Chapter 52: ,a story

a story
"Well, since you want to listen to a story. Then I will tell one. But... I am afraid, this is not a story with a good ending. Do you want to listen?"
The children suddenly sat down around Krause, and a happy color appeared on everyone's face. A big "think" has already answered his question.
Krause closed his eyes and sorted out the thoughts in his mind. After a while, he finally took a breath and slowly told the story...
"A long, long time ago, there was a forest full of gems. Trees, grass, flowers. Everywhere is a gem, very beautiful, very dazzling. It is a mysterious place, even though it exists in this world. But it is protected by a mysterious power, and no one will enter this beautiful place."
"In this beautiful forest, there are a group of very beautiful birds. Their feathers are colorful, their calls are crisp, and this kind of bird possesses almost eternal life. Even the most beautiful in the outside world. A beautiful bird cannot be more beautiful than the bird in it."
"The beautiful birds live a self-sufficient and happy life in the gem forest. Under the protection of mysterious power, they are isolated from the world. Just like that, I don't know how many years have passed."
"Among these beautiful birds, there is a chick that has just grown feathers. Like other birds, it likes life in the gem forest. It sings, dances, and combs its beautiful feathers in the sun. Once upon a time, it believed that this kind of life could last forever, forever."
"But one day, an unfortunate thing happened...Due to climate change, the mysterious power of protecting the gem forest was temporarily weakened. On that day, little chicks danced in the gem forest without knowing anything. . But at this moment, a group of pheasants that had long been coveting the wealth in the gem forest rushed in while the power of protection weakened."
"The little chick has never seen the world outside the gem forest. Nor has it seen the creatures outside. The long isolated life has made its race gradually forget to be vigilant about the outside world, and forget to inform the young chicks. The outside of the bird is terrible. So when the young bird saw the pheasant rushing in, it didn't feel scared, but rather curious."
"However, the pheasants have no such idle time. They madly all kinds of gems in the gem forest. These things symbolize wealth in their world. The little chicks inexplicably watched them picking up the stones on the ground. 'And asked,'What are you doing?'."
"The pheasants looked at the little chicks and cried. At this time, the little chicks realized that there was a big difference between their own calls and their calls. The other party did not understand its calls, and it also listened. I don’t understand each other’s calls. But at this moment, a pheasant headed by the pheasant flock came to the little chick..."
Krause paused for a while. The children were listening eagerly and asked quickly: "What's the matter? What's the matter between the pheasant and the young bird?"
Krause patted his head, shrugged, and said in a dull voice--
"The pheasant, while the chick was still curious, cut off... her... wings that symbolize strength and flight."
When the children heard this, they shouted "Yah".
"After cutting off the wings of the little chicks, the pheasant is not afraid of the little chicks resisting. It sees the beauty of the little chicks, and shuts the little chicks. Later, because the birds noticed that the protection was ineffective To attack the pheasant that invaded the territory, the pheasants had to flee with the gems they found. But the little chick was finally taken away by the pheasant leader and brought to their world."
A little girl swallowed and said tremblingly: "So... what's next?"
"Next, the little chick...began to be tortured by the pheasant leader."
"The little chick at that time didn't know anything, didn't know anything. Perhaps it was because of ignorance and innocence that allowed it to survive those dark days... she became the leader of the pheasant to other mountains The chicken’s ostentatious decorations and furnishings. Because its wings were cut off, it couldn’t escape. It didn’t know where to escape. Even if it called for help, no one could understand its cry. It was kept in captivity. I don’t know how long I have been imprisoned..."
"The pheasant leader has become very rich and powerful through the gems he grabs from the gem forest. Its family has become a huge family system, even in the entire pheasant society. The pheasant leader is very Proud, because it has wealth that other pheasants cannot match, and it also has small chicks that are completely unmatched by the beauty of other female pheasants. More importantly, the chicks later lay eggs and hatch pheasants and young chicks. The next generation of birds."
"This child is very beautiful. It inherits all the advantages of the beautiful bird, whether it is beauty, wisdom, strength, quick response, etc., all of them are unique among the next generation of pheasants. The pheasant leader is extremely proud because it has The strongest successor is enough to help it manage the entire family. Therefore, the pheasant leader dedicated his best to raising this hybrid, hoping to develop it into his most powerful tool to show off to other pheasants."
"But when the pheasant leader watched his child grow up, he was very scared. He was afraid of the power passed on to this child by the beautiful bird. That is a natural power. What if the child knows everything? What to do? What should it do if it doesn’t follow its own command by then?"
"Thinking of this, the pheasant leader thought of a way. Just after the baby was born, it took the baby away from the little chicks and prevented them from meeting. Then, the little chicks were locked in a cage and told It, if it dares to resist itself, then the child will be killed. In the long life of imprisonment, the young bird has already been tortured in a bad manner. Hearing that his child may also be killed now, he immediately dismissed it. The thought of running away."
"Time passes slowly. The beautiful mixed-blood bird grows up. It grows into a strong and beautiful "pheasant" just like the pheasant leader expected. It does its best to help the pheasant leader take care of the family Things, it began to clean and bad things. Cruel and cruel, hidden under the beautiful feathers, is already an ugly and dirty mind. Until one day..."
"On a summer afternoon, the little chick broke free while the guards relaxed. She really wanted to see her child, so she escaped from the cage. On that day, she saw her little The bird, the beautiful mixed-breed bird, also saw his mother. Although it was only a short moment, the two beautiful birds hadn't even had time to call each other. The pheasant leader noticed everything and shut the baby chick back in. And a lot of torture. And tell the mixed-breed beautiful bird that it was just an accident, an accident that can be ignored."
