That's what grown men smell like.

It's like the taste of dad in my memory.

However, it smells much better than Dad.

"I don't think it smells stinky, do I?" The stranger walked two steps to the middle of the flat boulder before slowly putting Archie down, "At 12 o'clock last night, after I saw that the lights in the village were all out, I jumped into Xingyue Lake, swam happily, and took a bath by the way. ”

Archie's mind flashed images of a whale squirting out of the waterline in the backstroke, so he smiled when he looked at the stranger.

"How did you get my feet out?" Archie has the meaning of pick-up.

"I'm a magician."

"Really?"

"Uh...... Hahahaha. The stranger looked up to the sky and laughed heartily.

"Can you teach me magic?"

The stranger's big slap rubbed Archie's head: "Magic is a prop." ”

"Isn't there a magic trick that doesn't require props?" Archie catches up with the stranger.

The stranger looked back at Archie, saw the hope and pleading in Archie's eyes, his heart softened, and he squatted down: "Don't you need props?" It's not for nothing. It's better to help me collect firewood, and I'll teach you. ”

Collecting firewood is a small thing for Archie.

He also went to the mountains every once in a while to collect firewood. The collected firewood is piled in the stove room and used to burn the pot.

Archie didn't even bother to answer, and rushed up the path in the mountains and forests. Guoguo, who was lying on the stone, was startled and screamed.

When Archie turns around calling out to Guoguo, he glimpses the stranger sitting on the ground in fright by Guoguo. He couldn't help but chuckle a little, the image of a stranger became less mysterious and dangerous in his heart.

He picked up a lot of branches in the forest that had fallen off by the wind, and held them in his arms, but he couldn't hold them anymore before rushing back.

Back on the pebble beach, the stranger set up a hanging pot and sat comfortably on a canvas stool, with his head resting on his hands, looking at the sparkling lake.

Archie also glanced at the lake, but saw nothing. Only a few European birds fly in the sun.

"You're back?" The stranger turned his head and asked Archie with a smile.

Archie nodded, and consciously filled the twig under the hanging pot.

The stranger gathered two blank pieces of paper, lit them with a lighter, and set the twigs on fire.

Archie's eyes widened in surprise.

He was surprised not by a lighter, but by the fact that he had seen it, and he was surprised that it was such a good white piece of paper, and that it was actually lit by a group of strangers. What a waste!

The flames soon burst into flames.

Archie sat cross-legged in front of the hanging pot, refilling the firewood one by one as appropriate. This move is pure inertia, and I am used to cooking pots for my grandmother at home.

The stranger also sat down cross-legged next to Archie.

"Look, I'm going to do magic for you!"

Archie's regret for the big white paper was quickly replaced by the excitement of seeing the magic up close.

He held his head high and looked carefully at the stranger who was close at hand.

The stranger held the ring finger of his right hand in his left hand and placed it in front of Archie, asking Archie to look carefully: "Look carefully, I'm going to pull this finger out!" ”

Archie blinked, looking very carefully.

Do you really want to pull out the ring finger of your right hand?

Will it be a blur of flesh and blood?

“3，2，1。 Open! ”

The right hand was quickly withdrawn, and the left hand remained in front of Archie, and he really pulled off half of the ring finger of his right hand!

Archie was so shocked that he almost jumped up, but when he looked at it again, not a drop of blood was spilled.

"How did you do that?" He blurted out.

"Hahahaha." The stranger spread out his left hand, and half of his right ring finger was missing. He held out his right hand to Archie, and his right hand was intact.

Archie was speechless in surprise, and in disbelief he snatched the stranger's two large hands and examined them over and over again.

"How did you do that?" He asked again.

"You figure it out for yourself...... The answer to the question is not interesting. ”

Archie's competitive spirit is aroused, and he looks at it a few more times, remembers the gesture clearly, and asks carefully if there is a spell. After asking everything, he couldn't sit still and was anxious to go home.

I have a brain trust at home!

"Won't you taste my breakfast?" The stranger raised a tin can in his hand.

Archie shook his head. Everyone told him that he couldn't take food from someone he didn't know, and that's how he taught Guoguo.

The stranger didn't force him, smiled and waved his hand: "Welcome to play with me when you have time." ”

Archie nodded, turned around and climbed up the forest path.

Guoguo followed closely.

Archie shuttled through the forest like a rabbit, and after a while, he ran home.

"Bang dang", he pushed open the wooden door, "sister! Ah Qiao! ”

Ah Qiao, like yesterday, sat quietly on a small stool under the windowsill, not surprisingly, with a book spread out on her little knees. Ah Qiao raised his head when he heard the sound, and looked at his breathless brother with pure eyes.

My brother had a smile on his face. Can't wait for the panting evenly, Archie spoke: "You know what? The stranger turned out to be a magician! ”

"Magician?" Ah Qiao was rarely surprised.

"Yes!"

"I read a book about magicians, but I didn't know much about it. The book begins with the words: 'Once upon a time on a desolate hill stood a gloomy castle with thirteen clocks that were stationed.

The cold and aggressive Duke and his niece Princess Saralinda lived here.

Rain or shine, Saralinda feels warm, while the Duke is always cold. His hands were as cold as his smile, and his smile was almost as cold as his heart. He wears gloves when he sleeps and wears gloves when he wakes up......'"

Archie accidentally listened to it, and as soon as he ran away, he found that the topic was controlled by his sister, and quickly interrupted her: "It's not that I listen to you, but you listen to me!" ”

Ah Qiao obediently closed his mouth and looked at his brother with beautiful ethereal eyes.

"A stranger is a magician!" Archie reiterates, with a warm smile and excitement on his face, "He told me that you need props to do magic. However, there are also some small magic tricks that do not require props. ”

Ah Qiao nodded in agreement.

"He casually performed a little magic trick for me that didn't require props. I don't know how he did it, he told me that I should reveal the secret myself! ”

Ah Qiao nodded heavily this time. She has always liked to unravel the mystery herself.

"I'll show you, and you can help me figure out how he did it."

Ah Qiao nodded again.

Archie demonstrated. He held the ring finger of his right hand with his left hand and said "3, 2, 1, open!" Then, he released his hands and explained, "When he gave me a performance, when he released his hands, his left hand was indeed still holding a ring finger of his right hand!" Past all doubt! But no blood came out. In the blink of an eye, the truncated ring finger grew back again. Remember, it's from the palm of your left hand and back to your right hand! ”

Ah Qiao began to fiddle with his two hands.

Archie walked back and forth excitedly, muttering words such as "I definitely didn't lie to you" and "It's the first time I've seen magic so closely".

"Brother, is that so?" Ah Qiao's voice sounded weakly.