Chapter 28: The Swan Travels

"Can I shine?" said the fish with a smile, "If you want to shine your own shadow in the water, you must first have a certain distance from the water, and now that I am one with the water, how can I shine my shadow?"

"Swan, are you a swan?"

The swans looked around, but there was no human figure.

Could it be God? The story of the monkey has not been completely excluded from the bottom of its heart, and the shadow of God has been lingering in its mind, and it hopes that one day God will receive itself as he did with the dream monkey and the big sweet peach and the eagle, whether God is a monkey or a cat or an eagle, what a wonderful thing.

It even thought that God was a giant white swan, but soon it laughed at itself, saying to itself, "The toad wants to eat swan meat"?

Wrong, wrong, how could the swan say that in his heart, because too much time has passed, the author can't remember, is it "the swan wants to eat God's meat"? No, no, is it "God wants to eat swan meat"? What's more, isn't this turning around and scolding God for being a toad?

I really can't figure it out.

If you don't know it, let's do some nonsense, smart people are shouting "rare nonsense", let's pretend to be smart people for the time being.

The swan lifted up his head, and the sky was blue, and the clouds were white, and the sun was white, and where was God?

"I'm in the water. ”

The swan was startled again.

"I'm a fish, don't you know me?"

The swan then came to his senses, it followed the sound and looked into the water, only to see that it was not God who was swimming in the water, but the fish, but its shape has changed a lot compared with before, the most significant thing is that the long hair on the body is gone, and even the hair on the wings has faded clean, which may have a lot to do with the long-term soaking in the water, and the shiny scales have grown on the body, like the armor of the warriors, the sun shines on it, reflecting the silver light, which is very dazzling.

"How did you become like this?" asked Swan in surprise.

"Have I changed?" said the fish, wagging its tail, "why don't I feel it?"

"Of course it has changed," said the swan, after a moment's thought, "don't you take pictures in the water every day?"

"Can I shine?" said the fish with a smile, "If you want to shine your own shadow in the water, you must first have a certain distance from the water, and now that I am one with the water, how can I shine my shadow?"

The fish was talking about itself, but to the swan's ears, the fish's words seemed to have a universal philosophy, what philosophy, it couldn't figure it out at once, anyway, it felt that the words were heavy.

"How did you end up in the water?"

The fish told how he flew into the air, how he lost his way, how he fell into the lake, how he learned to swim, and the swan nodded.

"I'll get you out of the lake. Swan said.

"Thank you, I don't need it now," said the fish, "I've adapted and liked life in the water, and the feeling here is the same as flying in the air, sometimes it feels better than the feeling in the air, the cool water is much more comfortable than the dry air." ”

The lake is indeed very beautiful, the swan saw its own shadow in the water again, it lived so big, it never knew what it looked like, and today it really saw all of itself.

It felt that this long trip was meaningful. Value!

"I seem to like it too. Swan said.

"Then learn to swim with me," said the fish, "and you must learn to swim in the water, or you will drown." ”

"Well, though," said the swan, "I want to swim on the surface, I don't want to get into the water, I want to keep a certain distance from the water." ”

The fish was stunned at first, but it soon understood that the swan just wanted to shine in the shadows every day?

"I'll only swim in the water, not on the surface, so I'll teach you some of the essentials of swimming, and you can practice it yourself. ”

Since then, the swan has been learning to swim in the shallow water under the guidance of the fish, maybe the swan has learned seriously, maybe it has a talent in this area, and after a while, the swan can swim freely on the water, because of the fish as a companion, it does not feel lonely, but a little happy feeling.

This lake came to be known as Swan Lake.

The swan has lived here for a long time, but he still has to go back to the forest every year to see it, and in his words, he must not forget his roots. However, the fish has no way to return to the forest, its wings are no longer suitable for flying in the air, its skin cannot be exposed to the air for a long time, and its breathing ...... In short, it can't leave the lake, but fortunately, the lake is very wide, it can swim freely, and it can use its hands and feet, so when the swan leaves, it does not feel very lost.

We'll stop here the story of swans and fish, there are still many stories going on in the forest, so let's turn to the forest.

Many more years have passed.

The animals that practiced climbing trees and flying in the past have married and had children, and they naturally pass on their skills to their descendants. Compared with their predecessors, these children are much luckier, and under the teaching of their parents, they quickly learned the skills that their parents had developed through hard work.

The forest was filled with joy and laughter.

