J.K. Rowling' s inspiration for The Christmas Pig came from her son. He had a favorite toy that he couldn' t sleep without. Rowling had always been worried about the possibility of the toy going missing. She knew how getting a replacement toy would not quite feel the same as the original one. This made her wonder what it would be like to be a replacement toy, and she began to imagine the Land of the Lost.

J.K. 羅琳《聖誕小豬》的靈感是來自於她的兒子。他有一個很喜歡的玩具,在睡覺時也不能沒有它。羅琳一直都很擔心玩具遺失的可能性。她知道拿到一個替代玩具跟原本玩具的感覺是不太一樣的。這讓她想知道作為替代玩具會是什麼樣子,所以她開始想像失物之地。

生活必備字詞:
not. . . without. . .   沒有. . . 就不. . . ,一定要. . . 才. . . 
I can' t read without my glasses.
possibility n. 可能性
original a. 原先的

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