Chapter 26 farewell geese

Before dawn the next morning, the boy got up and went out, walking towards the sea.At dawn, he had already arrived at the coast east of Smig Fishing Village.He went alone, and before he left home he had gone to the cowshed to find Morton the gander, trying to wake the gander up and go with him.But as soon as the gander came home, he was so attached to it that he couldn't bear to leave. He didn't say a word, but just put his head under his wings and fell asleep. It looked like it would be a fine, sunny day, almost as good as the day the geese flew over the sea to Scone this spring.The surface of the sea is vast and calm, and even the air seems to be still.The boy couldn't help thinking that the wild geese had picked a good day to fly long distances across the sea.

He himself is still a little dizzy and a little confused.He felt himself an elf one minute, and a real man the next.When he saw a stone wall by the side of the road, he couldn't avoid going over it with fear. He had to look carefully to see if there were any wild beasts hiding behind the wall and staring at him.And in a second he couldn't help laughing again, because he was so big and strong now that he had nothing to be afraid of. He came to the beach and stood on the edge of the coast so that the wild geese could see his tall body.There happened to be a large number of migratory birds migrating that day, and the sound of melodious singing was endless in the sky.He could not help smiling triumphantly at the thought that no one could understand the chirping of birds as well as he could.

The wild geese flew over mighty and mightily, one flock after another. "I hope my wild geese don't fly away without saying good-bye to me!" he thought to himself, for he wanted to tell them all the whole story, and to tell them, and now he was a real people. Another group of wild geese flew up, and this group flew more vigorously and sang louder than the other wild geese.The indescribable look on them told him that this was the flock of geese that had taken him all over the place, but he couldn't confirm it just by looking at it as he did the day before. The geese slowed down and circled back and forth along the coast.The boy immediately understood that it was his flock of geese.But he wondered why the geese didn't fly down beside him, for they couldn't see him standing there.

He tried his best to imitate the sound of birdsong, but unexpectedly, his tongue was so stiff that he couldn't control it!He could no longer pronounce the correct bird's language. Aka's cry came from the air, but he could no longer understand what she was saying. "What's going on? Has the tone of the geese changed?" He was at a loss. Waving his peaked hat at them, he strode along the shore, shouting, "Here I am, where are you?" However, this seemed to frighten the geese, and they flew into the sky and turned towards the sea.At this time, he finally understood!The geese didn't know that he had become a man again, they couldn't recognize him.

He could no longer call the geese to his side.Humans can't speak bird language. Once they become human, they won't be able to speak bird language, and naturally they won't be able to understand bird language. Although the boy was elated that he was finally freed from the enchantment of the witchcraft, he was also saddened that he had to part ways with his most beloved partner.He sat down on the sand and covered his face with his hands.Well, what's the use of staring at them any longer? But after a while, he heard the sound of fluttering wings again.It turned out that Aunt Aka, the leader of the wild goose, left Thumbling with a very heavy heart, and she couldn't help but fly back again to see what happened.At this time, the boy was sitting still, and she dared to fly closer to him.Suddenly, that familiar figure made her suddenly enlightened, and she finally saw clearly and recognized who he was.She landed on a small headland just next to him.

The boy was overjoyed and cheered, and he hugged the old goose Aka tightly in his arms.The other wild geese also surrounded him, rubbed their beaks against him, and crowded around him with their bodies.They chirped and croaked non-stop, as if they were expressing their sincere congratulations.The boy also kept talking to them, thanking them for taking him on a wonderful trip. But the wild geese suddenly became strangely quiet, and shrank back from his side.They were on the alert, as if to say, "Be careful, he's not that Thumb, he's a real man, and he doesn't know us, and we don't know him."

So the boy stood up and walked to Aka, the leading goose.He caressed her and patted her gently.After that, he stroked and patted in turn those old geese who had been with him from the beginning, like Yaxi and Kaxi, Kermy and Nelia, and Cousy and Vissy. Then he left the coast and walked inland, knowing that the sorrows of birds cannot last long.He wanted to get away from them while they were still grieving the loss of him. When he stepped onto the bank, he turned to look at the flock of birds flying towards the sea.All the birds sang, one after another, echoing endlessly.Only a group of wild geese flew forward quietly.The boy stood there watching them go.

The group of wild geese are arranged symmetrically and in neat formation. They fly very fast, and their wings are strong and powerful.The boy watched them go away affectionately, with infinite melancholy in his heart, as if hoping to become a little man named Thumbs again, and then follow the geese to fly across the land and sea and travel around.