Chapter 41: A Story
The story that Bian Tianci told Jiang Long is from an article in a primary school textbook, "A Pony Crossing the River", about a pony who wants to carry wheat to the mill to help his mother grind flour.
On his way to the river, he was blocked by a river, he couldn't decide whether to cross the river or not, facing the river he thought it would be good if his mother was there, he could ask her to help him come up with ideas, but unfortunately his mother was not there.
At this time, he saw an old cow grazing not far away, so he walked over and asked the old cow, "Grandpa, can I cross this river?" The old cow smiled kindly and said to him: "Child, you can go over, this river is very shallow, just past the calf, don't worry." ”
When the pony heard the news, he was very happy, and after thanking the old cow, he turned around and ran to the river, but when he reached the bank of the river, and was about to cross the river, there was a little squirrel in a pine tree beside him, and he shouted to him in a panic, "What are you going to do? Don't die? Don't cross the river, the river is very deep, and yesterday I fell into it and drowned." At the end, he started crying.
This frightened the pony, and he retracted the leg he was about to step on, and the river had become a barrier in his heart, and an uncertain fear arose in his heart.
When fear arises, he loses the courage he should have, and he never has the courage to cross the river again.
When he got home, his mother was surprised and asked, "Pony, why did you come back so soon?"
The pony said dejectedly, "Mom didn't, I was stopped by a river on my way there, and I didn't go there." ”
Mother Pony asked, "Isn't that river shallow?"
Pony replied aggrievedly: "Grandpa Niu said the same thing, but when I was about to cross the river, the squirrel in the tree next to me stopped me and told me that the river is very deep, and his hair was just drowned in this river yesterday." ”
Amused by her child's reply, the mother asked, "So is the river deep or shallow?"
The pony looked down embarrassedly and said, "I...... I didn't think about it. ”
The pony's mother said to the pony kindly: "Child, just listen to others, you don't know your brains, don't try, it's not good, the river is deep or shallow, you go and try it, you know." ”
The pony listens to his mother and runs to the mill with the wheat again, this time full of energy.
The pony ran to the river, and just as he raised his front hooves, the squirrel shouted again, "What? are you dying!?" and the pony said, "Let me try!"
He went down the river and waded carefully to the other side.
Bian Tianci said to Jiang Long: "Do you guess what is the biggest experience in the heart of the pony crossing that river?"
Jiang Long thought for a while and said with a smile: "It turns out that the river is neither as shallow as Grandpa Niu said, nor as deep as the squirrel said. ”
Bian Tianci said with relief: "Yes, then the mountains and forests we are facing now are the same, you and I have not tried it, how do you know which legends are true and false." ”
Jiang Long said seriously: "I understand what Engong means, after listening to this story, I raise my hands in favor of your choice." Then we won't spare it, go directly into the depths, and find out to see if there is really a legendary cannibal, so dangerous. How will we know if we don't try. ”
Bian Tianci was very pleased that Jiang Long's jade could still be carved out, and said to him happily: "After eating, let's rest on the spot, and then set off when the moon is on the willow tops, and there will be a night to cover us, so that we can hide in the dark, and the enemy is in the light, and our safety factor will be high." ”
Jiang Long listened to Bian Tianci's analysis and admired him even more, and nodded in agreement. Then he showed a hand that made Bian Tianci envious, only to see him crawl to the top of a tall tree, find a branch that can withstand him, say hello to Bian Tianci and prepare to sleep: "Engong, why don't you come up to sleep." ”
Bian Tianci secretly scolded Jiang Long in his heart, he was already afraid of heights, and he was not good at climbing trees, because this matter was not less laughed at by Ximeng, and now he was asked to go up the tree, and he was not a little dragon girl, so he could fall asleep with a rope.
Jiang Long saw that he still didn't move, and said seriously: "It's safe to sleep in such a high place outdoors, otherwise it's easy to be attacked by wild beasts, Daddy has warned me like this since I was a child, and Daddy's Daddy also warned him like this." ”
Bian Tianci rolled his eyes, and said with some displeasure: "You sleep with yours, I'll just do it below." ”
In Jiang Long's heart, Tianci was originally a god-like figure, and any choice he made was naturally reasonable, so he didn't say anything anymore, and just lay down on the branch and fell asleep.
The envy of the side Tianci under the tree, if this hand is learned to show off in front of Ximeng, maybe he will give himself a praise, it is very beautiful to think about.
It's not been a day before he thinks about that stunningly beautiful and somewhat naughty multi-faceted girl, the wife in his name.
couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "It's really a creation to make people, creation to make people, this has just determined the relationship, and it has not been further developed, so I will leave, hey, this thief God, I have to stab you that day." ”
Leaning against the tree and thinking nonsense, he fell asleep, and soon began to dream, and at first there was a person begging for his life, and slowly more and more people were begging for his life.
There are all kinds of costumes and all kinds of dynasties, and the weapons in their hands are also different, and there are all kinds of forms of crying and laughing, and they just rushed towards him with impunity.
He was unusually calm, and he didn't talk too much nonsense, waving the big knife in his hand, he cut them beyond these people, and the people who were cut dissipated in a puff of black smoke, and then condensed not far away, no matter how he killed, he couldn't kill him, but he didn't care about this, he kept chopping.
Eventually, I don't know how long I wielded the broadsword, and my whole body was soaked, as well as my tattered clothes and injured body that had been scratched and bitten.
The blood was bleeding more and more, and his body was getting weaker and weaker, but there were more and more people who came to him for his life.
Eventually, he was caught in the neck by a man holding a rope, and the knife was taken away, leaving him with a lot of holes.
Seeing him like this, everyone else laughed, saying all kinds of ugly words, what he didn't expect was that when the knife that accompanied him to kill the invincible hand in the world slashed at his head, when it was about to reach his neck, he was scared to wake up in time.
Covered in sweat, I still have lingering palpitations about the situation in my dream just now, and I gasped for breath.
When the breath stabilized, he looked up into the distance, and it turned out that the moon was behind the willows.
Picked up a stone and threw it towards the position where Jiang Long was on the tree, only to hear a loud shout: "Engong, be careful, there is an enemy attack." ”
Unexpectedly, when he encountered danger, the first thing he thought of was himself, which made Bian Tianci quite moved, but as soon as the words came out, he still said in an unangry tone: "Look at what time it is, you will know that you will sleep." ”