全球第一暢銷書《誰動了我的奶酪》虛構了四個角色：嗅嗅、匆匆、哼哼和唧唧。嗅嗅能夠及時嗅出變化;匆匆行動迅速;哼哼害怕變化，拒絕變化;唧唧能夠及時調整自己去適應變化。聰明的讀者，你更像誰?

ONCE, long ago in a land far away, there lived four little characters who ran through a maze1 looking for cheese to nourish2 them and make them happy.

Two were mice, named “Sniff 3” and “Scurry4” and two were littlepeople-beings5 who were as small as mice but who looked and acted a lot like people today. Their names were “Hem6” and “Haw7.”

Due to their small size, it would be easy not to notice what the four of them were doing. But if you looked closely enough, you could discover the most amazing things!

Every day the mice and the little people spent time in the maze looking for their own special cheese. The mice, Sniff and Scurry, possessing8 only simple rodent9 brains, but good instincts10, searched for the hard nibbling11 cheese they liked, as mice often do.

The two littlepeople, Hem and Haw, used their brains, filled with many beliefs and emotions12, to search for a very different kind of Cheese—with a capital 13 C—which they believed would make them feel happy and successful.

As different as the mice and littlepeople were, they shared something in common: every morning, they each put on their jogging14 suits and running shoes, left their little homes, and raced out into the maze looking for their favorite cheese.

The maze was a labyrinth15 of corridors16 and chambers17, some containing delicious cheese. But there were also dark corners and blind alleys18 leading nowhere. It was an easy place for anyone to get lost.

However, for those who found their way, the maze held secrets that let them enjoy a better life.

The mice, Sniff and Scurry, used the simple, but inefficient19, trial-and-error20 method of finding cheese. They ran down one corridor and if it proved empty, they turned and ran down another.

Sniff would smell out the general direction of the cheese, using his great nose, and Scurry would race ahead. They got lost, as you might expect, went off 21 in the wrong direction and often bumped 22 into walls.

However, the two littlepeople, Hem and Haw, used a different method that relied on23 their ability to think and learn from their past experiences, although, they would sometimes get confused24 by their beliefs and emotions.

Eventually25 in their own way, they all discovered what they were looking for —they each found their own kind of cheese one day at the end of one of the corridors in Cheese Station C.

Every morning after that, the mice and the littlepeople dressed in their running gear26 and headed27 over to Cheese Station C. It wasn’t long before they each established their own routine.

Sniff and Scurry continued to wake early every day and race through the maze, always following the same route.

When they arrived at their destination, the mice took off their running shoes, tied them together and hung them around their necks—so they could get to them quickly whenever they needed them again. Then they enjoyed the cheese.

In the beginning Hem and Haw also raced toward Cheese Station C every morning to enjoy the tasty new morsels28 that awaited them.

But after a while, a different routine set in29 for the littlepeople.

Hem and Haw awoke each day a little later, dressed a little slower, and walked to Cheese Station C. After all, they knew where the Cheese was now and how to get there.

They had no idea where the Cheese came from, or who put it there. They just assumed 30 it would be there.

As soon as Hem and Haw arrived at Cheese Station C each morning, they settled in31 and made themselves at home. They hung up32their jogging suits, put away33 their running shoes and put on their slippers34. They were becoming very comfortable now that they had found the Cheese.

“This is great,” Hem said. “There’s enough Cheese here to last us forever.” The littlepeople felt happy and successful, and thought they were now secure.

It wasn’t long before Hem and Haw regarded the Cheese they found at Cheese Station C as their cheese. It was such a large store of Cheese that they eventually moved their homes to be closer to it, and built a social life around it.

To make themselves feel more at home, Hem and Haw decorated35 the walls with sayings and even drew pictures of Cheese around them which made them smile. One read:

Having Cheese Makes You Happy.

Sometimes Hem and Haw would take their friends by to see their pile of Cheese at Cheese Station C, and point to it with pride, saying, “Pretty nice Cheese, huh?” Sometimes they shared it with their friends and sometimes they didn’t.

“We deserve this Cheese,” Hem said. “We certainly had to work long and hard enough to find it.” He picked up a nice fresh piece and ate it.

Afterwards, Hem fell asleep, as he often did.

Every night the littlepeople would waddle36 home, full of Cheese, and every morning they would confidently return for more.

This went on for quite some time.

After a while Hem’s and Haw’s confidence grew into arrogance37. Soon they became so comfortable they didn’t even notice what was happening.

As time went on, Sniff and Scurry continued their routine. They arrived early each morning and sniffed and scratched 38 and scurried 39 around Cheese Station C, inspecting40 the area to see if there had been any changes from the day before. Then they would sit down to nibble on the cheese.

