Chapter 5 in the rain

On the day when the geese left Lake Vembu and began to fly northward, it began to rain heavily.The wild geese were very happy for the spring rain, because the spring rain had dug holes in the frozen lake, but the boy was soaked and shivering with cold. The boy bravely gritted his teeth and held on.The geese landed at last on a great swamp, and the boys ran about in high spirits looking for cranberries and frozen wild cranberries.But night fell, and the wilderness became unnaturally terrifying.The boy felt that he must go, to a place where there was light and warmth, so that he would not be scared to death.Before the wild geese descended towards this swamp just now, he had vaguely seen a large village nearby. He walked in that direction, and the voices and laughter of the people living in these warm huts could be heard ahead of him.

A strange feeling of fear rose from the boy's heart, and he was almost on the verge of tears.He suddenly fears that he will be ostracized from humanity forever, that he will never be able to become a human again. He climbed the steps of a house and sat down in the pouring rain to think. Just at this moment he saw a great owl alight on a nearby tree.A little owl perched on the eaves said hello, "Cack, cluck, cluck! Big owl from the swamp, how are you doing in the province?" "Thank you, little owl! Did anything interesting happen at home while I was away?" "There was a little boy in Scone who became an elf. He is now flying to Lapland with the house goose."

"What a wonder! Then, Owl, will the boy never be human again?" "It's a secret, but it's okay to tell you. The elf told me that if the boy can take care of the gander and bring him home safe and sound, then... let us Let's fly to the bell tower of the church together, it's not convenient to speak on this street, I'm afraid I'll be overheard." So the two owls flew away together.The boy was so excited that he tossed the little hat into the air. "Okay! I can be human again! Of course I'll take care of the gander." He spread his legs happily and strode towards the swamp and his companions.

Neither the geese nor Fox Smir could believe that they would meet again after parting ways at Scone.Smir was very dissatisfied with what happened in Scone, and left there with a pent-up anger in his heart. Akka sent York and Kaksi to reconnaissance, and they reported back that the water was covered with ice and the ground covered with snow, so Akka decided to fly to the coast where spring came earlier. Smir was walking in the desolate forest area, when he suddenly turned his head and saw two groups of geese passing by in the air, one of them was actually covered in snow-white fur.He immediately followed the geese, not only because they had cornered him and wanted revenge, but also because he was hungry and hungry for a feast.Akka perched on an embankment under a steep cliff. In front of them was a rushing river, and behind them was a cliff that was difficult to fly.Smeal was not capable of climbing it at all.Despite the dangerous terrain, the boy still dared not fall asleep. He was afraid that sleeping under the gander's wings would prevent him from noticing if the gander was in danger.

Suddenly, in the moonlight, the boy saw an eye shining on a low-hanging branch. It was a sable. The boy picked up a stone and threw it at him, and the sable fell into the river with a loud splash.The wild geese were awakened, fluttered their wings, and hurried into the air to escape. Soon Aka found a new habitat, which was a few big rocks protruding from the middle of the white waterfall, where neither foxes nor sables could invade.The geese soon fell asleep, but the boy still sat and watched the gander. The boy suddenly heard a strange sound in the sound of the rushing river. He turned his head and saw the head and paws of an otter, which was about to climb up to the wild goose.He hastily drew out his knife and poked at the otter's paw.The otter couldn't stand still and immediately rolled into the vortex, and the geese had to fly away to find a new habitat.

Under the hazy moonlight, Aka led a flock of geese to land on the balcony of a summer hotel, where it was empty in winter and there was no one there. But presently there was a howling like ghosts and wolves from the garden.The boy saw a fox standing in the moonlit yard below the balcony.It turned out that Smeer had been tracking the geese all night.When he discovered where they were roosting, he realized that he still couldn't get close to them.He was so angry that he couldn't help howling. Aka woke up startled and asked, "Is that you, Smir?" "Yes," replied Smeer, "how do you geese think the evening I have arranged for you?"

"What? So you sent the sable and the otter to assassinate us?" "That's right. Now I'll pay you back with the fox teasing, even if I have to run all over the country chasing you, as long as you have a goose alive. But if you're willing to throw your thumbs down , hand it over to me, then I can promise you that I won't chase you any more from now on." "It is impossible to ask me to give up my thumb," replied Akka. "We will give our lives to defend him." "Hmph, you like him so much," said Smeer furiously, "then I swear to you, I will be the first to strike at him when I take revenge." Smeer howled furiously a few more times before disappearing up.

The boy lay there awake.Aka's reply to the fox made him sleepless.He absolutely never thought that he could hear such a great and impassioned language as someone willing to sacrifice his life for himself. From this moment on, it could no longer be said that Nils Hogelsson did not like any animals.