She Is Not a Witch

In the hot summer, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and it seems a bit quiet, only the chirping cicadas are still full of energy.

At this quiet time when everyone prefers to take a nap at home, a sound of footsteps passed through the shade and the alley, pushing away the fence and the yard covered by dense dogtail grass.

"Grandma Kafra, we're here to find you." Four seven- and eight-year-old children walked into the yard with messy steps.

This yard in a corner of the city used to belong to an abandoned nursery, and now there is an old man living there. Because she is kind and can tell many stories, the children nearby like to come and play.

In a corner of the small yard is a small house, white and gray-yellow stones are put together to form a wall, and a wooden beamed roof is above it.

Because the old man is getting old, the yard has not been taken care of much. Except for the dirt and a few stone slabs that can be seen on the paths he often walks, other places are covered with dogtail grass, and occasionally a few light yellow chrysanthemums and Dandelion, such a small flower is always tenacious.

After a few came in, they went straight to the hut, but when they came to the house, they became quiet again, quietly pushed the door open, looked around, looking for the familiar old grandma.

It's a pity that the familiar old man was not found in the front room.

When several people were hesitating scratching their heads, a slight meow attracted their attention.

Following the cat's meowing, several people came to the back of the hut, and finally found the old lady sitting in the reclining chair under the eaves.

Because there is backlight here, and there is a big loquat tree in the afternoon, which provides a comfortable shade, and the breeze blows, which is very comfortable.

"Grandma Kafra is asleep."

Several people looked at the grandma who was taking a nap with her eyes closed in the recliner, and found that it was a tabby cat in grandma's arms that made the cry just now.

Even in summer, this three-color tabby cat still refused to leave the familiar position. After seeing a few children, it first raised its head alertly, then lay down leisurely and stretched itself.

"Meow~"

"It's Huahua, she called it just now." A little girl among the four wanted to hug the lazy cat, but the cat avoided it.

Jumping off the old man's knee, the tabby cat moved its body, jumped onto the loquat tree next to it, and then turned to the outside of the wall along the branches. Seeing its familiar appearance, it was not the first time it did this.

"Huahua ran out to play again, and grandma will look for her later." Several children discussed.

"Why don't you catch Huahua and give it to Grandma Kafra, and ask her to tell us the story." A child suggested.

"It seems to be possible."

"But it's very hot. I don't want to move anymore after running here." A fat man next to him panted and wiped the sweat from his brow.

"It's all your fault for not going to exercise. The teachers and sisters in the kindergarten have told you several times."

"No, no, in fact, I have also exercised, but no, it is easy to gain weight. My mother said that this is a body that is easy to gain weight and cannot be changed."

"Okay, okay, I won't listen to your strange reason." The girl beside him waved her hand indifferently.

Several people chattered again, although they wanted to find the cat, but looking at the dazzling sunlight outside, they couldn't move forward.

Amidst the sound of the little sparrows, the old man on the side gradually woke up from his nap.

The silver-haired old man sat up slowly, looked at the children beside him, and showed a kind smile, as if he was not angry at being woken up.

"Grandma Kafra is awake."

Seeing the old man sitting up tremblingly, several children hurried up to support him, and then said a little ashamedly why they came.

"I'm bothering grandma."

"It's nothing, you are here to listen to the story today, right?"

Looking at these familiar children, the old man shook his head to express his indifference, and guessed their purpose.

"Yes." Hearing the old man's initiative, the children nodded happily and gathered around the grandma.

"Okay, okay, storytelling is fine, but you all sit on the stone slab under the eaves first." Surrounded by several noisy children, the old man calmed them down skillfully.

"Yeah." The children sat obediently under the shady eaves, and the grandma slowly turned the reclining chair around.

Her kind and soothing voice slowly opened.

"Where were we talking last time..."

"Speaking of the blue flowers of the witch in the woods."

"There are also picture books. I remember that the pictures in that book are very beautiful."

"Oh, yes, it's a picture book, um, a picture book." The grandma seemed to be thinking of something.

