Chapter 7: Farewell
The circus will set off again and go west to the next town to perform. The tower and the circus are about to part at the fork in the road, and she will continue to travel south in search of the little prince.
"Red-haired Tower, come with us." The head of the circus told the ringmaster that the other members of the circus agreed, saying that their time with the tower was too much fun.
"Thank you, I love the circus and you, but I must continue south to find the little prince." The tower's determination to find the little prince did not waver in the slightest.
The caravan reached a fork in the road, and a large bounty was posted on the sign.
[Find a little girl named Jingta and reward 10,000 gold coins]
It turned out that it was the prince who lived in the castle ordered the bounty to be posted, and there was a portrait of the tower painted on it.
10,000 gold coins!!
Except for the tower, everyone stood in front of the bounty order in a daze. When they looked back, it was as if the tower had turned into a pile of glittering gold coins.
"What are the coins for?" Tartar asked, tilting her head.
"Oh my God! 10,000 gold coins can buy several circuses, each with more than 10 beautiful horses! Bearded Regiment Chief said with a sigh.
"Or you can buy a winery with wine that can keep a town drunk for ten years." Joey, who loves to drink, makes a look of intoxication.
"They can also be transformed into the city's high-class people in fur coats and top hats, sitting in horse-drawn carriages, soaking in a bathtub full of gold coins and drinking fine champagne every day." Jeffrey the happy clown touches the little hat on his head.
"If there are 10,000 gold coins, will all the people in the circus be able to stay together forever?" Tartar asked.
All of them were silent.
Tarta stood in front of his bounty and looked at his portrait, which really looked like himself, especially his long red hair.
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Suddenly, a pair of large hands grabbed the tower. Before he could see who was joking with him, he was blindfolded.
"What's the matter, are you going to play a game?"
Tara felt like she was being taken to a carriage, and after the sound of a pile of bottles and cans colliding with each other, someone grabbed her hair and wiped something. After a while, his mouth was smeared with a cool ointment, as if something had stuck to it.
The strip of cloth that had blindfolded him was finally undone. Tarta was sitting in front of Tasha's beautiful brass mirror. But in the mirror, he couldn't see himself, but only a little old man as tall as himself, with black hair and a big beard.
What's going on, Jing Ta touched his head, and the little old man in the mirror also touched his head.
Tarta stuck out her tongue in the mirror, and the little old man stuck out her tongue at her.
Jingta reached out and touched her mouth, oh my God, she actually touched the fluffy beard.
Bearded Captain and Tasha, who were standing on the side, laughed out loud, and Jeffrey and John poked their heads through the car window.
Captain Beard is indeed the most outstanding magician, and he has turned the cute little girl Jing Ta into a bearded little old man.
Tasha fetched a gray cloak for Tsara to put on, covering her long hair, and now she was completely unrecognizable.
"Even if you have 10,000 gold coins, you can't buy the sincere friendship of a friend. Tartta, my dear little friend, you must be careful, I don't know why the prince wants to catch you, and from now on, until you cross the mountain that looks like a camel, you must not take off your cloak, let alone your beard. When you get to safety, you just need to take a shower and you'll be back to the way you used to be! Bearded Commander said to Tsuta.
It turned out that everyone caught the tower to help her transform and escape the pursuit of the prince.
Tasha brought a paintbrush, and she drew two handfuls of mustaches identical to the bearded leader on the bounty order. Everyone laughed when they saw it.
When the time of separation came, the bearded regiment tore off a golden clasp from his waistcoat and placed it in the palm of the tower.
"Dear Thornta, don't forget us."
Jing Pagoda looked at the clasp in his hand, on which was carved a lion with an aura, which looked exactly like Spotted.
Everyone stretched out their hands from the caravan and waved goodbye to the tower. Popy, the macaw who had never wanted to spread his wings and fly, suddenly flew out of the caravan, landed on the shoulder of the tower, kissed her cheek gently, and flew back again.
Tartar stood still and waved at the caravan until they grew smaller and smaller, disappearing into the horizon.
Goodbye, Circus Paradiso, the greatest circus of the century.
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The camel-like mountain looks far, far away. To get there, the tower must first pass through a forest.
It is a beautiful forest where the sun shines through the high canopy and on the shrubs covered with berries or small blue flowers. The tower got closer to admire these small blue flowers that looked like five-pointed stars, a red beetle with black spots, lazily climbing to the top of the leaves, revealing its small transparent wings, comfortably enjoying the sun.
The green moss was like a soft blanket spread on the big rocks by the stream in the forest, and even dotted with small white dotted tweeds.
Tarta put her hand in the cold stream, and a small blue glowing fish swam up and pecked at her fingers, tickling and making Tarta laugh.
In this way, she jumped and stopped all the way through the forest, one moment attracted by the unknown flowers, and the next stopped under the trees to listen to the beautiful song of the birds.
As he walked, a discordant voice joined the symphony of the forest, and the stomach of the tower gurgled!
How she missed the gumbo soup or buckwheat cakes made by her grandmother in the cabin, and the butter cookies that Portland had made for herself, which were so delicious.
Grunting, stomach desperately protesting.
Suddenly, under a pine tree, a small round mushroom was bathing in sunlight. Its round exterior looks like a beautiful purple grape, and its plump appearance looks particularly attractive.
Jing Ta couldn't help but pick it up, gently put it to his mouth and took a bite, another small bite. Well, this mushroom tastes fantastic.
Satisfying the needs of his stomach, Jingta continued to hurry forward happily.
Hey, how did the little tree in front of you become crooked?
The world in the Tower's eyes suddenly distorted, as if it had been seen through a crystal ball. The color of the trees also began to change, the original green leaves became blue-purple, and the small pink flowers became gray-green.
When he walked to the stream, he saw that he in the stream had changed, and he was round like a balloon. Tara even felt that he should roll on the ground instead of walking on his short legs, which were almost invisible.
An equally chubby rabbit emerged from the grass and looked at the tower curiously. The reason why it is called a rabbit is because it has two long ears, or it is thought to be a white ball.
Tartar staggered a few steps, lying on the soft moss, and she looked up at the sky. It's crazy, the whole forest spins.
Tara heard a faint singing, like the sound of a mosquito band. She turned her head to look at the hazelnut tree that made a sound. A small, transparent head peeked out from under each hazelnut, and after a while, a smaller body and limbs grew out from underneath the head. The translucent little figures, wearing hats made of hazelnuts on their heads, jumped from the trees one by one.
Holding hands, they circled around the tower, singing as they spoke, though the tower was eager to hear what they were singing or to join them. But they were spinning so fast, they flickered like little light bulbs, and because they were spinning so fast, she could only see the circular light surrounding her.
The light was getting brighter and brighter, and Tara had to close her eyes. But even with their eyes closed, they seemed to be dancing in the dark, spinning around her, spinning...