Chapter 11 Saburo Kazemata

september 1 call!Hulong!Hush!call! howling wind blown green walnuts also blown off the sour pear call!Hulong!Hush!call! There is a small primary school on the bank of the stream in the mountains. There is only one classroom in the school, but there are students from the first grade to the sixth grade.The playground was no bigger than a tennis court, but behind it was a small grassy hill with lots of chestnut trees.There is another cave in the corner of the playground, from which cool spring water gushes out all day long. On the morning of September 1st, the sky was high and the air was crisp.The blue sky is breezy, and the sun is shining all over the playground.Two first-year students in black snow pants walked around the embankment and came to the playground. Seeing no one around, they scrambled and shouted:

'Wow!We are first!We are the first! ' The two happily passed through the school gate, looked into the classroom, and at the same time froze in place, looking at each other and trembling.One of them burst into tears.Because they saw that in the quiet classroom, a red-haired child who had never met was sitting in the seat in the front row.And the seat he was sitting in was the seat of the crying child.The other kid was on the verge of crying too, but he fought back the tears and glared at the red-haired kid with wide eyes.At this moment, several calls came from the upper reaches of the river:

'Long...red...chestnut!Long... red... chestnut! ' (Annotation: a child's nickname) Following the shout, Kasuke rushed into the playground like a big crow with his schoolbag in his arms.Behind him, Sataro, Kosuke, and several children ran in noisyly. 'What is he crying for?Did you bully him? ' Kasuke stood in front of the child who was not crying and asked.Asking such a question, the child burst into tears too.Everyone was baffled and looked around, only to find the red-haired child sitting upright in the classroom.As a result, everyone immediately fell silent.After a while, the girls gathered around one after another, but no one was willing to speak.

The red-haired kid didn't panic at all, he was still sitting on his seat, staring at the blackboard intently. Soon, Ichiro from the sixth grade came.Ichiro walked over slowly like an adult, looked at everyone, and asked, "What's the matter?" At this time, the children present pointed at the red-haired child in the classroom, shouting at each other.Ichiro looked at him for a moment, then he clutched his schoolbag and walked quickly to the window. The others cheered up and followed. 'Who are you?Entering the classroom before class time? ' Ichiro climbed up the window sill, probed into the classroom and asked.

'When the weather is good, if you enter the classroom before the time, you will be scolded by the teacher! Kosuke also cheered under the window. 'We don't care about being scolded at that time! ' Kasuke also said. Ichiro said again: 'come out faster!come out faster! ' However, the child just looked around the window and the classroom, still put his hands on his lap obediently, and sat motionless. He was also dressed very strangely, with a strange-looking loose gray coat on his upper body, a pair of white shorts on his lower body, and a pair of red half-tube leather boots on his feet. .That small face was like a ripe apple, with big black and round eyes.Ichiro saw that he didn't seem to understand everyone's words, and he couldn't do anything for a while.

'That kid must be a foreigner. ' 'He came to our school to study! ' The other children started chatting with each other again. Kasuke, the fifth grader, suddenly called out: 'I see, he's in third grade! ' 'right!right! 'The children in the lower grades also thought of it.Only Ichiro tilted his head and wondered what he was thinking. The red-haired child was still sitting quietly on the seat, staring at everyone in a daze. At this time, a gust of mountain wind blew suddenly, and the glass windows in the classroom were rattled, and the daylilies and chestnut trees on the mountain behind the school were also swayed by the wind and turned pale.The children in the classroom seemed to grin and move slightly.Seeing this, Kasuke immediately yelled loudly:

'Wow!I see!He is Saburo Kazemata (Annotation: Legendary Wind God)! ' When everyone shouted in agreement, Goro standing behind suddenly screamed: 'Oh!It hurts! ' The other children turned their heads and saw that it was Kosuke who stepped on Goro's toes, and Goro was angry and was beating Kosuke.Kosuke also yelled angrily: 'You are not careful, how come you hit me back? ' Kosuke also wanted to fight back.When Goro was about to rush forward to wrestle with Kosuke again with tears all over his face, Ichiro hurriedly stood in the middle to separate them, and Kasuke also helped hold Kosuke down.

