Chapter 9 9. Giovanni's ticket

"This area is the end of the Swan District. That is the famous Alpine monitoring station." In the center of the Milky Way, which is as brilliant as fireworks outside the window, stands four or five large and dark houses.On one of the flat-roofed houses, there are two large transparent sapphire and topaz-like balls, which are dazzling and move slowly around them.The yellow one gradually turned to the opposite side, while the smaller blue one came this way.Soon the two ends overlapped to form an emerald green biconvex lens.After a while, the center gradually swelled, and finally, the blue completely came to the front of the topaz ball, so a bright halo of green hearts and yellow appeared.After a while, it detached to the side again, and a concave lens shape opposite to the front appeared again.Finally, it leaves quickly, the sapphire spins to the opposite side, and the yellow one travels this way.After that, the original scene just happened to be formed, which was merged by the invisible and silent flowing water of the Milky Way.The pitch-black weather station really looked like a sleeping old man, lying there quietly.

"That's an instrument for measuring the speed of water. It can also measure water..." said the bird catcher. "Please show your tickets." At some point, a tall flight attendant wearing a red hat stood beside the three seats.The bird catcher silently took out a small piece of paper from his pocket. The conductor glanced at it for a moment, then immediately looked away, and stretched out his hand to Giovanni and the others questioningly. "Oh, no!" Giovanni was embarrassed.Just as he hesitated and didn't know what to do, Corbenera took out a small gray ticket with a big face.Giovanni tentatively touched his coat pocket frantically.He thought masturbatingly: Maybe it was hidden inside.His hand touched a large stack of papers at once, and he wondered when he put this stuff in.I hurriedly took it out and saw that it was a piece of green paper folded into four pieces as big as a postcard.The conductor stretched out his hand and waited, just hand it to him first.Thinking about it, he handed it over.The conductor stood at attention, opened it respectfully and checked, and kept fiddling with the buttons of his jacket while looking at it.At the same time, the lighthouse keeper also visited with concern from bottom to top.Giovanni thought that it should be some kind of proof, and suddenly felt a burst of excitement in his heart.

"You brought this from the third space world, right?" the conductor asked. "I don't know either." Giovanni thought there was no problem, raised his head and smiled. "Okay. The Southern Cross Station is in the next three-dimensional space." The conductor returned the paper to Giovanni and turned away. Corbeneira hurriedly flipped through the slip of paper impatiently.Giovanni also wanted to take a good look quickly.However, it was only covered with patterns of black vines and a dozen oddly shaped characters.During the time of watching silently, there was a feeling of being swallowed by it.

The bird catcher can't help but marvel from the side; "Oh, this is a treasure! As long as you have it, you can go to the real heaven! It's not just heaven, it's an unimpeded pass to the north and south! No wonder, on this incomplete fantasy four-dimensional galaxy railway, you can You come and go freely, and travel east and west. It turns out that you two are not ordinary people." "I simply don't know what's going on," replied Giovanni, blushing.He folded it up again and put it back in his pocket.Then, embarrassingly, Corbenela pretended to stare at the scenery outside the window.He had a vague feeling that the bird catcher was looking at him from time to time, as if he was still admiring.

"Lao Diao Station is coming." Corbenera said while looking at the three neatly arranged small silver-white triangles on the opposite bank, while referring to the map. Giovanni couldn't help feeling inexplicably sorry for the bird catcher sitting next to him.He even thought to himself: As long as this person can be truly happy, he is willing to be a bird standing on the beach of the Milky Way with a hundred years of benevolence, and let him catch him.All in all, he couldn't just ignore him anyway.He wanted to ask the fowler what it was that he really needed, but he thought it would be rash to do so.Just as he looked back in bewilderment, the bird catcher sitting next to him had disappeared.The white cloth luggage on the shelves was also gone.He wondered if he would cross his legs and look up at the sky outside the car window again, preparing to catch an egret?He hurriedly looked out.But outside was a beautiful wave of placer-gold and silver-white miscanthus, and the broad back and pointed hat of the fowler were nowhere to be seen.

"Where did that man go?" Corbeneira also asked blankly. "Where did we go? Where are we going to see him again? I haven't had time to say a few words to that man yet?!" "I think so too." "At first I felt that that person was in the way, but now I think about it and feel very uncomfortable." It was the first time in Giovanni's life that he felt this strange feeling, never before. "I seem to smell a kind of apple. Maybe it's because I think of apples." Corbenela looked around in disbelief. "It smells like apples, and a little bit of briar."

Giovanni looked around, and he felt that the smell was still blowing in through the window. But Giovanni thought again, it is autumn, how can there be the fragrance of wild roses? Almost at the same time, a five or six-year-old boy with jet-black and shiny hair suddenly stood in front of him, with the buttons of his red jacket unbuttoned, with a terrified expression, his whole body trembling, and his feet were bare.Standing beside the little boy was a tall young man in a black suit and well-dressed. He held the boy's hand tightly, and his posture was just like a zelkova tree standing tall in the wind, solemn and solemn.

