Chapter 22 try your guts

"Scary, smelly, and delicious, what is it?" Xiaodoudou and the others have guessed this riddle many times, but they still find it very interesting.Everyone knows the answer, but they still say: "Hey, that 'horrible...' riddle, guess what?" In this way, they asked each other riddles to guess, and everyone felt very happy.The answer is: "Ghosts are eating buns in the toilet." Tonight's "Test Your Courage" activity in Ba Xueyuan turned out to be like this riddle: "It's scary, itchy, and funny, what is it?" On the night of tent camping in the auditorium, Mr. Principal said:

"At night, in the temple of Jiupin Buddha, there will be a 'test of courage' activity. Anyone who wants to be a monster, please raise your hand." Immediately, there were about seven boys vying to be monsters.As a result, that evening, when everyone gathered in the school, the boys who were going to be monsters took out the monster clothes they made and said: "This time I'm going to scare you a lot." Then the monsters ambushed somewhere in the Jiupin Buddha Temple.There were about 30 children left, and they were divided into groups of five. Everyone set off from the school in groups at different times, went around the Jiupin Buddha Temple and the cemetery, and then returned to school.Mr. Principal explained:

"This is to test how much fear everyone can endure. Although it is a 'test of courage' activity, if you get scared, it doesn't matter if you come back halfway." Xiaodoudou borrowed a flashlight from her mother, and her mother said "don't lose it".Some of the boys said "Catch the monster" and brought a net for catching butterflies, while others said "Tie the monster" and brought a rope. After Mr. Principal finished speaking, everyone decided to group by guessing.In the rush, the sky darkened.Finally it was time for the first group to set off.

"It's time to go." Everyone was very excited and ran out of the school gate chirping.Then, group by group, it was finally Xiaodoudou's turn. "Although the teacher said that there will be no monsters on the way to the Ninth Rank Buddha, but will they really not appear?" Everyone walked in fear, and finally reached the entrance of the temple, and saw the statue of the second general Hengha.In the temple at night, although there is a moon, it looks very dim.Usually, the spacious courtyard of the temple makes people feel relaxed and happy, but tonight, a monster will emerge from nowhere.When the children thought of the monster, they couldn't help but tremble with fear, but they didn't know what to do.The wind gently blew the treetops, and everyone yelled "Ah" in surprise, stepped on a soft thing, and yelled: "The monster is coming!" Doubt: "Is it a monster?" Xiaodoudou decided not to go to the cemetery, because the monster will definitely be waiting there, and now that she has fully understood what "testing courage" is, it's better to go back.Coincidentally, all the partners in the same group had the same idea. Doudou breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "That's great, it's not just me who wants to go back."So, everyone ran back in a hurry.

After returning to school, the first few groups had already returned. Everyone was so scared that almost no one dared to go to the cemetery. At this time, a boy with a white cloth wrapped around his head was crying and was led in by the teacher.The boy pretended to be a monster and squatted in the cemetery waiting for everyone, waiting and waiting, but no one came.Gradually, he himself became afraid, and finally couldn't help but ran out of the cemetery, standing on the road and crying, but was found by the inspecting teacher and brought back.While everyone was comforting the boy, another "monster" and another boy walked in.It turned out that the child pretending to be a monster realized that someone had entered the cemetery, and jumped out with all his strength, and was about to shout "Monster!" Unexpectedly, he bumped into a boy who was running towards him.Both of them were shocked, and the bump was so painful, so they ran back together crying.Everyone thought it was very funny, and finally they didn't have to be afraid anymore, so they all felt relieved and laughed happily.The child pretending to be a monster cried, but couldn't help laughing at the same time.At this time, You Tian-kun, who was in the same class as Xiao Doudou, also ran back wearing a face made of newspapers, and said:

"It's too much, I've been waiting for you!" As he spoke, he scratched his hands and feet bitten by mosquitoes.Seeing this scene, someone said: "The monster was eaten by mosquitoes!" Everyone laughed again.Mr. Maruyama, the class teacher of the fifth grade, said: "Okay, I'll go and bring back the remaining monsters." Saying that, Maruyama-sensei went out and brought back all the "monsters" in a short while.It turned out that some "monsters" were looking around in a panic under the street lights outside, while some "monsters" were frightened and ran home.

After that night, the elementary school students in Ba Xueyuan were no longer afraid of monsters. Because, they knew, the monster himself was also afraid.