THE NEST QUESTION: OFFLINE COMPANION
Wandering & Wondering · Weidu Fanling / 未读凡灵
English and Simplified Chinese · Illustrated edition
Updated 25 October 2026

Unzip the folder and open index.html in a browser. Keep its folders and local files together. Choose English or 简体中文. The full story, picture notes and optional creative activities are included. The Chinese reader pairs translated story and notes with the original English artwork; words drawn into the pictures remain English.

Save my words keeps a text copy of your ideas. Save before leaving, closing or refreshing. The application does not submit your answers or language preference. Switching language in the same page preserves typed work; following a separate reader page needs a save first. No account or paid service is needed.

This small offline package contains NO PDFs. It has English and Chinese readers, text stories, blank text worksheets, local software and one artwork bundle. Choose Save illustrated HTML to make a complete illustrated book using that included artwork without a connection. That saved HTML has its own 20-page art-and-text layout and print controls, different from the prepared PDFs. Some browsers restrict local downloads; direct offline-device opening remains a practical check to try.

Prepared PDFs are separate online downloads. Download them before going offline if wanted. The English A5 book has 12 pages; its already arranged A4 booklet uses six landscape sides on three duplex sheets. The Chinese A5 facing-page book has 20 pages; its already arranged A4 booklet uses ten landscape sides on five duplex sheets. Print either A4 PDF at actual size/100%, double-sided, flipping on the short edge. Do not add another Booklet or multiple-pages setting. Test one folded sheet first. The guides in downloads/ explain these formats.

The public English home-print ZIP contains the English booklet, three optional activity sheets and instructions/notices. Large A4 colouring sheets are a separate download. The complete local print pack can contain all formats. They are not repeated inside this offline archive.

The supplied colour cover has the same maximum visible width as the book's interior artwork. Original picture pixels and page numbers 8 to 15 are preserved. Interior image detail is limited. Check a folded paper proof before printing a quantity or using a printing service. The books work without a camera or internet connection; the optional back-cover link needs a reachable website.

Prepared English and Chinese need no translation service. Other-language automatic reading copies need a supported online browser and language pair, and may download browser-managed model files. This feature is disabled when opening local file:// pages. Automatic copies are labelled drafts for adult review; your activity answers are not sent to the translation feature. The prepared Chinese translation was independently model-reviewed, but a human native-reader proofread and child reading trial remain outstanding.

The MIT licence covers the new software, not the story or artwork. See LICENSE-TECHNOLOGY.txt and BOOK-PERMISSION.txt. Your own words and drawings remain yours.

You may read, download, print and share unchanged copies free of charge. Keep the title, Weidu Fanling / 未读凡灵 credit and this permission notice. Families, schools and libraries may make copies for shared reading. A printing service may charge for making those permitted copies. Adaptation and resale rights are not granted by this notice. Your own words and drawings remain yours.

Publisher page and prepared English/Chinese PDFs:
https://weidufanling.au/the-nest-question/
Book key: NEST-01