"Hey, where is this? Oh, it's so beautiful!" Behind the young man, there was a very cute little girl about twelve years old with brown pupils. She was wearing a black coat, holding the young man's arm, and looked at the young man in amazement. Outside the car window. "This is Lancashire. No, it's Connecticut. No, we've come to the sky. We're going to the sky, you see! That sign is the symbol of the sky. What are we going to do this time?" I’m not afraid anymore. God has summoned us.” The young man in a black suit told the girl happily.But for some reason, wrinkles appeared on his forehead, making him look very tired.With a forced smile, he asked the boy to sit next to Giovanni, and then kindly pointed the little girl to the seat next to Corbennella.The girl sat down docilely and put her hands together quietly.

"I'm looking for sister Kikuyo." As soon as the boy sat down on his buttocks, he called out to the strange young man who was about to sit next to the lighthouse keeper.An indescribable sadness appeared on the young man's face, and he fixed his eyes on the boy's curly, wet black hair.The little girl suddenly covered her face with her hands and sobbed. "Father and Kikuyo-san still have a lot to do, but they will follow soon. Besides, mother had been looking forward to it for a long time.Probably she was thinking: My baby, what song are you singing?Do you hold hands with your friends and laugh around the yard and grass in the early morning when the wind and snow fall?Mom is really looking forward to and thinking about you, so hurry up and see mom! "

"Well, if only I didn't take that boat, though." "Yes. But look, what a beautiful sky, and the magnificent river! There, all summer, when we rested singing the nursery rhyme "Twinkling Stars", the white expanse that we could vaguely see from the window Things, that's right there. Look, how beautiful it is! It is so radiant. " My sister stopped crying, wiped her tears with a handkerchief, and looked across.The young man whispered to the siblings again as if enlightening: "We don't have to grieve for anything anymore. We are traveling in such a beautiful place, we can go to God at once. A place, bright and fragrant, full of kind and kind people. And, instead of us The people on the small motorboat will be saved, and they can go back to their parents who are anxiously waiting for them, and go back to their own homes. Well, we will be there soon, cheer up, let us sing and move forward Go!" The young man stroked the boy's wet black hair, comforting the two of them, and his face gradually became radiant.

"Where do you guys come from? What's the matter?" The lighthouse keeper just now finally saw some clues, he asked the young man.The young man smiled slightly and said: "That's right. The boat we were on hit an iceberg and sank. Because the child's father was in a hurry and returned to China two months ago, we set off after that. I'm studying in university and I'm their tutor It happened to be the twelfth day, that is, today or yesterday. The ship suddenly hit the iceberg, the hull suddenly tilted, and then began to sink. The moonlight on the sea is thin, and the fog is thick.Half of the port side of the lifeboat was submerged in the water, and everyone who went on board would definitely die together.I yelled desperately, 'Let the children go up first'.The people next to him immediately made a way out and prayed for the children.However, between the lifeboats, there were many younger children and their parents, and I really didn't have the courage to push them away.But when I thought that it was my bounden duty to save these two children, I still pushed the child in front of me away.But I thought again, since I want to save them, why not send them to God, so that they can get real happiness!As for the crime of violating the will of God, I can bear it alone, and I will rescue these two children no matter what. Looking at the scene in front of me, I know that I can't do it anyway.The boat was full of parents saying goodbye to their children, mothers frantically kissing their babies one last time, and fathers standing there in agony.It was heartbreaking.After a while, the big ship began to sink rapidly, and we were close together, fully prepared.I will hold these two children tightly and float as far as I can.In the end, we had to wait for the ship to sink. At this moment, someone threw a life buoy over, but it slipped and floated away.I tried my best to dismantle a wooden lattice of the deck, and the three of them hugged it like a savior.At this time, praise songs came from nowhere, and everyone immediately sang in unison in various languages.At the same time, there was a loud noise, and we immediately fell into the water.I thought it was probably being swallowed by the vortex, so