"But from that day on, doubts arose in the heart of the intelligent mixed-blood beautiful bird. It began to investigate and research. It didn't know how many books it had read or how many rumors it had heard before it finally figured out its identity. ."
"I am not an ugly pheasant. It is the most beautiful bird in the world with strength and beauty, noble, living in the gem forest."
"The beautiful bird...is noble."
"The half-breed bird began to think about his past life, thinking that he would have such a noble bloodline, but now, he will be called by a pheasant as a slave?"
"Why does the noble beautiful bird become the collection of the ugly pheasant?"
"Why does a beautiful bird with strength and wisdom surrender to the weak power of this mere pheasant?"
"Are these so-called nobility all false? There is no dignity at all, but dispensable illusions?"
"At that moment, the beautiful half-breed bird seemed to understand a lot, but it seemed to be confused a lot. However, its stupid pheasant father did not notice the confusion of the beautiful half-breed bird, and continued to support it, use it, and use it to Declare your identity in the pheasant group. Use it to tell other pheasants that you are all rubbish, and only I am the strongest. Why? Because my child is so strong, since my sons are so so. Stronger, then I am naturally stronger."
"Humiliation, dissatisfaction, blows, anger. These negative emotions began to accumulate in the body of the beautiful mixed-race bird. Because of the beautiful bird’s self-esteem, it began to hate the pheasant leader who used it as a tool, and because of the beautiful bird’s Self-esteem, it began to hate its powerful mother—why didn’t the little chick break free and escape. Because at that time, the little chick was no longer a little chick, it had grown rich wings, and the pheasant no longer Can't cut its wings. But even so, it stayed in the birdcage obediently, silently suffering the ravages of the pheasant leader day after day."
"It's cheap."
"Once, the beautiful mixed-breed bird followed the pheasant leader secretly, watched it enter the birdcage, watched it ravaging the chicks, and finally came up with this answer. Yes, the chicks are cheap. It has been lost. Dignity, the self-esteem of being a beautiful bird is no longer in that unclean body. It is just a dirty thing that anyone can bully, a source of shame. It is precisely because of its non-resistance that it leads to itself With such a noble pedigree, he had to take orders from a filthy pheasant with a big belly. It is precisely because of its inferiority that the pheasant leader thinks he has controlled everything and is completely riding on it. On the head."
"Finally, the half-breed beautiful bird figured it out. After figured it out, its heart became even colder. Finally..."
"During a'negotiation' trip, the beautiful mixed-blood bird disappeared. When it came back, somehow, a rose was wrapped around its wings. It was after getting that rose, it started Crazy revenge against the pheasant leader and his group."
"Those pheasants are all weak when they see the rose, and the beautiful bird can naturally take advantage of this time to scratch their throats. It killed the pheasant leader, as well as several other children of the pheasant leader. It also killed all the brothers and sisters of the Pheasant Chief, and used blood to make up for the damage to its dignity."
"Finally, the killing is over. Due to the strength of the beautiful mixed-breed bird, the pheasant family had to return to its tent. The beautiful mixed-breed bird was very proud. It picked up the young bird from the cage, and... …"
"I put her in another bird cage again."
Krause's story only ends here. He did not continue to speak, but was silent, lowered his head to think. But those children were a little reluctant. They entangled Krause and began to shake him, saying, "What happened later? Why does the beautiful mixed-breed bird keep the young bird in another cage? The young bird is not it. Your mother?"
"Yeah...It's its mother. But...maybe the beautiful mixed-breed bird really hates little chicks."
The children were not convinced, and said, "Why? Why do beautiful mixed-breed birds hate little chicks?"
Krause frowned, looking a little confused: "This...I don't know too much. Maybe I hate her for not resisting?"
"If the little chicks resisted, wouldn't the pheasant leader kill the beautiful mixed-breed bird? How can the beautiful mixed-breed bird not understand such a simple truth?"
"Children." Krause smiled, stretched out his hand, stroked the heads of these children, and said, "The truth is all very simple. There is no complicated truth in this world. However, we really need to understand. To do it, some people may be able to do it in an instant, and some people may not be able to do it until death."
"Perhaps, it was the young bird that harmed the beautiful mixed-breed bird. Because of its weakness, its imperfections are demanding. It clearly has power, but he dare not resist. Knowing that his child is on the bad road day by day, he has no courage to criticize a bit."
"Perhaps, it is the beautiful mixed-breed bird that has harmed the young bird. Because of its unnecessary vanity, self-esteem, and seeing all the pheasants around, how unique and powerful it is to be unacceptable by an ineffective The pheasant directs and directs like this."
"In this story, the pheasant leader is undoubtedly the most wrong. However, sometimes the world is so helpless. Anger, hatred, jealousy, vanity, etc., etc., once these negative feelings exceed the limit, It will cause terrible things. It will cause irreversible consequences. Little birds have already done this. As a person, we should control our feelings, and don’t let negative emotions control us casually. Isn't it?"
These kids look at me, I look at you, suddenly burst into laughter. One of the older children pointed to Krause’s nose and laughed: "It turned out to be a fake. It's another hypocritical adult who uses stories to tell us the truth."
"False hypocrisy, hypocrisy hahaha—"
The children coaxed and laughed. In the end, they broke up. Only Krause stayed in place, looking at the sky...
"cough………………"
Long, sighed.