Go to the beach and dig up some bivalve molluscs to eat and drown in the sea? This kind of thing sounds terrible. Giving up your life for a meal of delicious shellfish is simply a crazy, irrational act.

How can this be considered a crazy, irrational act? There are many more in this world, many riskier than picking cockles. Therefore, in order to be able to eat a free meal of God's seafood, this risk must be taken. What's more, it's less likely to die than a shark in the sea.

When Isabel validates the shellfish food from the servant Kenneth, she has already made a decision. Tomorrow, while Sir Roland and Althop are talking, we will go to Morecambe Bay to dig for cockles.

The next morning, she went to some of Sir's servants and asked for some details of how to collect cockles. For example, important information about which beach is easier to pick up cockles, what tools to bring with you when digging for cockles, and what time of day the beach is most likely to encounter sudden rising waves.

In 2004, there was a "Morecambe Bay Massacre" that shocked the world. Twenty-three illegal Asian clam pickers were trapped by the rapidly rising tide and lost their lives.

At the time of the tragedy, Isabel Walton, who was far away in a small town in Dallas, Texas, USA, was only 8 years old. How many people or events can an 8-year-old girl remember? Therefore, she cannot be blamed for not remembering the lesson of blood and making the mistakes of the afterlife in the past.

The icy and turbulent waters, the quicksand that makes it impossible to stand on your feet, and the sea breeze that slashes across your face like a sharp knight's sword, I have to say that the natural environment of Morecambe Bay is very harsh.

According to several servants, as well as several sharecroppers whom Isabel met near Lancaster Castle, it seemed that it was safest to go to the beach before lunch to dig for cockles. In this way, Isabel rode alone with two short swords and a linen bag towards unknown danger areas.

Towards lunch, Sir Augustine still did not see Isabel. As for where she went and what she did, all Sir knew was that she went to the beach outside the castle.

When one of the servants found Sir on the grounds of the castle, he said to him, "Sir Augustine, your Excellency has invited you and your daughter to lunch. ”

Augustine looked at the servant anxiously and said, "Do you know where my daughter Isabel is?" ”

The servant shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, Sir, I don't know. ”

"Has anyone seen her?"

"Sir, you can go and ask the sergeant guarding the door."

"Well, did Sir Roland invite anyone else to lunch?"

"And Mr. Althop from London."

Augustine finally said, "Go back and tell Sir Roland that I need to find my daughter now." I'm sorry I couldn't accept Sir Roland's invitation. ”

After that, Sir quickened his pace to the castle gates. After questioning the two sergeants guarding the gates, he learned that Isabel had indeed left the castle in the morning. In the midst of his great anxiety, he suddenly heard the sound of horses' hooves outside the gate.

"Who?" The guard sergeant, standing on the passage at the top of the gate, shouted loudly.

"I'm a guard from Richmondshire with Mr. Allthop." Isabel Walton sat on her horse and shouted at the sergeant above the gate.

As soon as he heard his daughter's voice, Sir immediately furrowed his brow. He smiled and said to the sergeant standing in front of him, "This is my daughter, please open the door quickly." ”

Isabel rode slowly into Lancaster Castle and saw Sir standing on the side of the guard sergeant. He jumped off his horse, stepped forward and grinned, "Father, how do you know that I am coming back at this time?" ”

Augustine put his hands behind his cloak without saying a word, glanced at his daughter, and walked straight in the direction of the main castle building. Isabel thought it strange, and led the horse to follow the knight, and said, "Father, are you reproaching me for not telling you the truth?" ”

Sir said calmly, "Isabel, as your father, I should indeed care more about you. However, your actions are contrary to chivalry. ”

"Father, I'm not lying, I did go to the beach. However, on the way back to the castle I met a couple of wandering beggars who were digging for cockles on the beach"

"Wandering beggars? Kid, they attacked you? You had a fight with them? ”

"Sir, since they're wandering beggars, how can they have the strength to defeat me?"

"And then?"

Isabel excitedly pointed to a pocket hanging on the back bridge of the saddle and said, "Look, that's what I had learned all morning." ”

Augustus looked at it disapprovingly, continued walking, and said, "Well, so you went hunting? But why didn't I see the head or legs of my prey? ”

"No, father, I and the wandering beggars have picked up a lot of cockles. When I came back, I gave them some more. ”

"Clams? What is it? A kind of bird? ”

"Hahaha...... Father, you have too much humor. Cockles are a type of shell that is a very tasty mollusk that lives in the ocean. ”

"Isabel, are you saying that this animal that lives in the ocean is even better than the fish that you eat on the fasting day?" Augustine couldn't help but ask curiously.

"Yes, eating cockles regularly is great for our brains and eyes." Isabel said with a smile.

"Isabel, is this true? I don't remember a book that ever wrote that. ”

"Father, that's why I say this to tell you that this kind of thing is delicious."

Oddingstine shook his head and smiled and said, "Let's go, Sir Roland has invited us to lunch." If you miss Sizz's lunch, you'll have to go hungry and apologize to Sir. ”

When the two arrived at the dining room in the main building, Sir Roland was sitting at one end of the rectangular table leisurely sipping Burgundy wine, and at the servant's briefing, Sir Roland, who was full of smiles, put down his glass and said with a smile: "Sir, you and your daughter have missed lunch. ”

Robert Allthorp, who was sitting at the end of the table, also put down his wine glass and said with the same smile: "Sir, you missed lunch, I think it must have something to do with your daughter." ”

As soon as Isabel walked into the restaurant, she sensed that the atmosphere was wrong. After observing the faces of the two again, he secretly scolded in his heart: "This bastard from the south, it seems that he has successfully persuaded Sir Roland." ”

When she heard Robert's words, she said lightly, "Sir, it is indeed related to me that Sir missed lunch. However, that doesn't mean we'll be hungry and escort you to Thurland Castle. ”