I hugged the two children tightly.Came here when I was thinking vaguely.The child's mother passed away the year before last.Surely the people on the small launch would be saved, with so many skilful boatmen steering away from the big ship. " There was a burst of sighs and prayers around, and Giovanni and Corbenera also recalled the various things they had experienced, and their eyes were red. Ah, that sea is called the Pacific Ocean, right?On the sea to the north of the iceberg river, someone in a small boat is fighting against the wind, the freezing tide, and the biting cold, and he is doing his best.I really sympathized with that man and felt sorry.What on earth can I do for that person's happiness? Giovanni bowed his head, deep in thought. "I don't know what happiness is. In fact, no matter how painful things are, as long as you can go straight, even if you go through fire and water, you can get closer to happiness step by step." The lighthouse guard comforted. "Yes. In order to achieve the supreme ideal state, one must suffer all kinds of bitterness. This is God's will." The young man also replied like a prayer. Exhausted, the siblings leaned on the back of the seat and fell asleep one by one.The boy's feet were still bare just now, but at some point he has put on a pair of white and soft leather shoes. The train rattled along the dazzling phosphorescent shore, and outside the opposite train window, it was like a slide show, with hundreds of large and small triangular marks, and the red-dotted measurement flag was still shining on the large triangular mark.The field stretches as far as the eye can see, and there are many, many pale mist gathered.I don't know where it is, or a place farther away, from time to time there are all kinds of blurred beacon-like things, curling up into the dark blue sky.The bright breeze carries the fragrance of roses. "How is it? This is the first time you have seen this kind of apple, right?" The lighthouse keeper sitting opposite was holding a large golden and red shiny apple in both hands, and held it with his legs, lest the apple fall. "Oh, where did you get it? It's so beautiful! Do you grow such beautiful apples here?" The young man was surprised and delighted.He squinted his eyes and tilted his head, looking greedily at the apples held by the lighthouse keeper. "Hey, please take it, go on!" The young man took one and looked at Giovanni and the others. "Hey, two young masters over there, take one." When Giovanni was called "young master", he immediately became angry, but he didn't make a sound.Corbeneira said: "thanks!" So the young man took two with his own hands and gave one to each of them.Giovanni had no choice but to stand up and thank him. The lighthouse keeper finally had his hands free, and he gently placed the last two apples on the laps of his sleeping siblings. "Thank you very much. Where did you pick it? Such a beautiful apple!" The young man looked at the apple carefully. "Of course, there are many people engaged in agricultural production in this area, but most of them produce abundant fruits naturally. Farmers don't have to work hard. Basically, as long as they sow the seeds they like, they will harvest naturally. Rice is also different from the Pacific Ocean. There are no rice husks in the area. The rice grains are ten times larger than ordinary ones, and the fragrance of rice is everywhere. But where you go, there is no agriculture. Whether it is apples or snacks, there is not even dregs left, all evaporate. The fragrance is also It all diffuses out through the pores. The boy suddenly opened his eyes and spoke: "I had a dream just now. I dreamed of my mother. She was smiling and holding out her hands to me in a place with beautiful cabinets and many books. I shouted, 'Mom, let me pick you an apple!'" Wake up. Ah, is this on the train just now?" "Here is the apple, it was given by this uncle," said the young man. "Thank you Uncle. Sister Axiang is still sleeping, I'll wake her up. Sister, look, someone gave us an apple. Wake up!" My sister smiled sweetly and opened her eyes.The sun was dazzling, and she covered the light with her hands and looked at the apple. Boys ate apples like apple pie.The neatly peeled apple skin formed a corkscrew-like spiral that hung down to the floor, but suddenly evaporated into a gray mass. Giovanni and the others hid the apple in their pockets. On the other side of the lower reaches of the river, there is a lush forest with red round fruits on the branches.A tall triangle stands in the middle of the forest.From time to time, bursts of melodious music came from the depths of the woods.It was a concerto of symphony and xylophone, the wonderful music was carried by the wind, it was intoxicating. The youth couldn't help trembling all over. Listen