'stop fighting!The teacher is already in the office! ' While talking, Ichiro looked back at the classroom and couldn't help being surprised.It turned out that the child who was sitting on the seat just now had disappeared without a trace.The others were also disappointed, as if a pony that had been hard to get acquainted with was sold far away, or a tit that was caught with great difficulty escaped from their hands, feeling disappointed. The wind suddenly blew again, rattling the glass windows, and the daylilies on the back hill all rolled pale waves upstream towards the stream.

'It's all your fault for quarreling. Look, Yasaburo is gone. ' Kasuke roared angrily. Others are complaining too.Goro felt very sorry, forgot about the pain in his foot, and stood listlessly with his shoulders shrunk. 'Looks like that guy is Kazemata Saburo. ' It is exactly two hundred and ten days after the beginning of spring. '(Annotation: According to legend, the god of wind came to the world two hundred and ten days after the beginning of spring. In Iwate Prefecture in September, it is the season change period, autumn is very short, and winter is about to begin. The area in this article often blows violently during this period. mountain wind.)

'He has shoes on. ' 'Still wearing clothes. ' 'The hair is red, that guy is really weird. ' 'Look, Matasaburo put stones on my table. ' Said a second grader.Everyone saw that there were indeed some dirty stones on the child's table. 'Yes, he also broke the glass. ' 'No, that was broken by Kasuke throwing stones before the summer vacation. ' 'right!right! ' Just as everyone was clamoring, the teacher came in from the hallway.The teacher held a shiny whistle in his right hand, and was about to call everyone to line up.What is strange is that the red-haired guy just now looked like the man who was helping the lion dancer lift his tail, Wearing a white hat on his head, he followed the teacher step by step.

