都在找我，但是我就待在樹上。
For a long time? 待了很久嗎?
Yes, because I didn’t know how to come down. 對，因為我不知道怎麼爬下樹。
Have you ever played hide and seek?
hide躲藏
find找到
hard困難的
look for尋找

Quiz
1. What has been hiding for 150 years?
a. The Formosan clouded elephant
b. The Formosan clouded leopard
c. The Formosan clouded mouse
2. Who made the book “Hide and Seek”?
a. White Ravens
b. Taiwan
c. A museum
3. What language is the book “Hide and Seek” written in?
a. Taiwanese and Mandarin
b. Mandarin and English
c. English and German
Answers:
1. b
2. c
3. a

Hide and Seek with Taiwan’s Big Cats

Let’s play hide and seek! I’ll count. You hide. Find somewhere I can't see you. Ready? Go!

我們一起玩捉迷藏吧！我來當鬼，你去找個我看不到你的地方。

3 … 2 … 1! Ready or not, here I come! … Hey! Where did you go?! Hmm … I found you! I win! Hide and seek is so fun!

How about playing hide and seek with an elephant? That's too easy, right? How about playing with a mouse? That's too hard!

跟大象一起玩捉迷藏太容易了，但是跟一隻老鼠玩就很困難。

How about playing hide and seek with a cat? Cats move quietly. They’re very good climbers. And their fur helps them hide.

那跟貓一起玩躲貓貓呢？牠們很會爬，還有保護色。

Taiwan has a big cat called the Formosan clouded leopard. It’s very good at hiding. People have looked for it for 150 years!

台灣有一種大型貓科動物叫做台灣雲豹。牠們很會躲，人們已經花了150年找牠們。

The National Taiwan Museum made a kids’ book. It’s about the Formosan clouded leopard. It’s written in Taiwanese and Mandarin. Guess what it’s called … “Hide and Seek”!

國立臺灣博物館分別以中文跟台語，製作了一本關於台灣雲豹的繪本，書名就叫做「捉迷藏」。

Now it's on an important kids’ booklist, the “White Ravens 2023 List”. People around the world use it to find books for kids.

這本書入選2023年的白烏鴉獎，很多人都從得獎名單裡面幫小孩找適合的童書。

Now more kids everywhere will read about Taiwan's Formosan clouded leopard! I can’t wait to read this book!

Vocabulary

台灣雲豹行蹤隱密，讓人類怎麼也找不到牠。

1. hide 躲藏

I didn’t like playing hide and seek when I was little. 我小時候不喜歡玩捉迷藏。Neither did I. 我也不喜歡。

I never knew where to hide. 我都不知道要躲去哪裡。

2. find 找到

Me too.我也是。

We lived in an old house. 我們住在老房子。

All the hiding places were dark. 所有躲藏的地方都很黑。

But I didn’t want to be found. 但是我不想被找到。

3. hard 困難的

Once I even climbed up a tree. 我有一次甚至爬到樹上。

That’s hard for a little kid! 對小孩來說太難了!

It was okay. 還好。

4. look for 尋找

Everybody was looking for me, but I stayed on the tree. 每個人都在找我，但是我就待在樹上。

For a long time? 待了很久嗎?

Yes, because I didn’t know how to come down. 對，因為我不知道怎麼爬下樹。

Have you ever played hide and seek?

hide躲藏

find找到

hard困難的

look for尋找

Quiz

1. What has been hiding for 150 years?

a. The Formosan clouded elephant

b. The Formosan clouded leopard

c. The Formosan clouded mouse

2. Who made the book “Hide and Seek”?

a. White Ravens

b. Taiwan

c. A museum

3. What language is the book “Hide and Seek” written in?

a. Taiwanese and Mandarin

b. Mandarin and English

c. English and German

Answers:

1. b

2. c

3. a