carefully, the sound is like a grass-green field or a carpet spreading, or like waxy dew passing over the surface of the sun. "Look, that crow!" cried the little girl named Axiang next to Cobeinella. "That's not a crow, it's a magpie." Giovanni couldn't help laughing seeing Cobeinella's serious look.The little girl lowered her head in embarrassment.Sure enough, on the silvery white light of the river beach, flocks of blackbirds bathed motionless in the dim light of the river. "It's a magpie! The feathers on the back of the head stand upright." The young man seemed to be arbitrating. The triangle mark in the green forest on the opposite side just now has come to the window.At this time, the familiar melody of hymn No. 306 came from a distant place behind the train. It was everyone singing together.The young man's face turned pale all of a sudden, he stood up and wanted to go over there, but after thinking about it, he turned around and sat down again.Ah Xiang covered her face with a handkerchief. Even Giovanni felt something was wrong with his nose.Unknowingly, someone took the lead in singing that song.The singing grew louder, until finally Giovanni and Corbenera joined in. For a moment, the green olive grove flickered across the distant Milky Way, and then gradually disappeared.The sound of strange music drifting from there was also drowned out by the roar of the train and the whistling wind, leaving only a faint sound. "Ah! There are peacocks!" "Yes, there are quite a few!" The little girl replied. Giovanni saw that above the forest, which was gradually shrinking until it was only as big as a green shell button, there was often a turquoise light shining, which was the reflection of the peacock when it opened and closed its wings. "By the way, I seem to have heard the voice of a peacock just now." Cobeinella said to the girl. "Yes, there are probably more than thirty of them. The sound like the sound of the harp is made by the peacock!" The little girl replied. Giovanni felt an indescribable sorrow, and unconsciously said: "Corbenela, let's jump down here to have fun." At this time, his face was very scary. The river splits into two.In the center of the dark island, there was a tall tower, on which stood a man in loose clothes and a red hat, holding a red and green flag in each hand, looking up at the sky, and signaling. When Giovanni looked there, the man first waved the red flag vigorously, then put the red flag down and hid it behind his back, and then raised the green flag high, waving the flag vigorously like a conductor of a symphony orchestra.Then there was the sound of rustling rain in the air.A kind of dark thing, like a hail of bullets, flew towards the opposite side of the river one after another.Giovanni unconsciously leaned his upper body out of the window, looking into the distance.Under the beautiful dark blue sky, tens of thousands of birds, flock after flock, are busy and flying by singing. "The birds are flying over!" Giovanni murmured to himself outside the car window. "Let me see." Corbenera also looked up at the sky. At this moment, a man in loose clothes on the balcony suddenly raised the red flag and waved it crazily.So the flock of birds stopped flying immediately, and no flock of birds came.At the same time, from the lower reaches of the river came the sound of something crashing and collapsing, and after a moment of silence, the signalman in the red hat waved the green flag again and shouted: "Fly, migratory bird! Now is the time to fly across!" The voice was clear and loud. At the same time, thousands of migratory birds flew straight through the sky. The little girl was also close to the window, with her head between them, her beautiful face looking up at the sky with delight. "Oh, there are so many birds! Oh, what a beautiful sky!" said the girl to Benny. But Giovanni thought, Wet bastard.Really annoying!He squeezed his lips together and continued to look up at the sky.The little girl let out a sigh of relief, and returned to her seat without saying a word.Corbeneira looked sympathetically, and withdrew from the window to look at his map. "Is that man showing the way to the birds?" the little girl asked Corbenela in a low voice. "Well, it's sending a signal to migratory birds. There must be a beacon somewhere." Corbeneira answered uncertainly.There was a silence in the carriage.Giovanni also wanted to withdraw his head from the window at this moment, but it was unbearable to expose his face to the light, so he had to stand silently in the original posture.He whistled to hide his embarrassment. Why are you always so sad?You must have a broader and more open mind! In the distance on the other side of the river, a little bit of smoke and sparks could be vaguely seen.The light of the fire is peaceful