The surroundings suddenly fell silent.Ichiro was the first to say: "Good morning, teacher!" Then the others followed suit: "Good morning, teacher!" ' 'Good morning, kids!Everyone looks healthy.OK, start queuing. 'The teacher blew the whistle.The whistle immediately echoed in the mountains across the valley, and then bounced back in a low voice. Everything returned to the way it was before the summer vacation. There was one student from the sixth grade, seven students from the fifth grade, six students from the fourth grade, and twelve students from the third grade. The eight second graders and the four first graders stretched out their hands and looked forward. The red-haired kid stood behind the teacher, biting his tongue with his molars, and kept looking at everyone curiously.At this time, the teacher called out: "Takata, come here." Then he was brought to the fourth grade team, and he was asked to compare his height with Kasuke, and then he was placed between Kasuke and Qing Dynasty behind him. Everyone looked back with relish. Then the teacher went back to the entrance and shouted: 'Look forward...look! ' Following the teacher's command, the students stretched out their hands again to straighten the line up again.But everyone wanted to see if the child had done a good job of looking forward, so some looked back, and some secretly looked at the child sideways.Seeing that the child seemed to know the essentials of queuing, he stretched out his hands without changing his expression, and even raised his fingertips to a position that almost touched Kasuke's back, causing Kasuke to feel a tickle all over his back, and he kept twisting his body. 'lay down! The teacher issued another password: "The advanced classroom for the first grade." The first grade stepped forward, followed by the second and third grades, bypassing the other teams in turn, and walked into the classroom with a shoe cabinet on the right side of the door.When it was the fourth grader's turn to start walking, the child also followed behind Kasuke, striding vigorously.The children walking in front turned their heads to look at him from time to time, and the children behind also stared at his back closely. Not long after, everyone put the clogs into the shoe box and entered the classroom. According to the order of queuing up just now, each grade sat in a straight line.The child also sat down behind Kasuke as if nothing had happened.After sitting down, the classroom was in chaos. 'Yo, my table has changed! ' 'Wow, my table has rocks too! ' 'Kiko!Kiko!Did you bring your transcript?I forgot. ' 'Hey, Sano, borrow a pencil! ' 'Can not be done!How did you take my notebook? ' At this time, the teacher walked into the classroom, and the students stood up noisily, and Ichiro at the end shouted: "Salute!" Although everyone shut their mouths temporarily while saluting, they started chattering again after sitting down. 'Quiet!Calm down, kids! ' 'Hush!Yuezhi, stop arguing!Kasuke!Xizi!Do not talk! 'Ichiro called out the names of the noisiest children one by one in the back to silence them. After everyone calmed down, the teacher said: 'Everyone, have a great time during the long summer vacation!When I wake up in the morning, I can go swimming right away, I can go to the woods and scream louder than a goshawk, I can follow my brother who is going to mow the grass, and go to Uenohara to have fun ,Right?However, the summer vacation ended yesterday.Starting today is the second semester, and it will be autumn.The ancients said that autumn is the most vigorous period for people's body and mind, and it is a good season for learning.Therefore, I hope that everyone will continue to study hard from today. In addition, during the summer vacation, we had a new classmate, Gao Tian who was sitting there.Takata originally went to school in Hokkaido, but this time his father was transferred to Ueno Haraguchi to work because of the company's needs, so from today on he is everyone's friend, whether you want to go to school, go to the mountains to collect chestnuts, or go down to the river to fish Ask him to go with you.have you understood?Those who understand raise their hands. ' Everyone immediately raised their hands.The kid named Takata also suddenly raised his hand, the teacher smiled and continued: 'Do you understand?OK, hands down. ' Everyone was like a discouraged ball again, and put their hands down together. But Kasuke raised his hand again: 'teacher! ' 'What's up? ' The teacher pointed at Kasuke. 'What's the name of Takata-san? ' 'His name is Takata Saburo. ' 'Wow!OK!Sure enough, it was Saburo Kazemata! When he heard that he was called Saburo Takata, Kasuke clapped his hands and stomped his feet happily, dancing on his seat.The senior children laughed out loud, but the children below the third grade looked at Sanlang silently in horror. The teacher said again: 'Did everyone bring their report cards and summer homework today?Please put the ones you bring on the table, and the teacher will collect them next to the table. ' So, some people opened their schoolbags, some unwrapped their scarves (Annotation: At that time, some rural children had no schoolbags and used wraps to wrap their textbooks), and one after another took out their report cards and summer homework and put them on the table. Teachers start accepting the first-grade seats.At this time, everyone was surprised to find that there was an adult at the back of the classroom.The man was wearing a large white linen jacket and a shiny black handkerchief around his neck instead of a tie. He was gently fanning a white fan in his hand and watching everyone with a smile on his face. The children closed their mouths in unison, all very cautious.But the teacher didn't seem to care, and still collected the report cards one by one.When he came to Saburo's desk, there were no report cards and summer homework on Saburo's desk, only Saburo's tightly clenched fists.The teacher walked over without saying a word, and after collecting all the things, he held it in both hands and returned to the podium. 