Travel by goose

Chapter 9 Gray Goose Meiyu
Little gray goose Meiyu is very gentle and kind. All the wild geese love her very much, and the white gander can even die for her.Once Miu made any request, even Aika would respond to her request.

As soon as Miha arrived at Lake Mälaren, she recognized the place.There is a large archipelago in the sea outside the lake, and her parents and sisters live on a small island there.She begged the geese to visit her home to let her relatives know she was alive before continuing north.

"But your parents left you alone, don't you hate them?" Aika asked frankly.

"They saw that I couldn't fly, so they had to leave me behind," Mei Yu said empathetically, "Parents always have to take care of the overall situation."

To convince the geese to go there, Miwa tells them about her home on the island.It was a small rocky island, and from a distance one would have thought that there was nothing but rocks there, but when one got there one found the richest pastures in the ravines and lowlands.There lived an old fisherman who loved birds, and he used to walk up and down from nest to nest, and help the females gather food when they hatched.Because the old fisherman treated the birds well, a large number of birds moved to the island, which made the island very crowded.If some birds came back late in spring, they might not even be able to find a place to nest. It was for this reason that Miu's parents and sisters had to leave her.

Meiyu has always insisted on her request, and the wild geese agreed to her, but the premise is that the stay on the island shall not exceed one day.Because the geese have to fly north quickly, they can't spend more time on the road.

The geese flew to the sea, and countless small stone islands were scattered in the water.The wild geese landed on a stone island in the sea, where Meiyu's parents and sisters lived.

Miha has two older sisters, one named Mitsuba and the other named Mizuki.They are all vigorous and intelligent birds, but they don't have the soft and colorful feathers like Meiyu, nor her gentle personality. Their parents love Meiyu very much, which makes them jealous and hate.

When the geese alighted on the stone island, Mei Wing and Mei Wing were foraging on a small meadow not far from the shore, and they immediately saw the strangers.

"Sister Beautiful Wing, how beautiful the geese that landed on the island are!" said Beauty Wing. "I have never seen such a beautiful bird. Did you see that there was a white gander among them. He looked like A swan!"

Mei Chi felt that those who came to the island must be distinguished guests, but suddenly she yelled loudly: "Sister Mei Yi, look that the one with them is Mei Yu!"

Mei Yi also immediately saw that Mei Yu was walking behind, she was stunned, "How could it be Mei Yu? We obviously left her behind, so she hasn't starved to death yet?"

"What's worse, she will definitely tell her parents that her wings were dislocated because we squeezed her hard. Maybe the parents will get angry and drive us away!" Mei Chi said anxiously .

"Don't panic. Meiyu is a stupid girl. She may not have noticed. We pushed her on purpose at that time. Now we better act happy that she is back!" Meiyi said.

While Mei Wing and Mei Wing were talking, the geese stood on the bank, rearranged their feathers, and then lined up and walked forward.

At this time, Mei Yu's parents also saw the wild geese landing on the stone island, but they did not recognize Mei Yu flying among the geese. "It's so strange that wild geese land on this rocky island," Miha's father said. "They are really beautiful birds, but there are enough of them. It's not easy to find food on such a crowded rocky island!"

"We're not too crowded to accommodate them," his wife said softly.

When Aika came over, Miu's parents went up to greet her, and they were about to welcome Aika to the island, when Miha, who was walking at the end of the line, flew up and landed in front of her parents, "Father, mother, I'm back! I'm Miha!" she yelled.When the parents recognized their daughter, they were overjoyed.

When the wild geese, the gander and Meiyu were talking about how Meiyu was saved, Meiyi and Meiyu came running, and they shouted welcome from afar, and they were so happy to see her back home, Meiyu was very moved.

Mei Yi asked Mei Yu if she would like to go with them to see their nest, and Mei Yu went with them happily.Their nests are all built in very safe and hidden places, "Miha, where do you plan to live?" they asked.

"I don't want to stay on the island, I want to go to the north with the geese." Miu said.

"It's a pity that you left us!" the two sisters said hypocritically.

"I really want to live with you, but I promised the white gander that I want to be with him." Mei Yu said.

When the two sisters heard this, they were very annoyed, and they were extremely jealous of their sister.It was simply unfair that the white ganders were taller and more beautiful than their fiancés.