and desolate, looking at it can calm my heart. Giovanni put his hands on his feverish and aching head and looked there. Ah, why no one followed me to that distant place? Corbenera was chatting with that girl in a congenial way!It was unbearable. Giovanni burst into tears.The Milky Way gradually recedes and disappears into the distance, only a white piece can be seen. At this time, the train gradually left the river and sped over the cliff. The dark cliffs on the opposite bank also moved downstream along the river bank, getting higher and higher.Suddenly a tall corn plant flashed past Giovanni's eyes.The corn leaves are curling, and the big green corn cobs are exposed under the leaves.The corn cobs have spit out crimson ears, and even pearl-like corn kernels can be seen.Rows of corn stalks multiplied, one after another, between the cliffs and the railroad tracks.Giovanni couldn't help pulling back from the window and looking at the opposite car window.The vast cornfield leads to the end of the horizon of the beautiful wilderness under the sky. The corn plants are swaying with the wind, and on the neatly curled leaf tips, there are rolling dewdrops like diamonds that have fully absorbed the sunlight, red and green. , crystal clear and lovely. "That's a cornfield," Corbenera said to Benny.But Giovanni couldn't cheer up for a long time.Still looking at the field coldly, he replied casually: "Probably so." At this time, the train gradually slowed down, and a few signal lights and switch indicator lights flashed outside the car window, and it entered a small station. The silver-white clock hands on the front are exactly aligned with two o'clock.The wind stopped and the train stopped. In the wilderness where everything is completely silent, only the pendulum is ticking and ticking to accurately record the time. At the moment when the pendulum swings slightly weaker, a faint melody can be heard from the far end of the wilderness. "This is the symphony of the New World." The girl sitting opposite looked at her and said softly to herself. At this moment, the black-clothed youth in the carriage and everyone else fantasized emotionally. What a quiet and comfortable moment!Why can't I be happier?Why is such a lonely and sad person?But Corbenera was too much, he was on this train with me, and it hurts me to talk to that little girl. Giovanni once again covered half of his face with his hands, staring at the opposite car window. The crisp and loud whistle sounded for a long time, and the train started slowly.Corbenela also whistled the "Star Cable" in boredom. "Oh, this is already a desert plateau." Behind him came the hearty voice of an old man waking up. "If the corn here is not dug a hole more than two feet deep with a stick, and the seeds are sown, it will not grow." "That's right. It's quite a deep distance from the river, isn't it?" "Well, it's at least two thousand to six thousand feet deep. It's almost like a steep canyon." By the way, isn't this the Colorado (US state name) plateau?Giovanni suddenly remembered. The girl rested her younger brother's head in her arms, her dark eyes stared into the distance, lost in thought.Corbeneira whistled again in boredom.The little boy's round face, delicate as silk and lovely as an apple, turned towards Giovanni. The corn stalks suddenly disappeared, and the black field stretched into the distance. "New World Symphony" surged clearly from the edge of the horizon, and an Indian ran up the dark field, with white feathers on his head, countless stone ornaments on his wrists and chest, and a sharp arrow on a small bow. , was chasing the train at a glance. "Oh, the Indians are coming, the Indians are catching up. Sister, look!" cried the younger brother. The young man in the black suit also opened his eyes to look around. Giovanni and Corbenera also stood up. "I'm catching up, I'm catching up. Are you chasing the train?" "It's not chasing the train. It's hunting. Maybe it's dancing." The young man seemed to have forgotten his current situation, and said with his hands in his pockets. The Indians were probably dancing, and chasing a train wouldn't be such a frenzy.At this time, the white feathers suddenly fell forward, and the Indian stood there all of a sudden, drawing his bow and shooting arrows into the air nimbly.A crane swayed down from the sky and fell into the two big open hands of the running Indian.The Indian stood there pompously.After a while, his figure looking this way with a crane in his hand gradually became smaller.Insulated porcelain vases on utility poles flashed by, and cornfields appeared again.Looking from the window here, you can know that the train is driving on a high and steep cliff mountain road.Looking down from this point, you can see the river in the depths of the canyon