Travel by goose

Chapter 5 The Little Boy's Escape

Dumber put the little boy in a cabin that had been long unoccupied, but it looked like the owner was planning to return.The dull boy said to the little boy, "You have a good rest, and then I will send you back to the wild geese."

The little boy was very happy. He looked around the room and found some matches. He put the matches in his pocket.At this moment, he heard Smir's cry from outside the window.Before the little boy had time to dodge, Smirr had already jumped in from the window, bit the slow one to death, and then jumped at the little boy.

In a panic, the little boy struck a match, ignited a ball of thread, and threw it at the fox.When the fire fell on the fox, he could no longer care about the little boy, and fled the house in a hurry.But unfortunately, the ball of thread ignited the bed curtain, and the bed also caught fire. The whole cabin was filled with thick smoke in an instant, and the fire was getting bigger and bigger.

"That's great, Thumb!" cried Smeer, "you'll either be burned inside or I'll bite you outside!"

The little boy didn't know what to do for a while, so he climbed to a high place.Then he heard a key slowly turning in the lock on the door, and someone was coming.The little boy was not afraid, only happy.When the door finally opened, he was already standing on the threshold waiting.He saw two children in front of him, he didn't care to look at the shocked expression of the children, and ran out on three feet and two feet.

He dared not go far, he knew that Smeer was nearby, and he had to stay with the children.At this moment, he turned his head and wanted to take a closer look at the children.But within a second of watching, he ran towards them, yelling: "Osar the goose girl, Mars the goose boy!"

The little boy forgot that he had become a little fox fairy. He felt that he was tending geese near his home and was playing with two children who were tending geese.

However, when the two children saw the little boy, they hugged each other tightly as if scared out of their wits.

As soon as the little boy saw their terrified expressions, he suddenly understood his current situation.Feeling ashamed and ashamed, he ran away to the wilderness.Two birds flew out of the bushes, one was a white gander and the other was a gray goose. When they found the little boy, they quickly put him on their backs and flew into the sky.

Three weary travelers flew through the sky, looking for a place to stay in the wilderness.But here it is hard to find a resting place, there is no mountain that the fox cannot climb, no unfrozen swamp, no ice floes on the lake far from the mainland.

It was a cold and dark night with wind and rain. The three travelers were tired, hungry and cold, and they might fall from the sky at any time.A little boy finds a remote farmhouse, no light, no one moving around, it looks like it has been unoccupied for a long time.

The three travelers entered the yard of the farmhouse together, and the gander and gray goose, who were exhausted, fell asleep immediately, and the little boy looked around without sleep.

It was a desolate scene in the farmhouse. The little boy quickly found the cowshed, shook his sleeping companions awake, and led them into the cowshed.He felt that only the cowshed was the safest place, and the little fox fairy generally thought so.

When the little boy opened the door of the cowshed, he suddenly heard a cow lowing. "Here you are, mistress," said the cow. "I thought you wouldn't bring me dinner again to-night."

When the little boy heard it, he was stunned.But he soon saw that there was only one cow and three or four chickens in the cowshed, so he said boldly, "We want to spend the night here, can we? I'm a little fox fairy, not a villain."

"Of course!" agreed the cow. "Bring your friends in. I thought it was the mistress who brought me supper. She is the only one living here. She has a good heart and will welcome you too." .”

The little boy took the gander and gray goose into the cowshed, and they both fell asleep in no time.The little boy made himself a cot out of hay, and hoped that he would fall asleep as soon as they did.

But he couldn't fall asleep.The hungry cow is not quiet for a moment, and after so many things, the little boy's mind is full of scenes one after another.

He accidentally burned down the cabin of the goose girl Osar and her brother Mars, and he was very sad.He has gone through many dangers these days, fortunately, the white goose and gray goose finally found him.

The gander told him that as soon as the wild geese noticed that Thumb was missing, they asked all the small animals in the forest for his whereabouts.They soon learned that a flock of crows had taken him.So the wild geese divided into two groups and searched everywhere, and agreed that two days later, no matter whether they found it or not, they all went to Tashan to meet up.