從前，在一個遙遠的地方，住著四個小家伙。為了填飽肚子和享受生活，他們終日穿行在一座迷宮里，尋找“奶酪”。

其中有兩只小老鼠，一個叫“嗅嗅”，另一個叫“匆匆”。還有兩個和老鼠一般大小的小矮人，模樣和行為看上去像今天的人類。他倆一個叫“哼哼”，另一個叫“唧唧”。

由于他們個頭太小，他們干什么自然不容易引起旁人注意。但如果湊近仔細看，你會發現非常令人稱奇的事情!

每天兩只小老鼠和兩個小矮人在迷宮里打發時間，尋找適合自己的特別奶酪。嗅嗅、匆匆和其他嚙齒類動物一樣頭腦簡單，但直覺良好。和別的老鼠一樣，他們尋找的是那種適合啃咬的硬奶酪。

兩個小矮人，哼哼和唧唧，則靠腦袋行事，擁有各種信念和情感。他們要找的是一種不同尋常的奶酪——帶有大寫字母“C”的奶酪。他們相信，這樣的奶酪會給他們帶來快樂和成功。

盡管小老鼠和小矮人目標不同，但他們有一個共同點: 每天早上，他們各自穿上運動服和跑鞋，離開他們的小房子，跑進迷宮尋找他們各自鐘愛的奶酪。

迷宮中有許多走廊和房間，其中一些藏有美味奶酪，但也有一些黑暗的角落和死胡同，任何人走進去都容易迷路。

然而，對找到出路的人來說，迷宮還有一些秘密，能使他們享受更美好的生活。

小老鼠嗅嗅和匆匆，總是運用簡單低效的辦法反復嘗試尋找奶酪。他們跑進一條走廊，如果發現空空如也，就掉頭拐進另一條走廊搜尋。

嗅嗅可以用他了不起的鼻子嗅出奶酪的大致方向，匆匆則跑在前面開路。不出所料，他們經常迷路走錯方向，常常撞到墻上。

而兩個小矮人，哼哼和唧唧，則依靠他們的思維能力，用不同的方法， 從過去的經驗中學習。但有時也會被信念和感情弄糊涂。

最后，終于有一天，在某條走廊盡頭的奶酪C站，他們憑借自己的方式找到了他們想要的東西。

從那以后，這四個家伙每天早上穿上跑步的行頭，直奔奶酪C站。不久，他們建立了一條各自的常規線路。

嗅嗅和匆匆仍舊每天起得很早，總是沿著相同的路線跑進迷宮。

老鼠們到達目的地后，脫下跑鞋，將兩只鞋系在一起，掛在脖子上——以便需要時隨時取下。然后，他們開始盡情享用奶酪。

起初，哼哼和唧唧也是每天一大早趕到奶酪C站，享用等在那里的美味佳肴。

然而不久，小矮人們改變了他們的常規。

哼哼和唧唧每天起得晚了，穿戴也慢了，然后漫步走到奶酪C站。畢竟，他們知道了奶酪站的位置，也知道通向奶酪站的線路。

他們不知道奶酪從何而來，又是誰把它們放在了那里。他們想當然地認為，奶酪始終會放在那里。

每天早晨，哼哼和唧唧一到奶酪C站，就像回到了自己家，舒適地安頓下來。他們脫下運動衣把它們掛起來，放好鞋子，換上拖鞋。既然找到了奶酪，他們感覺愜意極了。

“太好了!”哼哼說：“這里有這么多奶酪，足夠我們享用一輩子。”小矮人充滿了幸福感和成功感，覺得從此可以無憂無慮了。

不久，哼哼和唧唧認定奶酪C站發現的奶酪就是屬于他們的。這里的奶酪庫存非常豐富，以致他們決定把家搬到更靠近奶酪C站的地方，并在周圍一帶展開社交活動。

為了讓自己感覺更舒適，哼哼和唧唧把墻壁裝飾了一通，在墻上寫了一些格言，并畫滿了奶酪圖案。這些圖畫和格言令他們喜形于色。有一句話是這樣的：

擁有奶酪就擁有幸福。

有時，他們會帶朋友來參觀奶酪C站成堆的奶酪，自豪地指著這些奶酪說：“多么美妙可口的奶酪呀，不是嗎?”有時，他們與朋友們一起分享這些奶酪，有時則單獨享用。

“我們有資格擁有這些奶酪。”哼哼說，“為了找到它們，我們當然得付出長期的努力。”他拿起一塊鮮美的奶酪放進嘴里。

然后，像平常一樣，哼哼用完奶酪便睡著了。

每天晚上，飽餐一頓后，小矮人們就搖搖擺擺走回家，第二天早上又信心十足走進奶酪站，享用更多的奶酪。

這種情況持續了相當長一段時間。

后來，哼哼和唧唧的自信開始變成狂妄。不久，生活的安逸使他們絲毫沒有察覺到正在發生的變化。

隨著時間的推移，嗅嗅和匆匆繼續著他們一成不變的生活。每天一早他們趕到奶酪C站，四處聞一聞、抓一抓，查看和前一天有什么不一樣。然后他們才會坐下來咀嚼奶酪。