flowing leisurely. "It's downhill from here. It's not easy down to the water level. With such an angle of inclination, it is impossible for the train to travel in the opposite direction.Lo and behold, the train is picking up speed! "The person who said this was like the old man just now. The train speeds along the ramp.When the train approached the edge of the cliff, a clear river finally appeared below.Giovanni's mood suddenly brightened.As the train passed a small hut, Giovanni saw a child standing there alone, looking in this direction.He couldn't help screaming. The train moves forward bravely.Almost all the people in the carriage fell backwards, clutching the seats tightly one by one.Giovanni couldn't help laughing with Corbenera.The Milky Way seems to be rushing turbulently beside the car, with waves of light shining from time to time.Red quince flowers are in full bloom on the river beach.The train finally stabilized and slowed down. On the opposite side and on the shore, there is a flag with a five-pointed star and a pickaxe. "What flag is that?" Giovanni finally spoke. "I don't know either. It's not marked on the map. And iron ships." "what!" "Probably they are building a bridge," the little girl interjected. "Ah, I see. That's the engineer's flag, and it's a bridging exercise. But why don't you see the troops?" At this time, on the other side of the river downstream, the distant Milky Way flashed suddenly, the water column rose high, and then there was a loud "boom". "Ah, it's an explosion. It's an explosion!" Corbenera jumped up.After the soaring column of water fell, huge salmon and trout were thrown into the air with their white bellies flickering, circled and fell into the water again.Seeing this scene, Giovanni was so excited that he was about to jump up. "A brigade of engineers in the sky! How, the trout are thrown so high. It's the first time I've tasted such a pleasant trip. It's wonderful!" "Those trout must be huge if you look at them up close. I didn't expect there to be so many fish in the water here!" 'There are also small fish, right? "The little girl also came over to interject. "There will be. If there are big ones, there will be small ones. But it is too far away from here, so I can't see the little fish." Giovanni's mood has completely improved, and he smiled happily to answer the little girl's question. "That must be the palace of Prince Gemini." The boy suddenly pointed out the window and shouted. Above the low hill on the right front, two palaces made of crystal blocks stand side by side. "What's going on with the palace of Prince Gemini?" "I have heard my mother tell many times before that there are two small and exquisite crystal palaces standing side by side. It must be here." "Tell me, what's wrong with the Twin Stars?" "I know that too. Master Gemini came to play in the field and quarreled with the crow, right? Sister." "That's not it. It's the story my mother told on the bank of the Tianhe River..." "Then comet came babbling and babbling." "Don't make trouble! You're talking nonsense, that's another story." "That's why you play the flute there?" "It's gone to sea." "No no. They've come ashore from the sea." "Yes, I remembered, let me tell you." The river on the other side suddenly turned red. The poplars and other trees were pitch black.The waves of the Milky Way, which were invisible at first, also faintly glowed with thin red light at this time.The fields on the opposite bank seemed to be ablaze.Billows of smoke seemed to scorch the high dark blue cool sky.That flame is brighter and brighter than ruby, and more colorful than alloy glass. "What kind of fire is that? What makes the fire so fascinating?" Giovanni said. "That's the Scorpio Flame." Corbenela looked at the map again. "Ah, it's Scorpio Flame. Then I know." "What's the matter with the Scorpio Flame?" asked Giovanni. "Scorpio was burned. Rumor has it that the fire has been burning to this day. Papa has told it several times." "Is a scorpion a bug?" "Yes, Scorpio is a bug, a good bug." "Scorpio is not a good bug. I saw it in the museum, soaked in alcohol. There is a big clip on the tail. The teacher said that if anyone is stung by it, he will die." "Of course. Then it is also a good bug, Dad said. Once upon a time, in the Baldura field, there was a little scorpion that ate small bugs. One day, it met a weasel and was almost eaten. The scorpion desperately Run for your life. It was about to be caught by a weasel, but accidentally, Scorpio fell into a well and couldn’t climb up. Scorpio was about to be drowned, so it prayed like this: 'Ah, how many lives I swallowed before, and now when the weasel catches me, I run away in such a state of embarrassment.But it finally came to this point.Oh my God, I'm beyond help.Why don't I