在很遠很遠的地方，有一座美麗的小島坐落在水晶之海正中間，它的名字叫作奇遇島。在奇遇島的北麵，圓圓的可愛的小山丘逐漸變成了宏偉的高山。在群山之中，藏著一個小小的王國，那就是神奇的明日之國。
明日之國裏處處都有美不勝收的奇景。蝴蝶在瀑布下咕嚕咕嚕地翻著泡泡的池塘上飛舞，名叫“謎題樹”的神奇樹木垂著長長的枝條，草地上開著一簇簇被稱作“提琴滴答”的鮮花。
Beyond the horizon, farther than far, in the middle of the Crystal Sea, is a beautiful island called Serendipity. On the northern slope of the island, where gentle rolling hills turn to mountain splendor, was a small, wonderful kingdom called the Land of Later.
The Land of Later was a kingdom filled with a variety of wonders and beauty beyond belief. It was here that you could find fluttering butterflies flying above the frothy waters of Waterfall Pool. It was here that you would find Riddle-Rope Trees and clumps of flowers called Fiddle-Dee-Dees.
在瀑布之上，明日之國的正中間是一座城堡，城堡裏住著這裏的國王，這位國王同時也是一個麵包師。在很久很久以前的其他故事裏，城堡周圍的護城河裏有滿滿的河水，吊橋的下麵藏著可怕的惡龍。但我們這個故事裏既沒有龍，也和其他兼任麵包師的國王沒有什麽關係。
現在的護城河裏早就沒有水了，河道裏長滿了柔軟的蕨類和鮮花，整座城堡和周邊的一切和諧地融合在一起。
Above the falls, in the middle of the Land of Later was the castle of a baker, who was also the king. Long ago and in another story, the moat was filled with water and beneath the drawbridge lived a monstrous dragon. But this is not a story about dragons or kings who were also bakers.
Now the moat was filled with ferns and flowers and the castle was at peace with all that surrounded it.