The great family of the forest has become countless happy little families, the older generation is enjoying the joy of family, and the new generation is gradually growing up in games and play.

However, the eagle was not happy.

It's not because it's out of love, or because the family isn't happy. On the contrary, he had a happy family, and in the year of his marriage, he raised a lovely chubby baby eagle with a pair of wide and large wings, which made him very happy. Therefore, when the baby reaches three months, the eagle begins to teach the child to practice flying.

It turned out to be very disappointing.

No matter how the wings are flapped, the baby eagle just can't take off into the air. This is sad for the eagle father, the eagle took out all the experience, and even made it into formulas, and the baby eagle memorized these formulas very well, but once he really flapped his wings, it didn't work.

"Dad, I think it's better to learn, so many animals in the forest haven't learned to fly, aren't they doing well?"

"No, you're the son of an eagle, how can you not fly?"

Seeing that the offspring of other birds can easily learn to fly, the very strong eagle is anxious, it does not know what to do, the eagle is not better than the sparrow, a year can be full of children and grandchildren, a pair of sparrows can hatch dozens of sparrows in a summer, plus the children and grandchildren, grandchildren and grandchildren, and the eagle can only hatch a baby eagle in a summer, they naturally regard the only child as the pearl in the palm of their hands, love it, what is delicious, always let the child eat, when the child asks why not eat, they always say, we don't like to eat, or rather, we have eaten and so on。

"Doting!" you'll blurt out without thinking. Next, you will definitely tell a lot of big truths, and put out all kinds of dangers brought by doting, one by one, so that the eagle can only nod his head incessantly.

However, you still have pity on the poor eagle, Sensei said, everyone understands the big truth, who is the eagle, it is the great hero of the forest, although it does not claim to be the king of the forest, but since the eagle has the ability to fly, the animals have already worshiped it as the king of the forest in their hearts, can the eagle not understand these truths? However, as soon as it saw its child, those big truths quietly flew away, and there was no sound of flapping wings. What kind of child is that?

The black feathers of the whole body are shiny, the hooked mouth is like a crooked moon, the round eyes are like black pearls, and even the pair of claws look like a continuous mountain range.

In particular, the pair of huge wings are particularly eye-catching.

And also......

In short, baby eagles are so cute, what do you say?

"Otherwise, don't let the child learn to fly," the eagle mother said helplessly, "let the child learn something else......

"What do you want to learn?" said Daddy Eagle, "if you don't learn to fly, why do you want those wings?"

"Isn't it impossible to fly?"

"It's going to fly. After the eagle father finished speaking, he walked out angrily, and the eagle mother was not easy to persuade, because it knew that the eagle father was uncomfortable, it was such a strong person, but the child was so angry, could it feel good?

In fact, the eagle's mother is even more uncomfortable, the child is not angry, and the husband is so anxious, what can I do?

The baby eagle saw his father walk out, and clapped his hands happily, "Dad is gone, Dad is gone, you can play again......"

So, the baby eagle made a grimace at his mother and jumped up and down to play with the children.

The baby eagle is playing a game of eagle catching chicks with chickens and rabbits, and they are playing in the middle of their game, when suddenly someone says:

"Daddy Eagle is coming......"

Everyone immediately stopped the game and stood still.

The baby eagle chuckled in his heart, and he thought that it would be good for his father to come, so he stood there with his head down, not daring to look at his father's face.

Father Eagle smiled, and said to the children:

"Hello kids!"

"Hello!" the children said in unison.

"Daddy......" said the baby eagle, sobbing as it looked up and looked at Daddy's face, which had not been seen in a long time. Since Dad trained the baby eagle to fly, Dad's face has been gloomy, as if in the rainy season in the south, the sun never comes out, and just now he was angry with his mother and baby, why is it raining all of a sudden?

The baby eagle is a little confused.

"Uncle," the children saw that there was no anger on the eagle's face, and they all interceded for the baby eagle, "let it play for a while, we just started the game......"

"You guys play first," said Eagle with a smile, "I'm going to take her to a better game." ”

"Do you want to take us there too?" the children were all interested when they heard that it was a fun game.

"Forget it this time," said the eagle seriously, "whoever wants to play in the future, as long as your parents agree, I will definitely take you there." ”

The eagle turned his face to the baby eagle and said gently, "Child, let's go." ”

"Dad, what game are we playing?" Along the way, the baby eagle asked curiously.