obediently let my body be eaten by weasels? It will also live an extra day for it.God, please read my heart.Don't die in vain, in order for everyone to obtain true happiness, please use my body. ' Before he knew it, Scorpio saw a red flame burning from his body, illuminating the surrounding darkness.Dad once said that the fire still burns today.That's right, the flame over there is the Scorpio Flame. " "Yes, look! Isn't the triangle over there in the shape of a scorpion?" Giovanni also felt that the three triangles on the opposite side of the flame were like the arms of the scorpion, and the five triangles on this side were like the pincer claws on the tail of the scorpion.And that group of bright red and bright Scorpio fire is really burning silently, the light is shining and transparent. As the flame faded away, one could even hear an extremely loud symphony, and smell the fragrance of flowers in full bloom, mixed with whistles and noisy speeches.It makes one feel as if there is some town nearby where people are celebrating a festival. "Centaurus, let the dew fall!" The little boy who had been sleeping next to Giovanni suddenly looked at the opposite car window and shouted. I saw a juniper tree as green as a Christmas tree there, and countless small light bulbs flickered on the tree, like thousands of fireflies gathered together, and it was crystal clear. "By the way, tonight is Centaur Constellation Festival!" "This is Centaur Constellation Village." Corbenela blurted out. "My pitch is the most accurate." The little boy said very proudly. "The Southern Cross Station is coming. Get ready to get off." The young man said to the siblings. "I want to sit still for a while," said the little boy. The little girl beside Corbennella stood up anxiously and prepared to get off the car, but she still seemed unwilling to part with Giovanni and the others. "We have to get off here." The young man said to the little boy with a serious face. "No. I'm going to take another train and go." Giovanni couldn't stand it anymore and said: "Come with us. Our tickets can go anywhere." "But we have to get off here, from here we can go to the sky." The little girl said with a faint smile on her face. "Why do you have to go to heaven? The teacher said that we want to create a happier world here than in heaven." "But my mother has already gone. It's all God's will." "Your God is a false God." "Your God is a false God!" "no." "Then what is your God like?" the young man asked with a smile. "I don't know too well. But there should be only one real God." "Of course there is only one true God." "I mean, there's only one true God." "That's right. I pray, may God bless us, and meet the two of you again in front of the real God you mentioned." The young people clasped their hands reverently. The little girl did the same.Everyone was reluctant to part, and their faces looked a little pale.Giovanni almost burst into tears. "Are you ready? The Southern Cross Station is coming." At this time, a dazzling and colorful cross appeared in the lower reaches of the Tianhe River.It stands like a big tree in the river, and the blue clouds around it hang in the air like a round halo.There was a lot of voices in the carriage.Just like the last time they saw the Northern Cross, people stood up in silence and began to pray.The cheers and indescribable deep admiration of children can be heard everywhere.The cross gradually moved to the car window, and the ring-shaped cloud as pale as apple flesh lingered gently. "Hallelujah! Hallelujah!" People's joyful and bright voices shook people's hearts. From far away in the sky--that dreary sky far away, people heard a very clear and loud trumpet sound.Many more signals and lights flashed, the train gradually slowed down, and finally came to a stop right in front of the cross. "Okay, it's time for us to get out of the car!" The young man took the little boy's hand, and the siblings adjusted each other's collars, patted the dust on each other's shoulders, and walked towards the car door slowly. "Goodbye!" The little girl turned her head and said goodbye to the two. "Goodbye." Giovanni said angrily, holding back tears. The little girl opened her eyes very sadly, looked back again, and walked out of the car door without a word.More than half of the passengers in the carriage had disembarked, and the empty carriage looked particularly desolate, with the cold wind howling outside. Outside the window, people lined up respectfully and kneeled on the bank of the Tianhe River in front of the cross.The two saw a man in beautiful white clothes crossing the invisible water of the Milky Way, walking towards this side with his hands outstretched solemnly.At this moment, the crisp siren sounded, and the train started to start. Silver-white clouds floated in from the downstream, engulfing everything at once, and nothing could be seen, only the leaves of many walnut trees flashed brightly in the mist middle.The electric squirrel with a golden halo looks out from time to time with a cute little face. Afterwards, the cloud and mist cleared away quickly, revealing a street leading to nowhere, with a row of small light bulbs lit beside the road.