那是一個明媚的春日清晨，在黑莓小蟲們的小村莊裏，一隻名叫貝利的小蟲子出生了。貝利是一隻普普通通的小蟲子，他天性快活，喜歡到處玩耍，和其他小蟲子沒什麽不一樣。
在出生後的頭幾個月裏，貝利整天和村子裏的小夥伴們一起做遊戲。他們不是玩抓人遊戲，就是捉迷藏，有時候還玩“官兵捉強盜”。
On a bright spring morning, in a small village of Hucklebugs, in someone’s backyard, Berry Hucklebug was born. There was nothing different about Berry. He was ordinary and fun-loving.
For months and months after Berry was born, he played with the other bugs of the village. They would play hide-and-go-seek, and“hucks” and robbers.
有一天清晨，小村莊的村長把貝利叫到自己麵前。他對貝利說：“你的年紀已經夠大啦，貝利，你該和其他小蟲一樣在村子裏幹活兒了。為了讓村子裏的大家都有吃的，咱們所有村民都得努力找食物。”
“我嗎？”貝利難以置信地問，“可是我不想幹活兒。我想和朋友們一起在太陽底下玩。”
村長的表情突然嚴肅起來：“村子裏所有小蟲都得幹活兒，你也不例外。請你明天就開始吧！現在沒有別的事了，你可以走啦。”
Early one day Berry was called before the mayor of the little village.“Berry, ” he said, “you are of age now and you must work as the others of the village do. Food for all must be gathered by all.”
“Me?” said an unbelieving Berry. “But I don’t want to. I want to stay with my friends. I want to run and play in the sunshine.”
Sternly, the mayor looked down at Berry and said, “Everyone must work in this village, and you are no exception. Please start tomorrow morning. That is all. You may go now.”
小蟲貝利垂頭喪氣地回到了夥伴們身邊。村長的話讓他很難過，他沒心情和朋友們一起玩了。於是，貝利在角落裏坐了下來，噘起嘴巴嘟囔著：“我該怎麽辦呢？村長肯定是看我小才找我麻煩。”