Chapter 81: The Chosen One
Old Bama said that the angel his ancestors had seen with wide robes and large sleeves, yellow skin, black eyes, and high hair pulled up, stood in the bow of the ship, and his clothes fluttered, and immediately shocked everyone present. The Australian continent is lonely overseas, few people have set foot in it, and the locals rarely know what else is on the other side of the mountains and seas, and people suddenly see people dressed like this, and they are shocked by gods or angels, I think it is normal, this is my speculation.
I told him about my speculation, but he disagreed, saying, "There are people from overseas who come to Australia suddenly, but they bring with them killing, sickness and hunger, but this angel brings us something different." So old Bama went on to tell me the legend.
"Everyone thought that it was their sincerity that felt from heaven, and sent this angel to save the world, so they enthusiastically invited this angel into the tribe, and sure enough, this angel made an extraordinary move, and he actually made a fire, and roasted meat with fire, and that was the first time that the people of our four tribes ate cooked meat."
"Later, this angel also taught us to knead clay and burn pottery, make bows and arrows, boil the sea for salt, chisel wood for boats, knot ropes for nets, and eat grass for medicine, these skills have gradually regained some vitality for our four tribes, but it is not enough to compete with those big tribes, so the angel taught us four secret methods respectively, the Bama people can control birds, the Gurui people can ambush wolves, the Ante people can repel insects, and the Wick people can control snakes."
"The angel made four whistles and gave them to our four tribes, and our four tribes used this little whistle to control birds, wolves, ants and snakes. Later, this little whistle became a sacred relic of the four major tribes and was passed down from generation to generation. ”
"So, the boy you said who could control the big wolf dog must be from the Gurry tribe, and the little mushroom must also be from the Wick tribe, because back then, the angels thought that these secret methods could prosper the tribe if they were used properly, but if the tyrannical and perverse people learned it, it would be a great disaster. So not only were only the four of us tribes allowed to learn only one secret method, but only one kind-hearted person in each tribe could learn this secret method to protect his tribe. ”
"I heard the last old Bama say, the Wick clan has encountered a problem, the Ju clan can't find a clansman who can blow the whistle to control the snake, it seems that the snake control technique is going to be lost in the Wick clan, and then the Wick clan disappeared, everyone thinks this is a punishment for the Wick people."
"Now, the Ante people who can repel insects don't know where they are, so only our Bama and Gurui are left, but it is even more disappointing in our generation, our Bama people have not found the heirs of bird control techniques, and the Gurui tribes have not found the heirs of the wolf art, is this the end of the gospel that the angels brought to us of the four major tribes? Our tribe has always been a devout guardian of the Holy Land! ”
There was sadness and disappointment in Old Bama's eyes.
I said, "Could it be that the man I saw yesterday controlling birds at the bottom of the mountain is you Bama?" ”
Old Bama took two puffs of dry tobacco and said to himself, "How is it possible, the Bama people are all here." ”
"Is it possible that someone else?"
"That's not even better, controlling birds in the wasteland is the secret method of our Bama people, and didn't I say it just now, this kind of secret method has been passed down from generation to generation, and there has never been a situation where two people in our four tribes know the secret method at the same time."
In this way, the problem came to a dead end, and I wondered who was the person who could control the bird with a whistle. I asked the old Bama, "What about your Bama's whistle to control the birds?" ”
Old Bama sighed: "This is all the sin of the Bama tribe, there is a scum in the Bama tribe, and he has stolen the holy relics of the tribe." ”
I was taken aback, "Who?" ”
Old Bama sighed, "The one who stole the whistle is my brother Eddie, we usually call him Add, he has a perverse and eccentric personality, and he has a special ability, that is, he is naturally very sensitive to sound, he can imitate any kind of sound he can hear, and sometimes even fake it." In our Bama tribe, there will be a monthly selection, held on the night of the full moon, on that day, the old Bama will appoint a tribesman to get and blow our holy relics, that is, the whistle given to us by the angel of that year, in the following month this designated tribe can concentrate on studying this whistle, repeat the blowing, if the tribe can master the art of bird control within a month, then the old Bama will give this whistle to this tribe, and he will become the chosen son of our Bama people. If he could not master the art of bird control, then Old Bama would take back the whistle on the next full moon night and give it to another person. This activity is what we call the Chosen One. “
"As far as I know, each tribe has different forms of natural selection activities to determine the inheritors of the ancient secret method, and we Bama people all think that our method of natural selection is the most appropriate, and he gives each tribe the same opportunity and the same time, and also allows them to devote a whole month of time and energy to the study of bird control."
