Travel by goose

Chapter 7
One day, as the geese were flying north, a strong westerly wind blew up.Aika led the flock of geese to struggle against the strong wind, so the forward speed was very slow.Towards evening the wind died down abruptly, and the weary travelers hoped to fly lightly a little before sunset.Suddenly another gust of wind blew over, and the wild geese were swept forward like balloons, and the little boy riding on the goose's back was thrown out by the wind.

The small and light boy didn't fall to the ground immediately in the strong wind, but drifted with the wind for a while before falling down like a leaf.

"It's funny," thought the little boy, floating in the air, "that I'll slowly fall to the ground like a leaf, and then the gander will come and pick me up."

The first thing he did when he landed was to take off his hat and wave it in his hand so that the gander could see where he was. "I am here, where are you? I am here, where are you?" he cried, but the gander did not come as he expected.

The gander did not appear, and the shadow of the wild goose could not be seen in the sky.The whole flock of geese seemed to have disappeared completely.

The little boy felt strange, but not frightened or disturbed.He thought that the geese must have been swept away by the strong wind, and once they flew back, they would definitely come to him.

Since he fell to the ground, he has been looking for wild geese with his head up, and his neck is sore. He lowered his head and wanted to rest for a while.Only then did he realize that he had fallen into a big and deep pit instead of flat ground.The walls are almost vertical, and there are several large stones on the ground, with moss and dwarf birch trees growing on the stones.Some parts of the wall protruded from it, and several old ladders hung from it, and there was a small black archway on one wall, as if leading to a deep mountain.

"My God, I fell into the mine, I have to get to the surface immediately." He was about to walk up the hill when someone grabbed him from behind, and a rough voice yelled in his ear, "You are a what?"

The little boy turned his head immediately, and to his horror, there was a big bear standing behind him.The bear threw him to the ground, kicked him, and sniffed him, as if he was about to eat him, and then she changed her mind and called for two bear cubs.

The mother bear pushed the little boy to the little bear with her front paws. The little bear was very happy to get a toy, so he picked up the little boy and ran away.Another little bear chased after him, trying to snatch the little boy.The cubs chasing from behind crushed the bears in front, and they rolled together, tearing at each other.

The little boy took the opportunity to break free. He ran to the cliff and began to climb up.Seeing this scene, the two little bears chased after them together, quickly and nimbly climbed up the cliff, and soon caught up with the little boy, throwing him on the ground like a ball.

The little boy managed to escape several times, but the bear would find him wherever he hid.After they caught him, they let him go and let him run again, chasing him back and forth for fun.

The cubs were having so much fun, they didn't want to eat the little boy right away, but planned to continue playing the next day.When it was time to sleep, they put the little boy in the middle and held him down with their fore paws so that he could not move.The two little bears soon fell asleep, and the little boy was so tired that he couldn't bear it, so he fell asleep too.

After a while, the male bear climbed down the hillside.When he slid into the pit, the sound of stones and gravel woke the little boy up. The little boy didn't dare to move, watching the male bear carefully.

"There's something human here." He walked up to the she bear and growled, "I'm going to eat him."

"What nonsense," said the she-bear, "how can I let such a dangerous thing come to my child?"

"What you said makes sense." The male bear was quiet for a while, "but I did smell people." After finishing speaking, he walked around the mine pit, found nothing, and left without saying a word. lie down.

Unfortunately, the little boy suddenly had an itchy nose and started to sneeze.The male bear spotted him easily, and if the mother bear did not stop him, he would have eaten the little boy in no time.

"Don't touch him! He's a toy for the children. The children like to play with him very much. They are going to play with him tomorrow." But the male bear pushed the female bear away. "What do you know! He's a man, a dangerous man! I'm going to eat him right now!"

He opened his mouth wide, and the little boy quickly took out a match from his pocket, lit it, and stuffed it into the bear's mouth.

The male bear snorted, and the match went out.The little boy prepared another match, but strangely, the bear didn't open its mouth to attack him again.

"Can you light many of these little blue roses?" asked the Bear.

"Of course, I can burn the whole forest," replied the little boy, trying to scare the bear.

"So can you light the house and the farm?" asked the Bear.

"It's easier!" the little boy boasted.