'These homework, the teacher will be corrected before next Saturday and returned to everyone.Those who didn't bring it today, remember to bring it tomorrow.The people who forgot to bring their homework today are Etsuji, Yuji, and Ryosuke.OK, that's all for today.Classes will begin tomorrow, so don't forget to bring your textbooks.The fifth and sixth graders stayed behind to help the teacher clean the classroom, and the rest went home from school. ' Ichiro shouted: "Stand up!" Everyone quickly stood up. The adult at the back of the classroom also put down his fan and stood at attention. 'salute! The teacher saluted everyone back, and the adult behind him also saluted lightly.Children in the lower grades rushed out of the classroom in a swarm, while the children in the fourth grade dawdled in place.Only Saburo stepped forward and walked towards the man in white.The teacher also stepped off the podium and walked towards him. 'thanks for your work teacher. 'The man saluted the teacher respectfully. 'Saburo will soon mingle with everyone. The teacher also saluted him back. 'After that, I will ask the teacher to take care of me.goodbye. ' After the man bowed to the teacher again, he winked at Saburo, walked around to the entrance, went out and waited outside.Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Sanlang walked out from the entrance of the students silently with his big eyes flashing. After catching up with the man, they both walked across the playground towards the stream. When he walked out of the playground, Saburo looked back at the school and everyone for a while, and then quickly caught up with the man in white. 'Teacher, is that man Gao Tian's father? 'Ichiro asked the teacher with a broom in his hand. 'yes. ' 'What is he doing here? ' 'A kind of ore called molybdenite was discovered at the entrance of Uenohara, and he was here to be in charge of mining. '(Annotation: The ore was discovered by Miyazawa Kenji himself in Tanedan no Hara.) 'Where is Uenoharaguchi? ' 'I don't know either, it seems to be the road that everyone often walks when they go to graze the horses, and the place next to the lower reaches of the river. ' 'What's the use of molybdenum? ' 'It is said that it can be made into an alloy with iron, and it can also be used as a medicine. ' "Did Saburo Kazata also dig together?" ' Kasuke interrupted. 'It's not Matasaburo, it's Takata Saburo! ' Sataro said corrected. 'It's Matasaburo!It's Matasaburo! Kasuke blushed and said firmly. 'Kasuke!Since you're here, help us sweep the floor. ' said Ichiro. 'I won't do it!Today is the fifth and sixth grades on duty! ' After Kasuke finished speaking, he rushed out of the classroom and ran away in a hurry. The wind is blowing again.The window panes rattled, and the bucket of rags was filled with black ripples. September 2 The next day, Ichiro wanted to see if the child from yesterday would really come to class today, so he went out earlier than usual to meet Kasuke.Unexpectedly, Kasuke was more concerned about this matter than Ichiro. He had already finished his breakfast and waited at the door of the house with his textbooks. Along the way, the two talked about the child.When I went to the school, I saw that there were already seven or eight junior children playing treasure hunting on the playground, but the child hadn't come yet.They thought, maybe the child would sit in the classroom again like yesterday, looked up, the classroom was empty, only the white stripes left after drying with a rag and wiped on the blackboard were still visible on the blackboard . 'The guy isn't here yet! ' said Ichiro. 'Ok! ' Kasuke looked around. Ichiro walked under the horizontal bar, grasped the bar with both hands, straddled the bar with one foot and climbed up vigorously, then moved his body to the support with his right hand alternately with both hands, sat on the support, and looked at the direction where Saburo left yesterday.In the stream not far away, the water is gurgling, and the river surface is sparkling; on the mountains on both sides of the downstream, day lilies are rolling layers of white waves with the gusts of mountain wind. Kasuke was standing under the horizontal bar, also staring in the same direction intently.Fortunately they didn't have to wait too long.Because of the small path on the left, Matasaburo suddenly appeared trotting over with a gray schoolbag under his right arm. 