Chapter 5 Maomao Chapter 5 Stories Told for Xu Huiren and Stories Told for One

Gradually, the tour guide Jiji couldn't do without Maomao at all.If it can be said like this: the little guy who has no perseverance and carefree is deeply in love with this little girl who is disheveled.He really wanted to take her with him wherever he went. We already know that storytelling is Gigi's forte.But it was precisely at this point that he himself felt very clearly that a change had taken place.In the past, the stories he told sometimes seemed very poor, and he often couldn't think of any suitable new content, so he had to repeat the old stories he had already told, or retell a certain movie he had seen, or tell what he read in the newspaper.It can be said that the stories at that time were all walking with their feet.But since getting to know Mao Mao, his story seems to have grown wings all at once.Especially when Maomao sat beside him and listened attentively to what he said, his imagination would be as vibrant as a meadow in spring.If adults and children sit closely around him, he will be even more eloquent, and he can talk without stopping for days, even weeks.There will be a steady stream of new ideas in his mind.At the same time, he himself listened with the same intense curiosity as he spoke, for he did not know where his imagination would take him.

One day, a group of tourists came to visit the ruins of the amphitheater (Maomao happened to be sitting on the steps nearby), and Gigi began to explain to them: "Dear ladies and gentlemen! You all know that for To defend the kingdom against the constant invasions of Chitten and Chagan, Queen Strapazia Augustina has fought countless wars." "She conquered the two peoples again and again, but the queen was greatly annoyed by their constant harassment. She threatened to wipe them out if they invaded again, unless their King Xaxotraxolus gave her his goldfish as punishment for them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, that is to say, people here had not seen goldfish at that time. Queen Strappazia once heard from a traveler that King Xaxotraxolus had a small Goldfish, once it grows up, it will turn into pure gold immediately. So the queen thought, no matter what, she must get that rare treasure now." "The king took pleasure in hearing this. He hid the real goldfish under the bed, but sent a small whale to the queen in a large soup bowl studded with pearls and gems. The queen was really surprised to see such a big 'goldfish'.Because in her imagination the goldfish were much smaller, she said to herself nonetheless: 'The bigger the better. ' She thought the fish might turn into more gold.

What made her feel a little disturbed was that the fish did not emit a golden light.An emissary from King Xaxotraxolus explained to her that it had to grow up to turn into gold, and that it would not change earlier, so it was vital that his growth not be hindered.Queen Strappazia was satisfied with this interpretation. "The little whale was growing day by day and eating a lot of food every day. But Queen Strappazia was very rich, so the little whale could eat as much as it wanted. It grew fat and fat. , Soon, the big soup bowl can't hold it. "The bigger the better," said Queen Strappazia, and had the whale put into her bath to keep.

It didn't take long before the tub couldn't hold it either.It's long, long!Now people have to get it into the Queen's pool.However, this time the handling work was very troublesome, because the whale had grown as heavy as a cow.While pulling a fish, a slave slipped and fell, and the queen ordered him to be fed to the lion, and that fish was everything to her. "Because she wanted more gold, she sat by the pool for a long time every day, watching the growth of the fish. As we all know, the queen lived a very luxurious life, so she always felt that there was not enough gold.

"The bigger the better." She always said to herself like this.At that time, this sentence was proclaimed as a general rule and made into hard type, which was inlaid on various important buildings of the country. "Finally, the Queen's swimming pool could no longer hold the whale. Queen Strappazia ordered the building to be built. ladies and gentlemen!What lies before you are its ruins.It was a huge circular aquarium filled with water up to the uppermost edge.The whale can finally swim freely and authentically here.Since then, the queen has sat there day and night aloft, watching the great whale herself, to see when it turns to gold.She no longer trusts anyone, whether it is the minister or her relatives, she can no longer be trusted by her.She was afraid they would steal the fish.In this way, she sat there every day, because of fear and worry, she began to lose weight day by day.