The gander and gray goose, in flight, heard a thrush, a turtledove, a starling, and a mallard complain that a villain, who claimed to be kidnapped by crows, was preventing them from singing.So they flew all the way to the crow's house, and found Thumb.

As soon as the gander and Meiyu found the thumb, they flew towards the direction of Tashan, "We will be there tomorrow, and everything will be fine." The little boy said to himself, and got deep into the haystack.

"You said you were a little fox fairy." The cow said suddenly to the boy. "If that's true, you should be able to help me. For example, milking, brushing, and preparing feed for me."

"It's not difficult. I can untie your bridle, open the door for you, and let you go outside to eat some grass and drink some water." The little boy did as he said.After everything was done, he was going to climb into the haystack to sleep for a while, but the cow talked again.

"I ask you one more thing. Please go to the opposite room and see how my master is doing." The cow begged. "She is just an old lady and will not hurt you."

"It's really embarrassing for me, you know I don't dare to show my face in front of people," the little boy said hesitantly, "I can only look through the crack of the door."

"Okay! I just want to know how she is. Thank you."

The little boy opened the door and walked into the yard.Outside the door, the wind howled and the rain poured down.It was with great difficulty that the little boy came to the house, climbed the steps, and crossed the threshold.The door was closed, but there was a hole under the door.The little boy looked in through the hole and saw an old woman lying upright on the floor, not moving or moaning.He was so frightened that he turned and ran back to the bullpen.

"She's dead!" exclaimed the little boy.

"Oh, that's how it is," said the cow sadly. "Recently, she always told me that she was afraid that no one would be around when she died. She was worried that no one would close her eyes after death, no one would Put her hands in the sign of the sign of the cross. Can you do this?"

The little boy hesitated, not daring to go to the dead on this dreadful night.

Seeing the boy's silence, the cow began to talk about her mistress.The hostess was thrifty all her life, raised several children and sent them abroad.Then she raised several lively and lovely grandchildren, but when they grew up, they all left her.From then on, she lived here alone, living in the yearning for her children and grandchildren.

Before the little boy had finished listening, he opened the door and walked into the mistress's room.He walked up to the old woman, closed her eyes, and folded her hands in the shape of a cross on her chest.He no longer felt afraid, he only felt sorry for her loneliness and missing her children and grandchildren.Now, he will keep vigil by her side at least for one night.

"What a great person my mother is. I'm glad my parents are still alive. I want to go back to them, live with them forever, and be filial to them."

The little boy stayed up almost all night, but towards morning he fell asleep.He dreamed of his parents, and in the dream their family lived happily together.

It was early morning and the weather was fine when the little boy woke up.He hurriedly let the cow out of the house, and when the neighbors saw the cow, they would think that something might have happened to her mistress.They will come to bury the mistress.

The little boy flew to Tower Hill with the gander and gray duck, and when he got there, he was warmly welcomed.

The wild geese flew over the verdant valley, and they were in a happy mood and kept singing.The weather is fine, and people are full of longing for the warm sunshine and green forest in summer, which makes it difficult for them to work with peace of mind.When the wild geese flew freely in the sky, no one would put down their work and look up to them.

The miners who saw the geese first were the miners working on Tashan. They stopped drilling when they heard the geese singing.A miner shouted to the wild goose: "Where are you going? Where are you going?" The little boy heard it, and leaned over the goose's back and replied, "Go to a place where there is no hammer or pick." "Let's go too, let's go too!" they shouted.

"Not this year!" cried the little boy, "Not this year!"

When the geese flew over the paper mill, the workers asked, "Where are you going? Where are you going?"

"Go where there is no machinery and no boiler!" replied the boy.

"Let's go too! Let's go too!" shouted the workers.

"Not this year! Not this year!" the boy yelled.

As the geese flew over the nursing home, the patients asked, "Where are you going? Where are you going?"

"Go where there is no pain and no disease!" replied the boy.

"Let's go too! Let's go too!" said the patients.

"Not this year! Not this year!" the boy yelled.

As the geese flew over the school, the children cried, "Where are you going? Where are you going?"

"Where there are no books and no homework!" replied the boy.

"Take us, take us!" cried the children.

"Not this year, wait until next year! Not this year, wait until next year!" the boy shouted.

(End of this chapter)