……(https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20058/20058-h/20058-h.htm)——这个世界上的事物多大尺寸才合适？这是一本关于“小而美”之浪漫与分产主义的温和入门读物。* 《尼葛尔的叶子》（A Leaf, by Nigel，http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Leaf_by_Niggle）——托尔金的寓言故事。* C. S. 刘易斯的《空间三部曲》（The Space Trilogy）——《纳尼亚传奇》的成人版。* 《万圣节前夜》（All Hallow's Eve，https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/All-Hallows-Eve/978150400668... /……
…(https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20058/20058-h/20058-h.htm) - what is the right size for things in this world? A gentle introduction to the romance of the small and distributism. * _A Leaf, by Nigel_ (http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Leaf_by_Niggle) - Tolkien's allegory. * _The Space Trilogy_ by C. S. Lewis - the adult version of _The Chronicles of Narnia_ * _All Hallow's Eve_ (https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/All-Hallows-Eve/978150400668... /…
One that i love to put as reference, specially when dealing with time travel and the dangers of knowing the future, is PKDick's Meddler. Maybe is not the most emotive (Tolkien's Leaf by Niggle and Ted Chiang's Story of your life are superior in that) or the most far into the future one (Asimov's The last question should be required reading), nor even the funniest one (hard pick, Asimov's The…
这能算短篇小说吗？因为托尔金的《尼葛尔的叶子》（Leaf by Niggle）在某种程度上完全符合这一类。或者说，也许不仅在于故事本身，还在于我们对作者本人的了解。
Could it be a short story? Because Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle somehow fits in that category. Or maybe is not just the story but what we know about the author.
《尼葛尔的叶子》（Leaf by Niggle）是我最喜欢的托尔金短篇小说之一。这是一篇只需读 30 分钟的短文，讲述了一位艺术家对自己技艺的执着与奉献。
Leaf by Niggle is one of my favorite Tolkien short stories. It is a short 30 minute read about an artist's dedication to his craft.
……(https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20058/20058-h/20058-h.htm)——这个世界上的事物多大尺寸才合适？这是一本关于“小而美”之浪漫与分产主义的温和入门读物。* 《尼葛尔的叶子》（A Leaf, by Nigel，http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Leaf_by_Niggle）——托尔金的寓言故事。* C. S. 刘易斯的《空间三部曲》（The Space Trilogy）——《纳尼亚传奇》的成人版。* 《万圣节前夜》（All Hallow's Eve，https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/All-Hallows-Eve/978150400668... /……
…(https://www.gutenberg.org/files/20058/20058-h/20058-h.htm) - what is the right size for things in this world? A gentle introduction to the romance of the small and distributism. * _A Leaf, by Nigel_ (http://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Leaf_by_Niggle) - Tolkien's allegory. * _The Space Trilogy_ by C. S. Lewis - the adult version of _The Chronicles of Narnia_ * _All Hallow's Eve_ (https://openroadmedia.com/ebook/All-Hallows-Eve/978150400668... /…
每当谈到时间旅行以及预知未来的危险时，我特别喜欢拿来作为参考的一部作品就是菲利普·K·迪克（PKDick）的《干扰者》（Meddler）。也许它不是最感人的一篇（托尔金的《尼葛尔的叶子》和特德·姜的《你一生的故事》在那方面更胜一筹），也不是把时间推得最远的一篇（阿西莫夫的《最后的问题》应该列为必读之作），甚至都不是最逗乐的一篇（很难选，阿西莫夫的《……
One that i love to put as reference, specially when dealing with time travel and the dangers of knowing the future, is PKDick's Meddler. Maybe is not the most emotive (Tolkien's Leaf by Niggle and Ted Chiang's Story of your life are superior in that) or the most far into the future one (Asimov's The last question should be required reading), nor even the funniest one (hard pick, Asimov's The…
如果你喜欢《我的世界》（Minecraft）的通关故事，你可能会对托尔金的《尼葛尔的叶子》（Leaf by Niggle）感兴趣，它让我想起了那篇故事。
If you like the ending story of Minecraft you might be interested in Leaf by Niggle (Tolkien) which it reminds me of.
这能算短篇小说吗？因为托尔金的《尼葛尔的叶子》（Leaf by Niggle）在某种程度上完全符合这一类。或者说，也许不仅在于故事本身，还在于我们对作者本人的了解。
Could it be a short story? Because Tolkien’s Leaf by Niggle somehow fits in that category. Or maybe is not just the story but what we know about the author.
托尔金的《尼葛尔的叶子》（Leaf by Niggle）。如果你担心自己的人生一事无成、令人失望，或者你经常分心/缺乏专注力，读读这个吧 :-)
Leaf by Niggle, Tolkien. If you worry about your life being a disappointment, or you are often distracted / lack focus, read this :-)