She didn't dare close her eyes, and kept guarding the fish all the time.But the whale swam happily in the water, stirring up waves from time to time, and didn't think about turning into gold at all.Queen Strappazia gradually lost her involvement in state affairs. "That's exactly what her enemies Chitien and Chagan expected. Led by King Xaxotraxolus, they waged their last war and conquered the kingdom in a blink of an eye ...they met no resistance at all, and to the common people here, it doesn't matter who rules them. "Queen Strappazia, when she was the last to know that her country had been taken, uttered the famous words: 'How sad!Sorry, I actually...' It's a pity that the second half of the sentence has not been handed down.But it is certain that she threw herself into this great pool and drowned beside the whale that had ruined all her hopes.

"King Xaxotraxolus ordered the slaughter of that whale to celebrate the victory. The whole country ate for eight days. ladies and gentlemen!See what credulity leads to! " Gigi ended the presentation with this sentence.It seems that his words really made an impression on tourists, who gazed at the ruins in awe.Only one of them didn't quite believe it. He asked, "In what era did all this happen?" Gigi was not in a dilemma, and replied without thinking: "Everyone knows that Queen Strappazia was a contemporary of the famous ancient philosopher Neusius." At this moment, of course, the skeptic would not admit that he did not know when the famous ancient philosopher Neusius lived, so all he could do was say, "Ah, thank you very much!"

All the tourists are satisfied that the visit is worthwhile, and that no one has ever been able to tell them so vividly and fascinatingly about that era before.Gigi then humbly held up her cap, and people gave money, even the skeptical one who put a few coins into his cap. In addition, since Mao Mao came here, Ji Ji did not repeat the stories that had already been told.He thought that was boring. Therefore, whenever Maomao sits in the audience, he feels that the story in his heart is like a floodgate being opened. There is no need to think carefully, and new stories will come out continuously.

On the contrary, he often even had to stop talking, in order not to speak too strangely, as he did once before.That time, he was a tour guide for two distinguished old American ladies. He told them the following story, but he definitely didn't mean to frighten them.He said: "Dear ladies, of course, it is a household name even in your beautiful, free America. The cruel tyrant, King Mattius Camnus known as Roth, once made a plan to change the whole world at that time according to his wishes.Yet it turns out that no matter what he does, people still want to stay roughly the same and are reluctant to change easily.

