I think this story collection is very much a teaching of

我认为这部作品集很好地传授了我们
us about narrative.

写故事的技巧
I'm sorry that I can't now produce that, as your teacher, for you.

很抱歉作为老师我尚且不能做到这点
I want to do something that might seem odd as I begin.

首先我要做件事看上去会很奇怪
Does this shock anyone?

有人感到惊讶不已吗
Do you have a visceral sense, "oh, don't do that"?

内心深处是不是有个声音在呼唤"快住手"
If you do, you were probably taught,

如果有你们就和我一样
like me: "never, never damage a book."

从小被教导 "千金易得善本难求"
Getting in trouble in our house if you damaged a book you

在我家如果你损坏书籍
were in big trouble.

就麻烦大了
Okay. So, what I'm doing is,

现在我从首页上剪下这段
I'm taking the mobius strip from the beginning, and I am matching

麦比乌斯带然后按照字母对应顺序