required if one wishes to be seen.”

於是跳蚤去了國外參軍，據說他在那兒戰死了。

And the Flea went into foreign military service, where it is said he was killed.

蚱蜢坐在溝渠外邊，思考著世間萬物是如何發生的。

the Grasshopper seated himself out in the ditch, and thought and considered how things happened in the world.

他也說道：“得有身體呀！得有身體呀！” 然後他唱起了自己那首憂鬱的歌，而我們就是從這首歌裡收集到了這個故事，雖說人們都說這個故事不是真的，但它已經印成文字了。

And he too said, “body is required! body is required!” And then he sang his own melancholy song, and from that we have gathered this story, which they say is not true, though it’s in print.