"I remember it was in the cabinet next to the bed, can you take it down for me, be careful not to damage other things."

"No problem, just leave it to us." As they spoke, the children happily ran into the house, and ran out holding the picture book with the yellowed case after a while.

The thick cardboard picture book, the corners have long been worn away, revealing the rough cardboard, and the cover is also faded and dirty due to the long time. It can be seen that this book is at least ten years old, and it may still be old. longer.

"Yes, it's this book." The old grandma stroked the familiar book cover. Although she couldn't see the pictures in the picture book clearly without wearing glasses, with years of familiarity, she can distinguish each color even with that simple color. content of one page.

"We continued with 'The Tale of the Witch of the Woods and the Flowers of Seven Colors.'"

"Today is also the last of those seven stories, 'Forget-me-not's sincere apology.'"

"A long time ago, there was a girl who liked reading very much. She often stayed in her own room to read and rarely went out."

As she spoke, the grandma turned over a page in the picture book, revealing the picture in it. Against the background of a large bookcase, a girl like a doll was sitting on the floor flipping through books, with books of various heights piled beside her.

"However, occasionally someone will come to see her, and they are her rare good friends."

Another page was opened, and the doll girl was circling with several equally lovely girls, but the doll girl was the smallest, and everyone looked at her with a smile.

"She likes books, and she likes these friends very much, and she will also give the books she likes to her friends, because this is how she expresses her love."

In the quiet hut, the doll girl carefully selects her favorite books, wraps them with bows, and writes the names of the books she wants to give to her friends.

"At first, she thought that this kind of friendship would last forever, but one day she had a fight with her friend Xiaotao."

In the big room, several friends stood on both sides, watching the two people in the middle quarrel, some wanted to come up to persuade, and some were also very angry.

"Afterwards, the quarreling Xiaotao left here forever."

In the picture book, a girl wearing a wizard hat sits on a broom and flies into the sky.

"Afterwards, the girl continued to read in the house again, but this time no friends came to see her anymore."

"Although she reads as usual, she occasionally starts to be in a daze, looking at the stars outside the window at night."

In the quiet hut, a girl like a doll is sitting beside an orange lantern, looking at a few five-pointed stars outside the window.

"She regrets it." Several children said their views.

"I would regret it too, it's so boring to be alone."

"Are you going to apologize?"

"However, the friend who left never came back." Grandma Kafra continued.

"So, be careful when quarreling, you may really lose the friend in front of you, and you will never get it back." The old grandma never forgot to tell the children the truth in fairy tales.

"Hey, isn't this a fairy tale? Let her go to Miss Witch. Miss Witch is very powerful and she will definitely be able to do it. She has helped many people before, such as the brave boy who lost his way in the forest to save his sister."

"It's not time for Miss Witch to appear on the stage, so let's keep listening." The old lady smiled kindly, and continued to turn over a page of the picture book.

"After she spent a long time alone, someone finally came to the house where she lived. It turned out that this person was Xiaosha, a friend who used to play with Xiaotao."

"Xiaosha said that she hates her very much. Because of her, Xiaotao can't be found now."

"The girl was flustered, she didn't know how to answer, she couldn't even hold the book firmly, and the angry Xiaosha pushed the girl into a corner step by step."

"At this time, the neighbor next door to the girl finally heard it, and she came over to stop the two of them."

"But Xiaosha was still angry, so she told the girl that she wanted to make her regret."

"After that, Xiaosha also disappeared, until a few days later, Xiaosha and Xiaotao's mutual friend, Xiaoying, came to tell the girl about it."

"'Why can't you still read a book safely in the house like this?' Xiaoying asked the girl."

"Well, I feel that the girl is very innocent."

"Why didn't she explain it?"

"But I think Xiaotao and Xiaosha are also very pitiful."

"That's when the girl told the truth. It turned out that she and Xiaotao quarreled that day because she saw Xiaotao doing a very dangerous experiment, so she told the adults about it."

"Xiaotao's experimental props were confiscated, and she was so sad that she left here."

