Chapter 206: Playing with Destiny
Tom now has a heart in his mind. He was melancholy and desperate. He said that he had become an abandoned child with no relatives and friends, and no one loved him. Perhaps, when those people find out that they have forced him into such a field, they will feel guilty. He had been trying not to make a mistake, to be good to E, but the people did not let him do that: since they were bent on avoiding him, let them listen to him: let them blame him for what was to come, and let them go! Then again, how can a person like him who has no relatives and no reason have the right to blame others? Yes, they forced him to take the risk: he had no choice but to live a criminal life.
At this moment, he was almost at the end of Lawn Alley, and the school bell was faintly ringing in his ears. Thinking that he would never, never hear this familiar voice, he couldn't help but cry that the cruel truth could not be uncomfortable, but it was forced by others. Since they were intent on throwing him into an ice cave, he had no choice but to accept his fate—but he forgave them. Thinking of this, he cried even more sadly.
It was at this time that he met his iron buddy Joe. Harpa's eyes were straight, and he was visibly grimacing. Needless to say, they are friends "on the road". Tom wiped his eyes with an object, and cried and said that he was determined to leave this inhuman ghost school and his unsympathetic family, and wander the world and never return. In the end, he said that he hoped Joe would not forget him.
Coincidentally, Joe had come to say goodbye to Tom and make such a request to him. His mother took him for stealing cheese, but he didn't drink it at all.
I've never tasted it, I don't know what it's all about. Obviously, she hated him. Ba Ta walked away. Since she thought so, what could he do but be obedient? I hope she can be happy, and she will never be the one who kicks her poor son out of the house and puts him in a cool world, to suffer and die.
As the two children rush on their way sadly, they make a new covenant to help each other, to be like brothers and sisters, and never to be separated, unless death insists on breaking them apart and freeing them completely. Then, they began to develop an action plan. Joe proposes to go to the hidden land, away from the crowds, to live in the wilderness, to live on dry bread, until the day finally comes when he freezes to death, starves to death, and dies of sadness. However, after hearing Tom's words, he also decided that the crime was not bad, and readily agreed to become a pirate.
Three miles downstream from the town of St. Petersburg, the Mississippi River is about a mile wide, with a long, narrow, wooded island. There is a shallow beach in front of the island, and this place is a treasure trove of feng shui for secret encounters. The island is deserted, very close to the opposite bank, and there is a dense forest next to the riverbank, which is inaccessible. So they fell in love with Jackson Island. As for who to rob when they become pirates, they don't use their brains at all. Next, they found Huckleberry. Finn, he joined the gang at once, because for him, he was used to it, and he didn't care anyway.
Soon after, they broke up and agreed to spend half the night at their favorite moment
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Meet in a secluded spot on the riverbank, two miles upstream from town. There was a small raft there, and they were going to keep it for themselves. Each of them had to bring a fishing hook and line, and each of them had to use a secret trick - that is, steal something like the robbers and equip it with it
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Myself. As soon as it was dark, they were already talking about the people in the town that they were soon "hearing the big news," and so on and so forth, they were very proud. Everything
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Anyone who came to this hint was taken care of by Nakaichi to "keep quiet, wait and see."
In the middle of the night, Tom arrived with a cooked ham and a few small cow things. He stood in the dense woods on a small cliff. Looking down from the cliff, I lowered my feet to the place where they had agreed. It was a starry night, and there was silence all around:
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The wide river lies like an ocean. Tom listened for a moment, but there was no sound to disturb the silence. He whistled, and although his voice was low, he said that someone would respond when the European seat was finished. Tom blew two more times, and got the same response. Then he heard a vigilant voice ask:
"Who's coming?"
I'm a thief in black on the Spanish Sea, Tom. Sawyer. Who are you waiting for?", "The bare-handed thief Huck. Faith, Joe the Sea Grim Reaper. Harper. ”
These two titles were given to them by Tom from his favorite books. "Okay, password?
Two hoarse voices, in the silence, almost at the same time, shouted a terrible word in a low voice:
"Blood!"
So Tom threw his ham down the cliff and slid down with it, and his clothes and flesh were painted. In fact, there is a straight path that leads to the bottom of the cliff, but taking that road that is too flat and not dangerous makes the pirates feel that it is not exciting.
