On the beach, a seven or eight-year-old boy was catching crabs on the beach. The young man was carrying a shovel in his hand, and there were already more than a dozen large crabs in the bamboo basket beside him, and he had obviously gained a lot. Squatting on the beach and observing the surroundings, he suddenly noticed something and rushed over with a shovel. In half an hour, the young man's bamboo basket was full, and his face showed the joy of harvest.

It was still early, and the boy went home early with the bamboo basket on his back. Today is the fifth day of my father's fishing trip, and he should be back, so he has to go back earlier to make my mother make food.

In the evening, the boy's father returned with some companions. The big guys all went to greet them, but they saw their father and the others empty-handed. Seeing this, everyone's smile was a little less, but they still greeted it, after all, it was good to be able to come back safely.

The boy ran over first, jumped into his father's arms, and told him that his mother had made a delicious meal. The young father's father smiled: "It must be Xiao Wu who caught something good, right?"

Xiao Wu nodded, and the greasy smell couldn't come down in his father's arms. The father patted his little butt and said, "Go home first, we caught the big guy this time." As he spoke, he beckoned the people of the village to carry things with him.

When everyone came to the fishing boat, they saw a big fish dragging behind the boat, which was two feet long, and they looked at the big fish and smiled from ear to ear. More than a dozen old and young masters joined hands, and it didn't take long to decompose the big fish.

Under the arrangement of the village chief, each family was given a large amount. After everyone in the village finished dividing, it was Xiao Wu's turn to divide the family in the end, not because Xiao Wu's father had no credit, but because he, as an "outsider", could only divide it last.

Xiao Wu looked at the remaining pile of internal organs, his cheeks bulged with anger, and he said unhappily: "There is nothing left every time, it is obviously the credit of my father, why?"

Xiao Wu's father comforted: "It's okay, your mother has good craftsmanship and everything is delicious." ”

Xiao Wu ran over and kicked him, and was about to lose his temper but hugged his feet and cried. Seeing this, Xiao Wu's father ran over and squatted down and said with concern, "What's wrong?"

Xiao Wu cried and said, "That broken fish bullied me. ”

Xiao Wu's father picked up the harpoon, broke open the fish intestines, and found something like an egg, but it was more than ten times larger. He poked it with a harpoon and found it to be hard. I found a stone, and I hit it hard but it didn't work.

Xiao Wu's father didn't bother to do it when he saw this, he was already very tired these days, and he really didn't have any extra strength to waste on it.

Xiao Wu was very happy to see this "big egg" and took it home.

On the second day, Xiao Wu's mother asked Xiao Wu to have lunch, but saw Xiao Wu hiding in the quilt. Thinking that the child was sick, he lifted the quilt to take a look, but found that Xiao Wu was naked and holding the egg in his arms. He smiled and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Hatching eggs!"

The mother shook her head and smiled: "Silly child, people can't hatch eggs." ”

"Yes, I hear it barking. Xiao Wu explained.

"Alright, let's eat!"

For several days, Xiao Wu hatched eggs in addition to eating. Xiao Wu's father said it a few times, but when he saw that the child didn't listen to it, he didn't pay attention to it, so let him play.

Until one night, Xiao Wu hurriedly woke up his parents and said that they would hatch. Xiao Wu's father was going out to fish the next day, and if Xiao Wu was so noisy, what energy did he have, and no energy meant more danger.

Xiao Wu's mother was angry and scolded: "What are you incubating, don't go to sleep yet." ”

The father looked at Xiao Wu and comforted: "I'm going out tomorrow, I'll see it when I come back, okay?"

Xiao Wu nodded aggrievedly and turned back to the house. Through the moonlight, he looked at the little turtle in his hand and said, "You are hatched by me, then I am your father." Quick, call father to listen. ”

The little turtle glanced at Xiao Wu, closed his eyes and ignored him.

Before dawn on the second day, Xiao Wu's father went out. Xiao Wu chased after him and took out the little turtle from his arms to show his father. The father touched Xiao Wu's head, and was about to say a few words when he was urged by his partner, so he could only get on the boat and leave.