"It is precisely because of Eddie's talent for voice that almost all the clansmen think that Eddie is the inevitable inheritor when it comes to the Chosen One, and the old Bama of the previous generation also pinned the responsibility of inheriting bird control on him, and Eddie is also very confident in himself, he believes that he can definitely use that whistle to control birds. When Eddie got the whistle from old Bama, he hardly ate or drank, and played it from morning to night, day by day, and sometimes, Eddie even ran out into the wilderness to play it alone, completely ignoring the coyotes on the distant hills, which made old Bama very worried about him. ”
But it wasn't until another full moon night, when the full moon rose, that Eddie's hair was unkempt, his eyes were red, and his cheekbones were high, and he took out the whistle and blew it for a long time, and the whistle had fascinated everyone, but in the end there was silence around, and not a single bird came. The whole clan was disappointed, and Eddie cried loudly, begging Old Bama to give him another chance. The law of the chosen one has been passed down from generation to generation, is it going to be broken here with Add? At that time, both the old Bama and the Bama people were very sad to see Eddie's appearance. ”
"Old Bama finally rejected Eddie, and the rules set by the ancestors could not be broken. Eddie could only hand over the whistle and watched as the old patriarch handed it over to the clansman Dave. Dave was born with poor hearing, and he knew that he could not have that talent, so he just hung the whistle around his neck, and it seemed that he only wanted to return the relic to old Bama after a month's care. ”
"Eddie thought that old Bama had put the relics in Dave's hands, it was a great waste, he was so disappointed in old Bama's decision, he was depressed all day, and then finally driven by greed, sneaked into Dave's grass hut and tried to steal the whistle, although Dave had no intention of blowing the whistle, but he took care of it very tightly, he tied the whistle around his neck and tied it in a dead knot, and when Eddie was found stealing the whistle, everyone was furious, and finally exiled him."
"Eddie is gone, we are both happy and disappointed, happy that old Bama finally kept the rules of his ancestors and did not destroy the most reasonable system of natural selection; Disappointed, one of his own clansmen was exiled for challenging the Chosen Ones, and he left with resentment. In any case, the life of the Bama tribe finally returned to peace, but this peace was broken by something even more terrible within a few days, and our Bama sacred relics were lost by Dai Lost. No one suspected that Dave had a private possession, he was born with hearing insufficiency, and it was useless to ask for a whistle, but as a Bama people, he also regarded that whistle as his life and kept it carefully, but why did he suddenly lose it? Dave doesn't know, and neither do we. ”
"The loss of the holy relic, old Bama was more anxious than anyone else, he was angry with Dave, grabbed his ear and said that he had swallowed the relic, and then whipped him several times. After losing his temper, old Bama was ready to lead his people to carefully search the place where Dave had walked in recent days, and dig three feet into the ground to find the whistle, but we searched for three days and three nights, but we did not find it. On the fourth day, the tribe found out that Dave had committed suicide by slitting his belly with a bone knife to show his innocence to the tribesmen. I guess Dave must have heard old Bama ask him aloud if he had swallowed the relic, so he did that. Until now, the Bama people believed that Eddie's greed must have angered the heavens, and the angel took the whistle back. ”
"Old Bama saw Dave's corpse, his heart ached, he lost the holy relics, and the clansmen cut themselves, so that the old Bama finally couldn't hold on, covered his heart, and died of despair, and then later, I became Old Bama, and it has been almost 30 years now, and it is estimated that in a few years, my days will come to an end."
After finishing speaking, old Bama looked up at the heavens, and his mouth kept reading, as if begging for forgiveness.
A flash of inspiration flashed through my mind, "Old Bama, could it be Eddie the whistle I saw yesterday?" ”
Old Bama seemed to have been stung by a scorpion and jumped up: "Worm, what did you say?" Then he stared into the distance in a daze, and muttered, "Impossible, in the wasteland, it is difficult for a person to live in exile." ”
At this moment, Mr. Wood ran out of a jungle with only one trouser on, followed by an aboriginal girl who had just dragged Wood to dance. Old Bama told me: "That Bama girl's name is Xiao Hehuan, and today is her big day. "I know that the so-called big day actually means that Xiao Hehuan, an indigenous girl, can choose her husband. Once it is confirmed that she has chosen her husband, and with the consent of her parents, the people of the He family will celebrate the birth of another Bama family with singing and dancing.
Mr. Wood ran up to us and said angrily, "Billy, what's going on?" The indigenous girl dragged me into the woods, and she took off my clothes and wanted to ...... Want to ......," Wood said, blushing.
The girl named Xiaohuan also chased after her, gesturing to Wood, who asked me blankly, "What is she talking about?" ”
I laughed and said, "She's saying that your strength and bravery attracted her." She wants to be with you and give you a baby. ”
Wood smiled wryly, "Oh my God, that's puzzling! I've known her for less than an hour! Moreover, I am here to find my daughter, not to find a woman. Tell her! ”
Wood's words are very decisive, I look at the little acacia, a little helpless, she is very beautiful, her skin is very delicate, her lips are thin, today I saw several Bamesan men show her love, but she is obsessed with Wood's figure, is looking at Wood with affection.
I dare not tell the little acacia the truth, she must have mustered up the courage to express her affection for Wood, but she also caused trouble for herself, for among the Bama tribe, the woman who is abandoned by the man is ominous, and the result will be pitiful.