"Matius Camnus became insane in his later years. Ladies, as you know, there were no psychiatrists who could cure the disease. There was no other way but to let the tyrant take his wrath at will. Later, Cam King Nus came up with an idea when he was thinking wildly: no longer care about the existing world, but would rather create a brand new world. "He ordered to make a globe as big as the earth, and to reproduce everything on the earth 100%: every tree, every mountain range, even the oceans and lakes. Under the threat of death penalty, all people were forced to participate The extremely arduous labor of making a globe. "A pedestal for the globe was first made. Its ruins lie before you. "After the base was built, people started making a globe. It was a very, very large sphere, as big as the Earth. When the sphere was finally built, people imitated everything on the earth on the sphere. "The manufacture of a globe of this size naturally requires many materials, which have no other source than to be extracted from the earth itself. In this way, the globe grows larger and the earth shrinks day by day. "When that new world is completed, people will have to put the last pebble of the earth where it should be. Of course, all the people on the earth will have to move to the new globe, because the original The Earth has been used up. When King Kamnus was obliged to admit that, in spite of all his efforts, it was business as usual, he covered his head with his robe and went away. Where did he hide? Already, no one knows. "See, ladies, this sunken funnel-shaped ruin that we can still recognize today, was the pedestal that once supported the old earth. You must, however, think of it as the opposite, before you can picture the whole earth at that time look." Hearing this, the two elderly ladies turned pale with fright.One of them asked, "Now, where is that globe?" "You're standing on it!" Gigi replied, "Ladies, the world today is that newly created globe." The two well-behaved old ladies were terrified and ran away screaming, and Gigi held up her peaked cap in vain, gaining nothing. ——However, what Gigi likes the most is to tell stories to Mao Mao alone when there is no one else.Most of what he tells are fairy tales, because this is what Mao Mao likes to hear most.Also, almost all of the fairy tales he told were about Gigi and Mao Mao himself.Those stories were just for the two of them, not quite the same as Gigi usually told. On a beautiful and warm night, they sat side by side on the top stone steps of the ruins.The first stars began to twinkle in the sky, and a large, round moon rose from the dark silhouette of Umbrella Pine. "Can you tell me a fairy tale?" Momo asked in a low voice. "Okay," said Fang Ji, "tell a story about someone? ’ ‘It’s better to tell the story of Momo and Girolam. Maomao replied. Gigi thought for a while and said, "What should this fairy tale be called?" "I think, a fairy tale called 'Magic Mirror', okay?" Gigi nodded while thinking: "This name sounds good, let's see what kind of story it is." " He put an arm on Mao Mao's shoulder and began to talk: "Once upon a time, there lived a beautiful princess named Mao Mao. She wore a dress made of velvet and silk and lived in a colorful In the glazed palace, the palace stands high on the top of one of the tallest icebergs in the world. "She had everything one could wish for. She ate the finest food and drank the sweetest wine. She slept on silk pillows and sat in an ivory chair. She had it all, but was utterly alone. "Everything around her, her servants, maids, puppies, cats and birds, even her flowers, are reflections in a mirror. "Princess Mao Mao has a magic mirror. It is big and round and made of sterling silver. Princess Mao Mao sends it to the world every day, and the big mirror flies gently across the earth, across the sea, and into the world. through cities and fields. Those who see it are not surprised at all. They may even say: 'Isn't that the moon!'" Whenever the magic mirror flies back to her palace, it is collected in front of the princess on the way. all images of .Some of those images are beautiful, some are ugly, some are funny, and some are dull.The princess selected her favorite images from it, and she threw the rest into a stream. The images that were let go passed through the water of the earth and returned to their owners at a speed that you can't imagine.Therefore, whenever people bend down to a mouth or a pool of water, they will see their shadow. "Oh, by the way, I also forgot that Princess Fluffy is immortal. In other words, she has never restricted the magic mirror. Because anyone who sees his own image in the magic mirror will not Immortal. Princess Fluffy knows it all too well, so she never looks in the mirror. "In this way, she lives and plays with the images she has, and she is very satisfied with this life. "Fat yes, something happened suddenly. One day, the magic mirror brought back an image to her, and she thought that image was more important than any other image. It was an image of a young prince. At once love was born. She made up her mind to find him no matter what. But how could she find him? She didn't know where the prince lived, who he was, or what his name was. "She thought: If I look in the mirror, the magic mirror may bring my image to the prince, and maybe when the magic mirror flies across the sky, the prince will happen to look up into the sky, then he will see my image and say Maybe he will follow the magic mirror here to find me. She couldn't think of any other way, so she decided to look in the mirror. "She stared at the magic mirror for a long time, and then let it fly to the world with its own image. But in this way, she will become exactly like the people in the world, and will die. "Here is the story of her, and I will tell you later. Now I must tell the story of the prince. "The prince's name is Girolam, and he rules over a great kingdom of his own creation. Where