Section 9 The Story of Willow

The eleventh day into the eternal world.

Wilson and Willow were left to spend the long night together. Wilson placed a campfire next to the herd, and at night the cows lay around it, breathing heavily and snoring, giving a sense of security.

Willow lights Wilson's torch, and Wilson uses a razor to cut the cow's hair until it fills his entire backpack. I don't know what time it is to finish my work, and when I come here, I basically lose the concept of time. Resting around the campfire, Wilson handed the backpack to Willow as a pillow.

"It stinks! Why don't you wash your backpack yet? Willow grumbled at Wilson, but kept it under her head.

Truth be told, Wilson hadn't had a good night's sleep in a long time. On the first night he was attacked by a monster in the dark, and after meeting Willow he had to watch every night, half-asleep, careful that the flames were extinguished; After the old grandmother and the female warrior Wigford joined, he began to take turns keeping vigil with Vigford, although the old grandmother Wigford said that she could watch the night for everyone because she could not sleep, but Wilson was still not at ease, and still guarded the night with Vigford. By the time Hercules and Woody arrived, the vigil was much easier, but it wasn't always a good thing to be woken up while sleeping soundly.

The grandmother said that everyone should set up a tent, but now their spider silk was not enough, so the matter was put on hold. Wilson missed his cabin and his hard bed.

"Can you tell us how you got into this world?" Wilson asked Willow.

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago!" Willow lay on her back, facing the dark sky, where there was only the moon and no stars, "I was brought here by a shadow-like monster, and Bernie. Neither of us knew anything. ”

"Speaking of Bernie, that night, your bear grew huge and helped you fend off the monsters, you know that, right?"

"Yes, of course I do." Willow's voice deepened, "It's because of that night that Bernie died. ”

"So, your doll — I mean your Bernie, it's not just a toy?"

"It's not a toy in the first place! It's Bernie! I never said it was a toy. ”

"Okay, okay." Wilson sat up and waved his hand, "But—why is that?" ”

"Who knows, that's probably how it is." Willow began to tell her story: "I come from an orphanage, you know the situation in the orphanage, the mothers in the orphanage are very strict, they always lock up disobedient children in the little black room, I am a disobedient child, but I am also very afraid of the dark. Willow whispered, "Bernie has been with me all along, and for all my memories, it has been with me." During the day I held it in my arms, and at night, when the whole world was dark, it protected me in my arms, and we snuggled up to each other. Until the day before I came here, the shadow monster came looking for me. ”

"It's a nightmare." Wilson corrected, "That's what Granny called it." ”

"Whatever it is, it's a monster!" Willow shouted at Wilson.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have interrupted you."

"Then I found it, and the monster didn't seem to be able to appear in daylight or where there was light," Willow continued, and it was chasing me and Bernie, and I begged the grandmothers for help, but they thought I was lying, and once again locked me up in the little dark room. You know how scared I was, and Bernie was scared, and we huddled in the dark, and then it came! Willow suddenly raised her voice, startling Wilson, "I knocked on the door frantically, but no one paid attention to me, I was so scared that it burned." ”

"What?"

"If it burns, it burns." "It's all on fire." ”

"You mean it's on fire?" Wilson asked curiously, "How did you get up?" Aren't you hurt? What happened to that monster? ”

"I don't know." Willow replied, "Bernie and I escaped from the flames, and there was a lighter thrown at the gate, and I picked it up. I wanted to leave the orphanage, but I suddenly fainted, and when I woke up, I was in this world. That's it. ”

After listening to Willow's story, Wilson was silent, his brain seemed to grasp something, but there were many things he didn't understand. "I'm sorry to remind you of something sad." Wilson apologized to Willow, "I'll help you fix Bernie." ”

"I hope you can, and I'll thank you." Willow rolled over and fell asleep on her side towards the flames.

Wilson looked at the flames.

Shadow monsters, nightmares.