I had no choice but to say to Xiao Hehuan: "Mr. Wood said that he came to find his daughter this time, and he will ......not be at ease until he finds his daughter." If you can't hide it then, I can explain.
Acacia listened to me and was very happy for her own eyes, in her eyes, Wood was both a trustworthy husband and a responsible and great father, which was good. She smiled sweetly, gesturing with her hand, and told Wood that she would wait for him and live with him when he returned.
I'm starting to regret that the joke was too big and that Wood shouldn't have been allowed to play that Indigenous man in the first place. Now the native girl is looking forward to Wood being here as a son-in-law!
Wood sat down across from me, and the little acacia took Wood to sit down. Wood frowned and said, "Billy, didn't you make it clear to her?" ”
As I was about to speak, old Bama finally came to his senses, and when he saw Wood and the girl intimacy, he said, "The most beautiful lyrebird of our Bama tribe has finally found a home." It's just that we're leaving! ”
The aboriginal girl named Xiaohuan asked in surprise, "When are you leaving?" We just got here! As he spoke, he hugged Wood's arm tighter, and there was obvious reluctance in his eyes.
I also looked at Old Bama suspiciously, and he smiled bitterly and said, "Worm, the more you guess I think, the more likely it is that Eddie is probably not dead, and it is also very likely that he has obtained the inheritance of bird control techniques!" ”
"Isn't that something to be happy about?"
Old Bama smiled bitterly and said: "Logically speaking, it is indeed worth being happy, but Eddie has a perverse temperament and behaves strangely, and when he was exiled, he once said that he would remember the shame given to him by the Bama people for the rest of his life." He is neither early nor late, but he appeared in this area at this time, and it is very likely that he will ...... It's for revenge. As an old Bama, I can't lead my people on adventures. ”
"When are you leaving? Where to go? ”
"We'll leave early tomorrow morning, in previous years we would continue to go south, this time, we are returning north, in short, the farther away from Eddie, the better." Old Bama patted me on the shoulder, "Brother, I know, you are asking us to help find the missing friend, we may not be able to help with this favor, but we have been active in this area for the past few days, and we have not seen the two of Nemo, you said that we tracked the coyotes along the way, and we saw three groups of coyotes, all of which went to the depths of the wasteland." When you first mentioned it, I didn't take it seriously, but now that I think about it, it's really strange, and if you keep looking, you'll have to go deep into the wasteland. ”
With that, old Bama lost interest in the conversation, got up and walked away.
Wood asked me, "Billy, did you talk to him about Luna?" ”
"Speaking of which, old Bama and his people are leaving tomorrow, and he told me that he didn't see Nemo or Luna in this area, and that if you want to find them, you may have to go deep into the wasteland."
The laws of the wasteland are not something that Wood can understand, but the experience of the past few days has made him have a clearer understanding of the wasteland, and he said worriedly: "Isn't it more dangerous to go deep into the wasteland?" ”
I nodded. Wood sat there and said in a trembling voice, "Then Luna she ......", and Wood's voice choked up a little as he said this.
I patted Wood on the shoulder, "Mr. Wood, it's useless to be cranky now, we'll head into the moors tomorrow to find Nemo and Luna." ”
The aboriginal girl Acacia asked me, "What's wrong with Mr. Wood?" "I told her that Wood was worried about her daughter and was very upset.
When Acacia heard this, he hugged Wood's head and comforted him in an indigenous language that Wood did not understand.
I knew that it was useless to persuade Wood at this time, so I sighed and left the clearing, leaving Mr. Wood there with his head in his arms and crying.
I have gone into the depths of the moor twice, once when I was in the middle of a great flood and ran to Eyre Lake to find the legendary Kayev; Another time, because I found a strange footprint, I remembered the wild man Yuwei that people often talk about, so I followed Yuwei's footprints all the way into the wasteland.
This time I'm looking for someone, Nemo is my brother, and for Luna, I've never forgotten her peerless looks.
Early in the morning, old Bama parted ways with our people, and they left the camp in a hurry, without the slightest delay. Old Bama simply patted me on the shoulder, reminding me of the possible dangers ahead; And the little acacia of the Parmesan girl gently kissed Mr. Wood, who was still lonely.
When they left, Mr. Wood and I were ready to leave.
I said to Wood, "Mr. Wood, don't be depressed, we need to be optimistic and cheer up." Nemo and I were trapped in a tree by a pack of coyotes for seven days, and we had to eat and drink and Lazar in the tree, and finally we ran out of water, so we had to put our urine in a kettle, and if you were like you, we would have fallen under the tree to feed the wolves. ”
Wood suddenly blamed himself and said: "Billy, you don't know, I found out that I am really a scumbag, I love Jenny, I have traveled almost all over the world for her, but I gave birth to Luna with a Dutch girl in Australia, which in itself is disloyal to Jenny; Now, Luna's whereabouts are unknown, and I couldn't help but ...... with that little acacia last night," Wood became very embarrassed, "and slept with the native girl. ”