孫翁者，余姻家清服之伯父也。素有膽。一日，晝臥，仿彿有物登床，遂覺身搖搖如駕雲霧。竊意無乃壓狐耶？微窺之，物大如貓，黃毛而碧嘴，自足邊來。蠕蠕伏行，如恐翁寤。逡巡附體：著足足痿，著股股耎。甫及腹，翁驟起，按而捉之，握其項。物鳴急莫能脫。翁亟呼夫人，以帶縶其腰。乃執帶之兩端，笑曰：「聞汝善化，今註目在此，看作如何化法。」言次，物忽縮其腹，細如管，幾脫去。翁大愕，急力縛之，則又鼓其腹，粗于碗，堅不可下；力稍懈，又縮之。翁恐其脫，命夫人急殺之。夫人張皇四顧，不知刀之所在。翁左顧示以處。比回首，則帶在手如環然，物已渺矣。
孫老翁是我的姻親清服的伯父，一向膽大。一天，他白天躺著睡覺，隱約覺得有什麼東西爬上床，隨即感到身體搖搖晃晃，像騰雲駕霧一般。他暗想，莫非是狐狸來壓人？便微微睜眼窺看，只見那東西有貓那麼大，黃毛，碧綠的嘴，正從腳邊爬來。它貼著身子慢慢往前爬，彷彿怕把老翁驚醒，漸漸爬到他身上：碰到腳，腳就癱軟；碰到大腿，大腿就無力。剛到肚子上，老翁猛然起身，一把將它按住，抓緊它的脖子。那東西急叫，卻掙脫不了。老翁趕緊喊妻子過來，用帶子綁住它的腰，然後握著帶子的兩端，笑道：「聽說你很會變化，我現在盯著你，看看你能怎麼變。」說話間，那東西忽然把肚子縮得像細管一樣，差點脫身。老翁大吃一驚，趕忙用力勒緊帶子，它卻又把肚子鼓得比碗還粗，硬得怎麼也勒不下去；力氣稍一放鬆，它又縮了肚子。老翁怕它逃走，叫妻子趕快殺了它。妻子慌張地四下張望，不知道刀放在哪裡。老翁轉頭看向左邊，指給她看。等他回過頭來，手裡只剩下一個圈似的帶子，那東西已經沒了蹤影。
孙翁者，余姻家清服之伯父也。素有胆。一日，昼卧，仿佛有物登床，遂觉身摇摇如驾云雾。窃意无乃压狐耶？微窥之，物大如猫，黄毛而碧嘴，自足边来。蠕蠕伏行，如恐翁寤。逡巡附体：着足足痿，着股股耎。甫及腹，翁骤起，按而捉之，握其项。物鸣急莫能脱。翁亟呼夫人，以带絷其腰。乃执带之两端，笑曰：「闻汝善化，今注目在此，看作如何化法。」言次，物忽缩其腹，细如管，几脱去。翁大愕，急力缚之，则又鼓其腹，粗于碗，坚不可下；力稍懈，又缩之。翁恐其脱，命夫人急杀之。夫人张皇四顾，不知刀之所在。翁左顾示以处。比回首，则带在手如环然，物已渺矣。
孙老翁是我的姻亲清服的伯父，一向胆大。一天，他白天躺着睡觉，隐约觉得有什么东西爬上床，随即感到身体摇摇晃晃，像腾云驾雾一般。他暗想，莫非是狐狸来压人？便微微睁眼窥看，只见那东西有猫那么大，黄毛，碧绿的嘴，正从脚边爬来。它贴着身子慢慢往前爬，仿佛怕把老翁惊醒，渐渐爬到他身上：碰到脚，脚就瘫软；碰到大腿，大腿就无力。刚到肚子上，老翁猛然起身，一把将它按住，抓紧它的脖子。那东西急叫，却挣脱不了。老翁赶紧喊妻子过来，用带子绑住它的腰，然后握着带子的两端，笑道：“听说你很会变化，我现在盯着你，看看你能怎么变。”说话间，那东西忽然把肚子缩得像细管一样，差点脱身。老翁大吃一惊，赶忙用力勒紧带子，它却又把肚子鼓得比碗还粗，硬得怎么也勒不下去；力气稍一放松，它又缩了肚子。老翁怕它逃走，叫妻子赶快杀了它。妻子慌张地四下张望，不知道刀放在哪里。老翁转头看向左边，指给她看。等他回过头来，手里只剩下一个圈似的带子，那东西已经没了踪影。
Old Mr. Sun was the uncle of Qingfu, a relative of mine by marriage. He had always been a man of nerve. One day, as he lay napping in the daytime, he felt something climb onto the bed, and at once his body seemed to sway, as if he were riding on clouds and mist. He thought to himself: could this be a fox pressing down on me? He peeped out under his eyelids. The thing was the size of a cat, with yellow fur and a green snout, and it was coming up from the foot of the bed. It crept along, belly low, as if afraid of waking him. Little by little it climbed onto his body: where it touched his feet, his feet went limp; where it touched his thighs, his thighs went weak. The moment it reached his belly, he sprang up, pinned it down and seized it by the neck. The creature squealed shrilly but could not get free. He shouted for his lady to come quickly, and had her tie a sash round its waist. Then, holding the two ends of the sash, he laughed. “I hear you are good at changing shape. Well, my eyes are on you now. Let’s see how you change.” As he spoke, the creature suddenly drew in its belly until it was as thin as a pipe, and it nearly slipped out. Sun was startled and pulled the sash tight with all his strength. Then it swelled its belly out, thicker than a bowl and so hard the sash would not close on it; the moment he eased off a little, it shrank again. Afraid it would get away, he told his lady to kill it, quickly. She looked wildly about her and could not find the knife. Sun glanced to his left to show her where it was. When he turned back, the sash lay in his hands like a ring, and the creature was gone.