Xiao Wu said goodbye to his father and said to the little turtle, "You have seen my father now, I will take you to meet another friend." ”

At noon, the sun was in full bloom, and Xiao Wu was whistling in a dense forest, and soon a big cyan python came out. Xiao Wu was afraid that the little turtle would be afraid, so he comforted: "Don't be afraid, she won't hurt us." After speaking, he beckoned to the python, and then held up the little turtle and introduced, "He was hatched by me, and we will be a family in the future." ”

The big python stretched out the snake hyacinth and licked Xiao Wu's little face and licked the little turtle again, which was regarded as a recognition of him.

Since Xiao Wu has a "turtle son", he is determined to be a "good father". The daily task is to find food, earthworms, shrimp, snails, etc. Even he went up the mountain to find some fruit, anyway, he was protected by a big python, and he was not afraid of danger.

As the days passed, the baby turtle grew very fast, so to speak, day by day. It's only been six or seven days, and it's already grown almost a foot long. Xiao Wu watched the little turtle grow up day by day, and he was very happy in his heart, feeling that his hard work was not in vain. But the python seems to be deliberately alienating the baby turtles.

It has been seven days since Xiao Wu's father went out fishing, and even if he came back late, it was not more than five days in the past. Xiao Wu's mother was ghostly, and she waited for her husband to come back on the shore after doing housework every day.

On the ninth day, the people who went out fishing finally came back, but only Xiao Wu's father came back. When he saw his wife, he let out a sigh of relief and fainted at the bow of the boat.

When the village chief heard the news, he was very angry and asked Xiao Wu's father where the others had gone. ”

A woman pointed to his nose and asked, "Why did you come here when everyone else is gone?"

The bereaved villagers questioned him one after another, and some even hit him with things.

Xiao Wu's father lowered his head and said apologetically: "I'm sorry, I couldn't save them." ”

"You murderer, get out of our village. The villagers scolded one after another, and some even wanted to avenge their relatives and began to beat him.

Xiao Wu stood in front of his father and begged not to beat his father. The village chief looked at Xiao Wu's family and said coldly: "You guys leave here immediately!"

There was no moon in the middle of the night, and the sea breeze was biting. Xiao Wu's mother left the village with her husband on her back.

A month later, Xiao Wu's new home was built, and not far from the sea, a cliff could be seen after a short walk. My father also recovered from his injuries, but he didn't dare to go to sea anymore, so he could only find some seafood in the shallow sea to survive.

Xiao Wu secretly went to the mountains to pick fruits whenever he was free, once or twice was fine, but after many times, his mother asked: "Did you go to the mountains?"

Xiao Wu lowered his head and didn't dare to speak. The mother slapped angrily and said, "Do you know that there are wild beasts in the mountains, and even the men dare not go, and you are not afraid of being eaten by wolves?"

Xiao Wu wanted to say that there was a big python to protect him, and nothing would happen, but he was afraid that his parents would not allow him to be friends with her after he found out. Stand still and say nothing.

Seeing this, my father stopped his wife and said, "Xiao Wu is also for us to eat the fruit." I'm healed now, and I'll go to sea tomorrow. ”

"No, I've heard that all the people in the village who went to sea are dead. It's okay to have a bite to eat these days, and what do you care? What if something happens to you and you call me to talk to Xiao Wu?" said the mother, crying.

As the days passed, the baby turtles were already the size of adults. Xiao Wu sat on the turtle shell, happy. Even, the baby turtle took the place of his father's job and became a master of fishing.

One day, the village chief found Xiao Wu's father and asked him to help the village. Now you can't go to the mountains, you can't go to the sea, and you can't live your life. Xiao Wu's father agreed, and chose a good day to go to sea with a few young men.

After his father went to sea, Xiao Wu found time to secretly run up the mountain to meet the python. The big python hadn't seen Xiao Wu for a long time, and the snake hyacinth licked his little cheeks and gave him the prepared fruit, but most of them were already bad.

Xiao Wu didn't care, picked a few that could still be eaten, wiped his clothes, and fed them to the python. After seeing the python eating it, he ate it happily.

It was getting late, and the big python personally sent Xiao Wu down the mountain and saw a teenage boy being chased by a wild beast. Xiao Wu recognized him, it was the youngest son of the village chief, and asked the big python to save people.