"Play Daddy's favorite game before. Daddy Eagle replied.

"What kind of game?" asked Baby Eagle curiously.

"You'll find out when you go. ”

"Is it fun?"

"Of course it's fun. ”

Asked for a long time, or nothing asked, the baby eagle is confused, but, because it is to do a game, it is still full of joy, in the heart of the baby eagle, as long as you don't learn to fly, everything else is happy, not to mention that the game is its favorite.

As they spoke, they came to a tall fruit tree.

"We're here to play apple picking. Daddy Eagle said.

"But I can't go up. The baby eagle looked up at the fruit tree, which was so tall, and his brow furrowed involuntarily.

"Don't worry, Daddy carries you," said the eagle, "and see how Daddy picks the biggest apple for you." ”

After the eagle father finished speaking, he stretched out his pair of huge wings, what kind of wings were they? The muscles and bones are like steel welded, strong and strong, the wings spread like two huge fans, I saw that the muscles and bones of the wings shook slightly, the wings actually flapped, it seems, the frequency of the wings flapping is not very fast, but like a smooth start of the plane, but under the wings rolled up a strong air flow, under the impetus of this strong air flow, the baby eagle almost fell, the fallen leaves under the tree swirled and blew, and the broken grass, flying at a low altitude, this is only a momentary situation, in an instant, the eagle has risen into the air, only to see it next to the tree a few times, did not fall, look at an apple only a peck, the apple has been in the mouth, the speed of the hand, breathtaking, the baby eagle is "ah" exclaimed.

"Is it fun?"

At some point, Daddy Eagle had already landed on the ground, put the apple in front of Baby Eagle, smiled and said to Daddy Eagle, Daddy Hawk breathed evenly and softly, and it seemed to be no different from before takeoff.

"It's so fun, it's so exciting...... "It took a while for the baby eagle to come back to his senses, and he couldn't help but clap his hands.

"Then Daddy will take you up!"

"I'm afraid ......"

The baby eagle looked at the tall fruit tree, and then thought about the thrilling scene just now, and felt a little frightened.

"Don't be afraid, stand on my back. Daddy Eagle's words were both encouragement and command.

The baby eagle wanted to say something more, but when it looked at his father's encouraging eyes and thought about the great feat just now, he couldn't help but feel a little moved, and he simply let it go, and walked on his father's back without hesitation.

"Son, stand firm......"

Before the words fell, the eagle had already taken off into the air, although there was a load on its back, but the eagle lifted the weight lightly, as if it had not added anything, and it was still flying so easily.

The baby eagle clutches Daddy's back tightly with its talons, and its body follows Daddy's body into the air and moves forward with Daddy's body.

At first it was a little dizzy, and it felt like the blood was gushing up, but after a while, it felt better, the father's broad back was as flat and open as a bed, and the trees next to it were running behind him, so pleasant, this feeling had never been felt before, but the baby eagle felt that it seemed to have been, and after thinking about it, I don't know when it was.

After a few laps in the air, the eagle did not pick the apples as he had done last time, but landed on the tall fruit tree, as easily as a dragonfly landing on a sunflower, and so smoothly that the baby eagle did not feel that it had fallen.

"Daddy, why did you stop in the air?" asked the baby eagle curiously.

"Son, this is not in the air," said the eagle, "and this is the tree, and we have landed on this fruit tree, and you see how close the apple is to you." ”

Big red apples are right next to you, swinging on the trees, and the fruity aroma can float directly to your nose. The baby eagle was so enchanted that he even thought it would be nice if he could live here.

"Son, come down. ”

"Where?"

"On the trees, of course. ”

"I'm afraid ......"

"What are you afraid of, with my father in front of you. ”

The baby eagle looked at the crooked branches, which were not too thick, and looked down again, the ground was so high from the soles of his feet, if he stumbled, he would definitely be crushed if he fell.

The baby eagle's talons clung tighter, and his body trembled a little.

"Come down, balance with your wings and tail, and stand on the branch. Father Eagle said in a commanding tone.

"Dad, I don't want to play a game like this, let's go back to the ground. Baby Eagle begged.

"No, I'll count to ten, and if you don't go down, I'll shake my body and throw you down. ”

"One, two, three、......" The eagle began to count, and when it came to "nine", the baby eagle could not hold his breath anymore, and said in a very firm tone:

"Don't count, I'll do it. ”

Did the baby eagle go down, and why did the father of the eagle do this?