"I'm going crazy, she found a white gander to be her husband!" Mei Yu said, "I have to try to destroy them!"

However, the two older sisters continued to show affection to Miwa.In the afternoon, Mei Chi took Mei Yu out to see her fiancé, "He's not as pretty as yours, but it's safer."

"What do you mean?" Miha asked.

"Oh, we've never seen a white goose with a wild goose. Maybe he's some kind of monster."

"Nonsense, he is an ordinary domestic goose!" Miha said angrily.

"How can you be sure he wasn't transformed from a crow? Unless he ate some grass roots I gathered. If he transformed from a monster, he will appear in his original form; if he is not, he will remain the same. "A lie made up by Mei Chi frightened the kind Mei Yu.

The little boy was sitting and playing among the wild geese when Miha flew over. "Thumb, it's bad!" she yelled out of breath. "The gander is dying!"

The little boy rushed with the wild geese, only to see the gander lying on the ground, panting heavily. "Squeeze him down the throat and thump his back!" Aika ordered.The little boy did so, and the big white goose immediately coughed out a large piece of grass root stuck in his throat. "How do you eat this kind of grass root? It's poisonous! If you swallow a few more pieces, you will definitely die!" Aika said.

"It was Meiyu who let me eat it," said the gander.

"My sister gave it to me." Miha said, and narrated the whole thing.

"You have to be careful with your sister!" Eka said, "they must have bad intentions for you!"

But Miwa doesn't want to think bad about her sisters.After a while, when Mei Yi asked her to see her fiancé, Mei Yu followed immediately. "You see, he's not handsome enough," Mei Yi said, "but he's very brave, and he's going to fight a big, fierce bird tomorrow morning."

"I hope he succeeds in one fell swoop!" Miwa said.

"But he's not as big and strong as the gander, and I'm really worried about him! It would be all the better if the gander went to meet that big strange bird!" said Beauty Wing.

"OK then!"

The next morning the gander woke up before the sun rose, and he stood on the highest point of the stone island and looked around.After a while, he saw a huge and ferocious old eagle flying over from the west.The old eagle swooped down and grabbed a seagull with its claws. Before he could spread his wings and fly away, the gander ran up. "Let him go, and never come here again!" said the gander courageously.

"Go away! You silly goose!" Lao Diao brushed away the rushing goose with one paw.

The little boy was sleeping with the geese when he heard Miha shouting, "Thumb, the gander is about to be caught and killed by an old vulture!"

"Let me ride on your back, Miha, and take me there!" said the little boy.

When he got there, the gander was bleeding but still fighting.The little boy shouted loudly: "Miyu, hurry up! Call Aika and the wild geese!" As soon as he shouted like that, the old eagle stopped fighting. "Aika is here? Tell her, I never expected to meet her on the sea!" After speaking, he flapped his wings gracefully and flew away quickly.

"This is the same vulture that sent me back to the wild goose last time." The little boy said, watching the old vulture leave.

The wild geese wanted to leave Shidao ahead of time, and when they were looking for food for the long journey, a pochard came to Meiyu: "Your sisters want me to remind you that before you leave this island, you should visit the old fisherman."

"Exactly!" said Miha, and she went with the gander and Thumb to the fisherman's hut.The door was open, Miu went in, and the two of them stood outside the door.Soon, they heard Aika give the signal to leave. They called Mei Yu repeatedly, and the gray goose came out and left Shidao together with the wild geese.

After they flew far, the little boy realized that something was wrong.Usually Meiyu flies quietly and easily, but this gray goose flies very hard. "Eika, turn around!" he shouted, "We have found the wrong partner, and Meiyi is following behind!"

As soon as he had finished speaking, the gray goose hooted angrily, and she rushed to the great white goose, seized her thumb, and flew away with him in her mouth.

The wild geese followed closely behind her, and they were about to catch up with her.Suddenly they saw a thin puff of white smoke rising from the sea and heard a gunshot.They were so engrossed in chasing Mei Wing that they did not notice that they were flying straight towards a boat with a fisherman in it.

No one was hit by the bullet, but just so happened to be above the boat, Mitsuba opened her mouth and let Thumb fall into the sea.

(End of this chapter)