The python shook its head, unwilling to save people. In the end, under Xiao Wu's bitter pleading, the python made a move.

The village chief's son was shocked but didn't dare to say anything when he saw Xiao Wu with the beast. Xiao Wu helped him, and the two went down the mountain together.

Half a month has passed, and Xiao Wu's father still hasn't come back. Xiao Wu was worried about his father and sat on the cliff waiting.

Seeing Xiao Wu's worried look, the little turtle put his head on Xiao Wu, and looked in the direction of the sea. Xiao Wu asked, "Are you going to find my father?"

The little turtle nodded, and Xiao Wu touched the turtle shell with his little hand and said, "You have to be careful yourself, I heard my father say that there are many sea beasts in the sea." ”

The little turtle said goodbye to Xiao Wu and went to sea. Xiao Wu stood on the cliff and waved his hand and shouted, "Come back early!"

A month passed, and everyone knew in their hearts that something must have happened to the person who went to sea. This time, the basic ones who went to sea were good hands in the village, and they all had accidents, which hit the village chief very hard. He knelt on the seashore and prayed, "Why don't you bless us, O god of the sea?"

The rest of the village knelt down with the village chief and prayed to the god of the sea for protection. The village chief's son pointed at Xiao Wu and said excitedly: "It's him, it's all him." I saw him with my own eyes with the beast, and he must have made the god of the sea angry. ”

When the village chief heard this, he took out his incompetent anger on a seven or eight-year-old child. The mother wants to protect her child, but in the face of the villagers who have lost their minds, her fragile body is far from enough. After venting his anger, the village chief was still angry, and ordered someone to find firewood to burn the mother and son to calm the anger of the sea god.

The fire burned, Xiao Wu was burned and wailed, and the mother tried her best to protect the child, and was burned alive after a while. Xiao Wu also fainted, and he never understood what he had done wrong and why he was burned to death.

Suddenly, a large cyan python flew out of the sea, opened its blood basin and spat out seawater to extinguish the fire. The snake twisted and rushed into the fire to rescue the dying Xiao Wu. The python's eyes were red, and the snake's tail swept and killed several onlookers.

The village chief thought that the python was the incarnation of the god of the sea, and bowed down and kowtowed, begging the god of the sea to let them go. The python saved Xiao Wu, and did not kill all the people in the village, and left with Xiao Wu.

In the dense forest, the big python was guarding Xiao Wu's side, holding a red fruit in its mouth, biting out the juice and feeding it into Xiao Wu's mouth.

For several days, the big python fed Xiao Wu with all kinds of strange things, hoping to save him. Finally, on the seventh day, Xiao Wu woke up and saw the python crying.

The python used the snake letter to lick Xiao Wu's fire-burned cheek to comfort him. Since then, one man and one snake have lived in the forest. Time flies, and ten years have passed. As soon as Xiao Wu had time, he sat on the cliff and looked at the sea, hoping that the little turtle would bring his father back.

One day, the big python found Xiao Wu and seemed to want to take him away. Xiao Wu wanted to wait for his father and was reluctant to leave. The python had no choice but to leave alone. On that same day, a torrential rain fell from the sky, and the sea rolled up a huge wave that swept through the entire village.

The village was flooded by the sea, but fortunately, the people in the village were very well watered, and some people still survived. Unfortunately, it is not only the waves that are dangerous, but also the sea beasts. The survivors were eaten by the sea beast before they could catch their breath.

Xiao Wu sat on the cliff, looking at the sea water that was about to submerge him, and there was no fear in his heart. Gradually, the sea flooded the cliff, and a strange fish full of spikes swam towards him. Xiao Wu looked at the strange fish and muttered to himself, "Father, mother, I'm here to find you." ”

Close your eyes and greet death calmly.

Di Yu sighed: "Poor child!"

Meng Yuan scolded: "It's not so much that Xiao Wu is pitiful, but that the villagers are hateful." You see, the village chief, before he died, was still begging the god of the sea. This kind of person should die early, and if he is alive, he will know that he will harm others. ”

"When people are not able to protect themselves, can they not trust in 'God'? Di Yu said.

"God, I think it's better to worship the serpent. ”

As he spoke, the big python appeared.