当二人顺着那灯光向前走时，小灯泡宛如向他们点头致意似地熄灭了，而当二人走过时，却又亮了。 回头望去，刚才那座十字架已截然变小，简直可以作项链挂在胸前。刚才的小女孩和青年等人依然跪在那片白色的河岸上呢，还是去了那虚无缥缈的天上？景物迷离，无从知晓。 焦班尼长长叹了口气。 “柯贝内拉，又只剩下我们俩了。我俩无论到哪儿都要同行才好。我现在就像那只小天蝎，只要能为大家寻求真正的幸福。 就是身经千锤百炼，我也不在乎。 " “嗯，我也是那样想。”柯贝内拉眼里浮现出晶莹的泪花。 “可是，真正的幸福究竟是什么呢？”焦班尼问。 “这个，我也不知道。”柯贝内拉茫然地回答。 “总之，咱们应该尽最大努力。”焦班尼仿佛心里充满无穷的力量，深深吸了一口气。 “哎，那莫不是煤炭草袋？活像天空的黑洞。”柯贝内拉一边胆怯地避开视线，一边指着天河的一处说。 焦班尼往那儿一望，不禁倒抽一口冷气。天河果然出现一个黑洞洞的大口子。它到底有多深？一直通到何处？无论怎么擦亮眼睛，也觉得深不可测，只感到刺眼般的疼痛。焦班尼说： “再大的黑洞我也不怕。我一定要去寻找人们的真正幸福。 不管到哪儿，我们俩也要携手并肩，共同前进。 " “一定，一定那样。哎，你看，那是多么美丽辽阔的原野呀！ 那里有很多人，大概是真正的天堂吧？啊，我妈妈也在那儿。 " 柯贝内拉突然指着窗外远方山花烂漫的原野欢叫起来。 焦班尼随之向那边张望，只见那边雾茫茫，怎么也看不出有柯贝内拉说的那种绚丽多彩的景象。 焦班尼心里一阵惆怅，呆呆地朝那边张望。对面河岸上的两根电线杆，宛如双双手挽手地托一根红色横木立在那里。 “柯贝内拉，我们一起去，好吗？”焦班尼说着回过头来，可刚才还有柯贝内拉坐着的座位上，已不见他的影子。只有黑天鹅绒座椅，闪闪发光。 焦班尼如同出膛子弹霍然而起，努力不被人察觉地向窗外探出身子，奋力猛打自己的胸脯，大声疾呼，最后扯开噪门失声痛哭出来。 周围世界旋即漆黑一团。 “你在哭什么呀？转过身来！”那曾经听到多次、像大提琴一样温和的声音，从焦班尼身后响起。 焦班尼愣了一下，马上擦了擦眼泪，转过身来。发现刚才柯贝内拉坐过的座位上端坐着一位戴着大黑帽子、面颊苍白消瘦的大人，手拿一本大厚书，正慈祥地笑着目视焦班尼。 “你的朋友不见了，是不是？他呀，今晚就真的去遥远的地方了。你不要再找他了。” “为什么？我已经答应跟柯贝内拉一起去的。” “是的，人们都这么想。但事实上是办不到的。我们每个人都和柯贝内拉一样。你所见过的所有的人都和你一样，曾经尝过富有光泽的苹果，坐过这列火车。所以，就像你刚才想的那样，要为了寻找所有人的最终的幸福，和大家一起尽快到达那理想之乡。只有到了那里，你才能和柯贝内拉永远永远地呆在一起。” “我一定要实现这一理想。可是我应该怎么做才能得到这一幸福呢？” “我也在寻求同一目标。你要好好拿着你这张车票，要专心学习。你学过化学吧？那你就应该知道水是由氧气和氢气合成的。 没有人怀疑这一真理，因为实验已充分证明。然而以前人们说它是由水银和盐合成的，也有人说它是由水银和硫磺化合成的，真是众说纷纭。每个人都认为自己信奉的上帝才是真正的上帝，那么，对那些和自己信仰不同的人们的感人故事，不是也会为之落泪吗？如果那样，我们又要对我们的心地好坏加以议论，是不是？ 结果往往找不出正确答案，对吧？但是，如果你真正用心学习，就可以通过验证来正确区别真假，只要这种验证的方法得以确立，那么信仰和化学没有什么两样。我们就来看看这本书上是怎么讲的。你听着，这是一本史地辞典。书的一页上记载着公元两千二百年前的地理和历史。你好好看看，这可不是现在我们书上记载的公元两千二百年前的历史。而是记载着公元两千二百年前，当时人们思考的地理和历史。 所以，这一页就相当于我们现在的一本史地书籍。understand? 这本书记载的全都是公元两千二百年前的真理，证据十分充分。 如果对它有所怀疑，那就翻看下一页吧。 公元一千年前，地理和历史发生了巨大变化。当时的情景就是如此。你不要做出那种难以置信的表情。我们对一切，包括我们的身体、思维和天河、火车、历史，这一切都是由于我们的感觉才存在。你看，还是与我在一起，你才稍微心平气和些了吧？ " 那人说着抬起一只手指，又缓缓放下。焦班尼顿时觉得自己、自己的思维、火车和那位学者、天河全部在一闪之后消失，化为乌有。过了一会儿，随着其中一片空间光闪闪发亮后，一切都显得那么空旷、坦荡，所有历史转瞬即逝，一切空空如也，虚无飘缈。光芒、黑暗的变幻急剧加速，不久一切又恢复原状。 “明白了吗？你今后的实验，要将这些支离破碎的思维，由始至终地贯穿起来。这不是一件容易的事，能够完整地实验其中一段就行。你看，那边有颗普列西斯（蛇颈龙）星，你要将普列西斯星上的枷锁拆开。” 此时，一串烽火由对面漆黑的地平线腾空而起，照得整个车厢雪白如昼。那串烽火一直升上天空，光芒四射。 “是马杰兰星云！我要为了我自己，为了母亲，为了柯贝内拉，为了大家去寻找那真正的幸福。” 焦班尼咬紧嘴唇，仰望着马杰兰星云起身发誓——为了那最应该获得这幸福的人！ “好了。你要牢牢握住你的车票。你马上就要不在这梦幻的列车上，而是回到现实世界的惊涛巨澜里，阔步行进。天河中那张唯一可以带回的车票，你千万不可丢失。” 那大提琴般温柔、平缓的声音还在耳边回响，但焦班尼却觉得天河已离自己十分遥远。微风吹拂，他发觉自己正伫立在长满青草的小山冈上，同时听见布尔卡尼罗博士的脚步声渐渐接近。 “谢谢你协助我进行了一次非常成功的实验。我一直在考虑进行一次从遥远宁静的地方，将我的思想传达给别人的实验。你的话语，我都记在笔记本上了。你就像在梦幻中决定的那样果断地行动吧！今后可以随时随地来我这儿商量任何事情。” “我一定坚定信念，我一定要找到幸福！”焦班尼满怀信心地说。 “那么再见。这是刚才那张车票。” 博士将叠成小方块儿的绿纸片放进焦班尼衣袋里，随后消失在气象标后面。 焦班尼一口气跑下山风。 他感到自己衣袋里好像有什么沉甸甸的东西，叮叮当当乱响，便在树林里停下步掏出来看。原来刚才梦幻中的那张奇特的天河绿车票里包着两枚明晃晃的金币。 “博士，谢谢您了。妈妈，我这就给您拿牛奶去。” 焦班尼说着又继续向前跑。仿佛有千言万语一齐涌向心头。 他既感到有些悲伤惆怅，又感到精神焕然一新，浑身充满力量。 天琴星座已转到西方天际，如在梦中伸了个懒腰。 焦班尼一下子睁眼醒来，原来他疲乏地躺在这小山冈的草坪上睡过去了。他心里久久不能平静，脸颊沾满冰冷的泪水。 焦班尼弹簧一般跳起身来。镇子仍像刚才一样灯火通明。但焦班尼却感觉这光亮比刚才要温暖得多。 刚才自己还在梦里邀游的天河，依然白灿灿地挂在天边，黑洞洞的南边地平线的上空尤其扑朔迷离，如烟雾蒸腾。其右边的天蝎座红星银辉熠熠，天空整体的排列几乎没有任何变化。 焦班尼一溜烟儿跑下山冈。他心里只是惦念还没吃晚饭的母亲。他飞速穿越黑洞洞的松林，绕过牧场的灰白色栅栏，从刚才的入口处返回昏暗的牛舍前面。好像有人刚刚外出归来，傍晚没有见到，而现在却停着上辆车，车上装着两只木桶。 “晚上好。家里有人吗？”焦班尼喊了一声。 “来了。”一位穿白肥脚裤的人立刻应声走出。 "Is there a problem?" “今天没有给我们家送奶。” “是吗，那可太对不起了。”那人马上回到里边拿来一瓶牛奶，递给焦班尼，笑着说： “实在对不起。噢，今天中午，我迷迷糊糊地没关好栅栏，有条大蛇乘虚而入，钻到母牛那儿，喝掉了大部份的牛奶。” “是吗？好，我该回去了。” “好的。让你特意跑来一趟。” "nothing." 焦班尼两手捧着还温热的奶瓶，走出牧场栅栏。 他穿过林荫道，走上大街。又走了一会儿，便到了十字路口。 路口右前方大路尽头就是刚才柯贝内拉他们分完河灯出发的地方。 河上的桥头堡隐隐约约耸立在夜空中。 十字路的街边店铺前，聚集着两伙女子，一边朝桥那边观望，一边交头接耳地谈论什么。 再一看，桥上也有许许多多的灯光和熙攘的人群往来晃动。 焦班尼心里一下子凉了半截。他猛然冲着旁边人大声问道： "What happened?" “小孩掉到河里了。”一个人说罢，其他人不约而同地看着焦班尼。焦班尼不顾一切地向大桥跑去，桥上人山人海，简直看不见河面。人群中还有穿白警服的警察。 焦班尼顺着桥墩飞也似地下到开阔的岸边。 只见许多人手持灯火沿着河滩匆匆忙忙走上走下。对岸黑暗的堤坝上也有七八点灯火在移动。河面上早已不见王瓜灯笼的影子，灰暗的河水发着微弱的声响，静静流淌。 下游河滩有一块沙洲，黑压压的人群轮廓分明可见。焦班尼快步来到人群前，一眼发现刚才跟柯贝内拉在一起的马尔苏。马尔苏走过来对焦班尼说： “焦班尼，柯贝内拉掉到河里去啦！” “这怎么会？什么时候掉进去的？” “扎内利想从船上把王瓜灯笼推到河里去，不料船身晃了一下，他就栽到河里去了。柯贝内拉为了救他立刻跳入水中，奋力把扎内利推向船边。扎内利抓住船舷得救了，而柯贝内拉却再也不见了。” “大家都去寻找了吧！” “嗯，可不久就都回来了。柯贝内拉的父亲也赶来了。可是无论如何都找不到，扎内利已被领回家了。” 焦班尼走进人群。面色铁青、尖下额颏柯贝内拉父亲身穿黑衣服呆呆地直立着，四周围满了学生和镇上的人。柯贝内拉父亲左手攥着手表，目不转睛地注视河面，众人也都死死盯着河面。 There was complete silence all around.焦班尼只觉心里忐忑不安，双腿打颤。打鱼用的电石灯往来穿梭。黑黑的河水微波闪闪，涌流不息。 下游，漫长的银河倒映在整个河面，如在眼前，俨然果真降临人间。 焦班尼此时感到柯贝内拉永远都要留在那条银河边上了。不禁涌起一阵难以抑制的心酸。 人们仍不死心，渴望柯贝内拉从浪花中跃出说一声：“我游了好远好远”，或者他到了一个无人知晓的沙洲，等待人们去搭救。 这时，柯贝内拉的父亲断然说： “已经不行了。他自落水已过了四十五分钟！” 焦班尼猛地冲到博士跟前，本来想说自己知道柯贝内拉的去向，自己一直和柯贝内拉在一起来着。可是喉咙好像给什么东西塞住了，什么也说不出来。博士倒以为焦班尼前来问候，便端详了好一会焦班尼。 “你是焦班尼吧？今晚让你受累了！”博士亲切地说。焦班尼半晌说不出话来，只是一个劲儿地鞠躬。 “你父亲回来了吧？”博士紧紧抓着手表，又问了一句。 “还没有。”焦班尼轻轻摇了摇头。 “怎么会呢？前天他还给我来信呢。信上说，他很好。今天总该回来了吧！或者船误期了不成？焦班尼，明天放学后和大伙儿一起来我家玩吧！” 说完，博士继续将视线移向下游银河倒映的河面。 焦班尼百感交集，默默离开博士。他想快些把牛奶送到母亲身边，并把父亲就要回来的消息告诉母亲。于是一溜烟地沿着河滩向镇子跑去。 (END)