Once upon a time, there was a little boy.

很久很久以前有个小男孩
You wouldn't describe him

你不会用
as a particularly special little boy.

"特别"这样的字眼形容他
He was neither tall nor handsome,

他既不高也不帅
charismatic or amusing.

没有魅力也不搞笑
In fact, he appeared to be exceedingly dull.

事实上他表现得特别迟钝
Because of this boy's apparent shortcomings,

由于这个男孩的显著缺点
he was bullied mercilessly

他一直都被其他孩子
and relentlessly by the other children.

残酷无情地欺凌
Year merged with miserable year

悲惨的一年又一年过去了
as life continued to be a living hell.

他的生活还是如同人间地狱一样
But what the other boys didn't understand about their victim was

但其他男孩不理解的是受他们折磨的人