"The girl has read a lot of books. The knowledge and rationality in the books tell her that Xiaotao is wrong, and she thinks it's wrong to ask her to apologize for the right thing."

"So, what would you do if you were girls?" Grandma Kafra continued.

The boy leaned against the wall behind him, and replied easily: "I would apologize if it were me. What is in the book is nothing. Friends are the most important thing. Didn't grandma say it before? If you lose friendship, you will lose it."

"However, the girl did the right thing, and this apology is too wronged her." Another child said hesitantly.

"That's right, it's obviously not my fault, why should I apologize, hmph, forget about losing friends, just make another one."

"What does Grandma Kafra think? I think the answers from both sides are not very good."

"It's like this, so the sad girl and Xiaoying found the Miss Witch in the forest together." The old lady continued to turn to the next page of the picture book.

In the picture book, the two people turn their backs to each other and walk slowly on the path, and at the end of the path there is a hut half-hidden by trees.

"That's how Miss Witch received the two of them and listened to what they said."

In the painting, a silver-haired lady witch sits in the middle of a round table, takes out five-color candies and puts them on the table to entertain the two people who come.

"So that's the case. Miss Witch nodded after listening, and quickly came up with a solution."

"How will it be solved? I'm curious." The children chirped.

"Could it be another way of answering that you are right to me, and everything is right, I'm tired of hearing it."

The grandma continued with a smile: "Miss Witch pointed out the root of the two people's problems, but it was actually because what the girl thought was 'correct' was not what was actually correct."

"Do you also have such a time, the adults always say the right words to encourage you."

"Study hard, exercise, and be positive."

"That's right, that's right, Grandma Kafra said it so sweetly, that's it, I'm so annoying to them."

"Although it is for our own good, it is always unhappy."

"I don't want to hear it anymore."

"The principles in the book, the objective laws, are always so clear that people think it is the truth, but it is not like that."

"Put yourself in the environment you are in to really decide what is right and what is wrong. It's just that such a way of distinguishing is tiring, so people generally don't use it."

"However, if it is an important and crucial matter, you must think about it this way."

"Did the doll girl ask Xiaotao why she had to do that? Can you deal with the problem with her? Is there a way to work together? Is Xiaotao really doing bad things?"

"It's a pity that the girl didn't do that, because the knowledge in the book is so clear, it objectively tells the doll girl that such experiments are dangerous, so they must be stopped."

"You have to study hard, because this is related to future achievements, whether you can get more wealth and recognition."

"However, if one day you pass out while studying and wake up to find yourself extremely weak, shouldn't you consider seeing a doctor at this time, and then talk to an adult about your discomfort and fear."

"Mom and Dad asked you to give up your most beloved toy to others. Whether you want to be obedient or follow your heart, express your reluctance, hug it tightly, and endure the accusations of adults and the jokes of others."

"You see people in the water calling for help, but you can't swim. At this time, are you forced to jump out of morality and education, or quickly think of other ways to rescue, even if you will be scolded for it."

"Following the knowledge in books is easy, convenient, lazy, immune from reproach, and protected by morality."

"When you face the real reality and complex environment, do you have the courage to do the right thing?"

"After Miss Witch finished explaining, she plucked the last flower from the flower pot behind the house. It was a blue forget-me-not."

"Thus, the last wish of the seven-color flower was fulfilled, and Xiaotao and Xiaosha, who had left before, returned to the doll girl again."

"This time, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com she sincerely apologized to the two of them, and they also forgave the girl."

"In the end, they held hands and circled on the grass again, and this time Xiaotao and the doll girl said that they would take the girl to many places, and don't let her be bored in the room reading a book."

"The girl agreed with a smile, and then replied, 'Occasionally, allow me to go home, because it is my favorite room with my favorite books in it, and I also hope that my favorite friends can read books together .'"

"In this way, the story of the witch in the forest and the flowers of seven colors is finished. Which one do you like best?"

Grandma Kafra slowly closed the picture book in her hand. Even though she had told such a story countless times, she was still never tired of it, just like the girl who reached out to her on that rainy night, so nostalgic and timeless.

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