
Little Fat Dragon and the Hundred Fruit Quest: The Fiery Path to Transformation
小肥龍與百果任務：化形的火焰之路

“Mommy, guess what? I dreamed I turned into a gecko last night and hid in your pencil case! You almost took me to art class and used me to draw!”
「媽咪，你知道嗎？我昨天夢到我變成一隻壁虎，躲在你的鉛筆盒裡，還差點被你拿去上美勞課畫畫用！」

“Did you get stuck in glue in your dream too?”
「那你夢裡有沒有被黏在膠水上？」

“…Yeah! How did you know?”
「……有耶！怎麼會知道？」

Xuan bent over laughing, pointing at Little Fat Dragon who was rolling on the lab floor. “Didn’t you get stuck yesterday while practicing your ‘gecko mode’? We had to use a hairdryer to peel you off the ground!”
小萱笑彎了腰，指著正在實驗室地板上滾來滾去的小肥龍：「你昨天練習『壁虎模式』時不是就黏在地上拔不下來嗎？結果我們全家還用吹風機幫你解膠！」

It was the 28th day of summer vacation. The mountain valley felt as humid as a rainforest, and Little Fat Dragon's "Hundred Fruit Quest" was entering its final countdown. If he could eat all one hundred fruits, and train with specific sound waves, he’d unlock his ultimate ability—to transform into a tiny reptile and return to Yunlin with Xuan to live a normal life.
這是暑假的第28天。山谷裡熱得像熱帶雨林，小肥龍的「百果任務」進入最後倒數。吃滿一百種水果、搭配特定音波訓練，就能啟動終極能力——變身成小型爬蟲，隨小萱回到雲林過正常生活。

To Xuan, this mission mattered more than any piano competition or academic contest. She didn’t just want to bring home a cute dragon—she wanted this loyal companion, who stuck by her every day, to live freely in sunlight without being seen as a monster.
這件事，對小萱來說，比任何鋼琴比賽、學業競賽都還重要。她不只是想帶回一隻可愛的龍，更想讓這位每天黏在她身邊、陪她練琴、聽她說故事的「家人」，有機會在陽光下自由生活，而不被人當成怪物。

Today’s goal: eat seven tropical fruits and train in “sliding and shrinking mode.”
今天的目標，是吃下七種熱帶水果，進行「滑行與縮身模式」訓練。

At breakfast, Mom brought out a vibrant fruit platter. “Here it is—today’s menu: breadfruit, rambutan, passion fruit, soursop, gac fruit, avocado, and one very special… salak!”
早餐桌上，媽媽準備了一大盤色彩繽紛的水果拼盤。「來囉～今天的主菜有：麵包果、紅毛丹、西番蓮、刺番荔枝、木鱉果、酪梨，還有一顆超珍貴的——蛇皮果！」

“Whoa—this one looks like a dinosaur egg!” Little Fat Dragon stared at the gac fruit, bubbling with excitement. “Can I eat that one first? Maybe I’ll turn into a Ninja Turtle!”
「嗚哇～這個長得好像恐龍蛋！」小肥龍盯著木鱉果，整個人興奮得直冒泡。「我可以先吃那顆嗎？說不定吃了就會變成忍者龜！」

“Stop imagining things. You’ll see what happens after you eat it.” Xuan opened the piano lid, smiling. “Today I’m playing a Naruto theme remix—just for you.”
「先別胡思亂想，吃了才知道變什麼。」小萱打開鋼琴蓋，笑著說：「今天我要彈的是《火影忍者》的主題變奏曲喔，很適合你。」

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(To be continued in the next chapter: “The Final Eight and the Transformation Trial”)
（未完待續，請見下一篇：《最後八果與化形試煉》）