The Sea Grim Reaper brought a large chunk of adult pork, which almost exhausted him. The bare-handed thief Finn had stolen a long-handled frying pan with some half-dried cigarettes, and a few corn persimmons, each of which was to be used as a pipe. None of the pirates smoked or chewed tobacco except himself. The black-clad thief of the Spanish Sea said that nothing can happen without fire. It was a real inspiration, and at that time in that area, people were barely aware that there were matches. They saw a smoking fire on a large raft a hundred yards upstream, and they slipped over to the north to plant the wealthyman. They pretended to be thrilled and spoke from time to time. "Yui 1" Duoran pressed his fingers against his lips
Whisper the order, get down. They advanced with imaginary hilts in their hands, and with gloomy faces, as long as the "enemy" dared to move, they would be swept away "without help", and "the dead would not make irresponsible remarks."
The shopping skins were to drink and have fun, but they still knew that the rafters went to the town store for rice.
However, they steal ships according to the custom of stealing.
They soon abandoned the boat, and Santang took the command, Huck rowed his right oar, and Joe rowed forward. Standing in the middle of the boat, the lake was furrowed, his arms were folded, and he commanded in a low and righteous manner: "Turn the rudder and sail to the wind!"
"Yes, Captain!"
"Settle, go straight!
"Yes, go straight, Captain!"
"Turn outwards one. Dot?
"Over, Captain!"
A few children paddled the raft steadily and consistently towards the middle stream. These passwords are just for posturing, and they don't mean anything special, that's all. "What kind of sail is it now?"
"Grand sails, mid-mast sails, spinnakers, captain."
"Pull up the upper mast! Rise to the top of the mast, and hey, all six of you will pull up the foremast's sail together! Push hard, hey!"
"Yes, Captain!
"Pull up the second mast! Pull up the rope and turn the halyard! Hey, guys!" It's one by one, Captain!"
"To have a strong wind one by one - turn the rudder left! When the wind comes, the wind goes! Turn left, turn left! Guys, come up with the gas! Straight - go!"
"Yes, go straight, Captain!"
As the raft sailed through the middle of the stream, the children turned the bow and rowed hard. The current was not rapid, the speed was only two or three miles, and for the next three quarters of an hour, there was hardly a word. Now the raft was rowing through the looming town. Two or three lights flickered, showing the direction of the town, and it lay calmly and serenely on the other side of the starlit, sparkling river, unaware of what amazing event was happening under its nose. The black-clad thief crossed his arms and stood motionless on the raft. He was "one last look", the place that gave him joy and brought bitterness, and hoped that "she" would see him in the white waves at this moment
He used a little. With a little imagination, he moved Jackson Island out of sight, so that when he "took one last look" at that town, although it was a little sad, it was not lacking in comfort. The other two pirates, who were also saying goodbye to their homeland, had been waiting for so long that they had almost let the rapids rush the raft across the island, but they had discovered the danger in time and managed to stop it.
At two o'clock in the morning, Mushino ran aground on the beach two hundred yards in front of the island. So they went up and down in the water, and scattered all the things they had brought on the shore. Among the items on the raft was an old sail, "which they used to set up a tent in a shelter in the bushes." They put their things in their tents, but they followed the example of the thieves and slept outside when the weather was fine.
Twenty or thirty paces from the depths of the woods, they lit a fire next to the trunk of a large fallen tree, set up a frying pan, cooked some bacon for dinner, and ate half of the cornbread they had brought. Away from the crowds, living on a desert island, and picnicking freely in such a primeval forest, it seemed so interesting that they said they had no intention of returning to the civilized world. The language book is, i.e.! At the Qing Station, Fa Ming took a piece of seed book: Fan Domain Outside "The flames were rising, shining on their faces, and also illuminating the temple in the forest that they had held up with tree trunks, and also plating the streamer on the smooth leaves and the green vines of the flowers.
After the child had eaten the last piece of crunchy meat and some cornbread, he poured down on the grass contentedly. They could have found a cooler place, but such a hot campfire; With such a romantic mood, they are really hard to let go. The amount of "race over the living immortals!"
How do you say?" Tom said, "If those boys could see us, they'd do!"
"Money? Yes, they'll be eager to get some golden looks, right?
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"Race the living immortals? What kind of thing are you talking about, I've never heard of it," Lin Muchen followed behind the two of them, and he was not embarrassed to speak loudly, this time Lin Muchen suddenly felt that if he didn't speak now, then he wouldn't have a chance to speak in the future, the road they took was a road of no return, and whether they would return to their previous lives in the future, there was no way to know, Lin Muchen heard this, and his heart suddenly panicked,
That's not good, it's a game of death!