Chapter 9 A Coincidental Encounter with Brother Frog
The little white snake felt a little tired, and she crawled a long way from the cave to the bottom of the mountain. Although it was taken according to the original route, it is important to know that the cave where the Xuanji hermits live is very secret, and it is difficult for ordinary people to find this place, and there are many dangerous places to pass through in the middle of the twists and turns. So the little white snake ran all the way, of course, it took a lot of trouble to come to the foot of the mountain.
The little white snake coiled in the shade under a big tree, looking at the river at the foot of the mountain.
There were a few children playing by the water's edge, and a few little boys were touching small fish and shrimp in the water with their bare feet, and from time to time they made a splash and teased a few companions on the shore.
One of the little boys looked dressed more luxuriously, not like the little young masters of ordinary people, while the other little boys were obviously not as luxuriously dressed as him.
He was apparently bigger than the other children, and he was barefoot in the shallow water by the river, as if he were catching a crouching frog.
At this time, two children on the shore who looked like little scholars shouted loudly to the little boy: "Master Ruiqi, come up quickly, beware of snake bites!"
The little white snake suddenly heard the little scholar's shout, and was shocked: "There is a snake biting people? Did they see me? I hid so far away and they found out, do these two little scholars have clairvoyance? It's really strange!"
The little white snake hurriedly retracted his head, hid his body in the thick shade of the trees, and looked at the children from afar.
Then the little boy in rich clothes cried out loudly: "Don't talk nonsense! Where are the snakes! I have been standing here for a long time, and I have not seen a single water snake! Besides, on this very hot day, the water snakes have all gone to the cold, how can they bite people under the sun? Don't you know that snakes like to eat frogs, so they won't bite me!"
When the little white snake heard these words, he couldn't help but be a little amused: "It turned out that it was a water snake! The water snake will not come to bite you at this time." But am I a water snake? I'm just a little white snake, not what they call a water snake! It seems that they didn't notice me at all, and I was so frightened that I thought those two little ones had clairvoyance!"
So the little white snake was completely relieved, and she poked her head out again and crawled forward for some distance, hiding in the grass and watching the children play by the river.
Then the big boy touched a fat and big frog out of nowhere, and shook it up on its hind legs: "Look! What did I touch! Have you ever seen such a big frog before?"
The fat frog struggled desperately in the little boy's hand, making a rapid "croak" sound.
The children clapped their hands and laughed gloatingly, and the little boy triumphantly grabbed the frog's hind legs and threw it hard onto the bank across the river.
The fat frog was thrown by the little boy on the bank across the river, and fell headfirst into the mud, making a muffled "croak" sound from his mouth. It seems that the fat frog has fallen quite lightly.
The big frog fell into the mud not far from the little white snake, and lay there panting weakly, staring at the grass in front of it with big bulging eyes, and it seemed that it had not yet figured out what was going on, and fell headlong into the mud.
The little children laughed on the opposite shore, and were very proud of the little boy's masterpiece, who had thrown the frog that had always been fat and big so far that it was estimated that the frog had also been thrown half to death.
The little boy said domineeringly: "Look at the master's strength, I threw this toad so far, can you do it?"
Although the little boy looked a little domineering when he spoke, his voice still revealed a childishness, and the childish voice sounded very pleasant.
The little white snake hid in the grass and looked at the little boy, and felt that this little guy not only spoke in a very good voice, but also had very handsome facial features.
The little white snake's eyesight is very good, and she can see the situation on the opposite shore clearly, and she can't help but feel a little inexplicably like this little boy.
Then from a distance, the sound of adults calling for the children to come home for dinner, and the children immediately beckoned each other to go home and eat together.
So the little boy, accompanied by the little scholar, wiped the muddy water off his feet, and ran home to eat in his little cloth shoes.
The little white snake hid in the grass, feeling a little regretful, those children went home so soon, and she was still a little unsatisfied. There is also that domineering little boy, who looks really handsome, with big eyes, thick eyebrows, a small nose and a ruddy mouth, looks like a little boy on a New Year's painting, and his voice is so good.
The little white snake wondered curiously when the little boy would come here to play, and if she had the chance, she would come here to stay here and watch the children play in the water and catch frogs.
At this time, the smoke of the cooking stove in the opposite village rose, and when it was time to eat, the little white snake could not help but feel a little hungry in his stomach. Now I am afraid that it will be too late to go back to eat, the road is so far, and when she returns to the cave, I am afraid that the hermit master has finished eating, and the little white snake can only pick up some leftovers to fill her stomach, so she is not willing to eat a full meal like this.
But when the little white snake thought, I'm not a snake, why do I want to go home for dinner, I just stay by the river, catch some small fish, shrimp and frogs to eat like before, can't I?
The little white snake saw that there was no one by the river, and there was silence all around, only the chirping of frogs came intermittently, and she twisted her body and crawled towards the river.
Suddenly, she was stunned, and just in time to see the big frog that had been thrown by the little boy just now, it was fat and big, lying dizzy and panting in the mud. It seems that the big frog must have been miserably fallen, otherwise why hasn't it recovered by now.
The frog snorted quietly, and when it opened its eyes, it just saw that the little white snake was staring at it with blazing eyes, and the fat frog was immediately startled, after all, it was a little scared, trembling all over, raising its head and shouting indistinctly: "Quack, don't eat me! Don't eat me! I'm too old, my meat is not delicious!"
After speaking, he turned around and was about to run away, but he was so frightened that his feet were weak, and he couldn't move his fat body, so he had to plead with the little white snake pitifully: "Little white snake, sister snake, don't eat me!
The little white snake was a little hungry and thirsty, and she was about to rush up and bite the fat thigh of the fat frog so that she could have a full meal. But she heard the stupid frog actually speak, and actually begged the little white snake to spare its life.
The little white snake couldn't help but be shocked and felt very surprised: "Stupid frog, can you speak?"
The little white snake stopped, and a pair of dark round eyes stared at the fat frog.