is that kingdom? Not yesterday, nor today, it only exists in the future, so his kingdom is called 'tomorrow country'.The subjects of Tomorrow Kingdom love and admire their prince very much. "One day, a minister said to the prince: 'Your Majesty, you should get married. This is a reasonable thing.'" Prince Giroram made no objection.So, all the beautiful young women in the Kingdom of Tomorrow were sent to the palace for the prince to choose.They all tried to make themselves as beautiful as possible, because they all wanted to be chosen by the prince. "However, a vicious banshee also mingled with the girls and slipped into the palace quietly. Instead of hot red blood flowing in her veins, cold green blood flowed in her veins. But it was not obvious from the outside, because she was very special. Good at dressing up. "When the prince of Tomorrow Kingdom came to the magnificent hall and began to choose the future queen, the banshee immediately whispered a spell. In this way, the poor prince could only see the banshee, but not others. He thought she was so beautiful, and immediately asked her if she would be his wife. "Yes," whispered the fierce banshee angrily, "but I have one condition." "I will satisfy you." Prince Girolam said without hesitation. "Very well," said the wicked Banshee, with a falsely sweet smile, and the unfortunate Prince was at once completely charmed by her, "For a year you must not look up at the silver mirror that flies by in the sky.If you watch it, you immediately forget everything you own.You will forget who you are, and then you must go to the present kingdom where no one knows you, and there you must live like a poor beggar.Do you agree? ' "If only such a condition!" laughed Prince Ghiroram, "it's too easy!" "Now, let's talk about Princess Fluffy. How is she?" "She waited and waited! The prince never came. So she decided to go to the world to look for him in person. She let go of all the images around her, and then walked out of the colored glass window. She wore a pair of soft slipper, across the snow-covered mountains, came to the world below. "She traveled all over the land of men, and finally came to the land of today. Her little slippers were rotten, so she had to walk barefoot. At the same time, the big mirror with her image still flies in the blue sky every night. "One night, Prince Girolam was sitting on the roof of the palace, playing checkers with the banshee with green blood in her veins. Suddenly, a very small drop of water fell on the back of the prince's hand. "It's raining," said the cold-blooded banshee. "No," said the Prince, "it will not rain, and there is not a cloud in the sky." "He looked up, and suddenly saw the image of Princess Mao Mao, and found that she was crying. He understood that it was a drop of her tears falling on his hand. At that moment, he also recognized The true face of the banshee, knowing that she has been deceived by her. She is not beautiful at all, and has cold green blood in her veins.Princess Fluffy is the girl he really loves. "'You have now broken your promise.' cried the cold-blooded banshee, writhing the flesh of her face like a snake. 'Now, you must pay for it!'" Her long, green, pointed nails pinched into Girolamu's chest, and tied a knot in his heart.The prince had no choice but to sit there stiffly and let him fiddle with it.The moment his heart was tied, he forgot that he was the prince of Tomorrow Kingdom.That night he slipped out of his palace and kingdom as quietly as a thief.He wandered around the world on foot until he came to today's kingdom.There, he lived lazily like a poor beggar and called himself Jiji. One of the things he brought with him was the image he got from the magic mirror.Since then, the magic mirror has been empty. "During this time, Mao Mao's velvet dress has long been in tatters. She now wears a man's jacket and a skirt with various patches. She now lives in an old ruin. "On a beautiful day, they met there. But Princess Mao Mao no longer recognizes the prince of Tomorrow Kingdom. Now the prince has become a poor poor man.Gigi doesn't recognize Princess Fluffy either, because she doesn't look like a princess anymore either. However, the common misfortune made them friends and comforted each other. "One night, when the empty magic mirror flew across the sky, Jiji showed the image to Momo. It had been crumpled and blurred. But the princess immediately recognized that it was the mirror she had made at that time. The photo taken away by the magic mirror. At the same time, from the poor Jiji's appearance, she recognized that he was the prince Girolamu, the sweetheart she had been looking for and dedicated her eternal life to.So she told him everything that had happened. "Gigi was very touched, shook her head sadly and said: 'But I don't understand anything about what you said, because I have a knot in my heart, so I can't remember anything.'" Mao Mao said After finishing, he grabbed his chest and gently untied the knot.Then Girolam suddenly realized, and suddenly understood who he was and where he once lived.He took the princess's hand and flew away with her, returning to his distant kingdom of tomorrow. " After Gigi finished speaking, both of them remained silent.After a while, Maomao asked, "Did they get married later?" "I think it will," Gigi said, "—later." "Are they dead already?" "No," said Gigi affirmatively, "I know that very well. Because people only grow old and slowly die when they look at the magic mirror alone. If two people look at the magic mirror together, they will die." Become immortal again, and the two of them have seen it together." Above a dark umbrella pine forest, a huge bright moon is pouring silver-white brilliance, making the ancient stones on the ruins shimmer mysteriously.Maomao and Jiji sat there close to each other, looking at the bright moon in the sky for a long time.They clearly felt that at this moment, they were indeed immortal...