"Great! Then you can serve me. I'm glad I didn't eat you just now." said the male bear.

Then, the male bear carefully climbed up the pit with the little boy in its mouth.As soon as the male bear climbed out of the pit, he ran towards the forest until he came to a hillside beside the forest, where he could see a large steel factory.There he crouched, put the little boy in front of him, and held him tightly with his front paws.

"Look at the factory below, you dare not say that you can also set such a factory on fire!" Xiong said.

At this time, the towering chimneys of the iron and steel plant spit out thick black smoke, the blast furnace sparks soared into the sky, and the rumbling sound almost deafened people's ears.

"Whether it's big or small, I can set it on fire with one touch." The little boy thought that the only way to save him at this time was to make the bear think he was powerful.

"Then I tell you, my ancestors have lived here since there were forests in this country. I have inherited their game, their pastures, their caves, and have lived here in peace. At first I was not disturbed much by people , they came here, dug up the mountain, and took out a little ore. In their workshop at the foot of the mountain, the steam hammer only sounded two or three times a day, and the blast furnace was fired only once every two or three months. It was nothing to me. But since they repaired I can't stand this noisy factory all day and night. It's full of people and I can't move around safely. I was planning to move from here, but now I have a better idea."

After Xiong finished speaking, he picked up the little boy and ran down the hill until he reached the factory building.

"Now, you set fire to these houses, only then can I find peace."

When the little boy heard it, he felt cold from head to heel. It turned out that this was a good idea of ​​the bear!

"As long as you burn down the factory, I will spare your life, otherwise, you will only die!"

No matter what the bear ordered, the little boy thought, he could not obey.He turned his head, trying to delay time, "This is an important matter, I have to think about it!"

"You can think about it. I want to tell you that it is because of the iron that humans can subdue us bears. It is also for this reason that I want to terminate the work here."

Xiong waited for a while and asked: "There is no time for you to think about it. Are you going to do it or not?"

"I won't do it!" The little boy replied firmly.He never wanted to destroy the steel mills that benefited people.

The bear said nothing more, but pinched the little boy harder with his paw. "You asked for it!" The bear slowly raised a paw.The little boy cried out in pain, but he didn't want to say a word.

At this moment, the little boy heard a click behind him, and saw the muzzle of a shotgun gleaming a few steps away.The little boy screamed:

"Run! Male bear! Didn't you hear the sound of the trigger of the shotgun?" Upon hearing this, the male bear hurriedly picked up the little boy, and ran away as if flying, only hearing the bullets whizzing by his ears.

The little boy was very upset.He thought how stupid he was. If he had kept quiet then, the male bear would have been killed and he would have escaped.But he subconsciously called out, and now he was in the habit of helping animals.

After running into the forest, the male bear stopped and put the little boy on the ground. "Thank you, little one!" he said. "Without you, those bullets would have hit me. Now I'm going to let you go." Then the male bear ran away.

The little boy remained in the forest, unhurt and free.He was so tired that he climbed a cedar tree and fell asleep.In the early hours of the morning, an old vulture flew over his head, grabbed the little boy in its claws, and carried him away.

"My God! I just left the bear's mouth and entered the eagle's mouth again. It seems that I am dead this time!" The little boy thought to himself.

Surprisingly, the old vulture did not hurt him. Instead, he sent the little boy into the flock of geese, threw him into the flock of geese, and then flew away into the distance.

The wild geese were very happy to see the little boy came back safe and sound.They had been looking for him for a long time, and at last had to go to bed morosely when it was dark.They all wanted to know about the little boy's experience this time, and the little boy happily told the whole story of his encounter with the bear.When he spoke of the eagle, the gander said:

"Did the eagle really send you back?"

"Of course!" replied the little boy.

The gander turned to the geese to hear what they had to say, but they stood looking up at the sky as if thinking of something else.

"We have to go to breakfast," Eka said, and immediately flew away.The area north of Lake Mälaren has been terrifying for days.The sky was dark, the wind was howling, and the rain was whipping.After a day of rain, the snow in the cedar forest begins to melt, the spring stream flows, the large and small pools in the courtyard, the slow flowing water in the ditches, and the water emerging from the swamps and wetlands all start to move.

(End of this chapter)