'coming! When Ichiro was about to shout to Kasuke below, he saw Matasaburo had bypassed the river embankment, walked into the school gate in the blink of an eye, and said loudly, "Good morning!" '. The children present all turned their heads to look at Matasaburo, but no one responded to him. Although everyone has learned to say "good morning" to the teacher in the morning, the students never say hello to each other.Now Saburo suddenly said these words with great energy, and everyone didn't know how to answer them for a moment. Even Ichiro and Kasuke were so shy that they could only mutter in their mouths, but they couldn't say "Good morning!" '. On the contrary, Masaburo didn't seem to mind at all, he walked forward two or three steps before stopping, turning his big black and bright eyes, looking around the whole playground.He seemed to be looking for a playmate with whom he would play.However, although the others cast curious glances at him from time to time, they were still busy playing the treasure hunting game, and no one dared to muster up the courage to approach him.Matasaburo stood there in embarrassment, and looked around the playground again.Then, as if to measure the width of the playground, he started to take long strides from the school gate, and walked towards the entrance while counting the steps.Ichiro hurriedly jumped off the horizontal bar and stood side by side with Kasuke, watching Matasaburo's movements with bated breath. Yasaburo walked to the entrance, turned around, and tilted his head to look like he was doing mental calculations. The other children still looked over curiously from time to time.Matasaburo put his hands behind his back in embarrassment, and walked past the teachers' offices towards the opposite river bank. At this time, a gust of mountain wind suddenly blew, rustling and rolling layers of grass on the embankment.A cloud of flying dust also rose from the center of the playground, flew to the entrance and circled a few times, forming a vortex, and then forming an upside-down bottle shape, rising to the roof.Seeing this, Kasuke suddenly shouted loudly: 'That's right!That guy really is Matasaburo!Every time he does something, there will always be wind! ' 'Ok. Ichiro couldn't be sure whether it was true or not, he just looked at Matasaburo silently.Yasaburo still walked quickly towards the embankment on his own. At this time, the teacher walked out of the entrance with a whistle in his hand as usual. 'Morning teacher! 'The children of the lower grades swarmed up. 'Good morning, kids! The teacher glanced at the playground, said: "Assemble!" and blew the whistle. Everyone ran over immediately and lined up like yesterday.Matasaburo also stood at the position designated by the teacher yesterday.Under the direct sunlight, the teacher squinted his eyes and shouted the orders one by one, and finally the children entered the classroom one by one from the back door. 'Children, from today onwards we will officially start class.Have you brought all the textbooks and stationery?Students in the first and second grades took out copybooks, inkstones, and paper. Students in the third and fourth grades took out their arithmetic textbooks, notebooks, and pencils. Students in the fifth and sixth grades opened their Mandarin textbooks. ' As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the classroom was full of noise.Sataro, the fourth grader sitting next to Matasaburo, reached out and grabbed Kayo's pencil from the third grader.Kayo is Sataro's younger sister.Jiadai shouted: "Wow! Brother, how did you grab someone's pencil?' 'this is mine! Sataro stuffed the pencil into his bosom, and then put his hands into the cuffs of each other, so that his hands and chest were all attached to the edge of the table. Jiadai stood up and walked over, desperately trying to grab the pencil back: "Brother, didn't I lose my pencil in the shed the day before yesterday? Give it back soon!" But Sataro was still clinging to the edge of the table like a crab fossil, and Kayo could only pouted his mouth, looking like he was about to burst into tears. Matasaburo had already placed the Mandarin textbook on the table, and was looking at the siblings at a loss. Seeing two streams of tears falling from Kayo's eyes, he silently put the half of the pencil in his hand on Sataro's desk. Sataro immediately smiled, sat up straight and asked, "You want this for me?" Masaburo was a little hesitant at first, but finally made up his mind and said, "Mmm!" Sataro couldn't help laughing when he heard it, took out the pencil in his arms and put it back in Kayo's bright red hand. The teacher was busy helping the first-year students fill the inkstones with water, and Kasuke was sitting in front of Matasaburo, so they didn't know about it.Only Ichiro who sat at the back could see clearly. He felt very uncomfortable inside, gnashing his teeth with anger. 'Students in grade three, let's review the subtraction we learned before the summer vacation.Do the math first. 'The teacher wrote 25-12 on the blackboard. The children in the third grade carefully copied it in their notebooks.Jiadai also buried his head so close to the table. 'The fourth grade students figured out this topic. The teacher wrote 17×4 on the blackboard again. The fourth graders Sataro, Kizo, Kosuke and others all copied down the topic. 'Students in fifth grade, turn to page X of the Mandarin textbook, don't read it aloud, and copy the words you don't know in your notebook when you encounter them. ' The fifth-grade children began to silently read their textbooks. "Ichiro, you also turn to page x in your textbook and read silently, and also copy down the words you don't know. ' After the teacher explained everything, he walked off the podium and looked at the calligraphy of the first and second grades in turn.Yasaburo held the textbook in both hands and began to concentrate on reading silently, but he never copied a single word in the notebook.Whether it was because he could read all the characters in the textbook, or because he gave Sataro his only pencil, no one knows. After a while, the teacher returned to the podium, explained the arithmetic calculation problems just given to the third and fourth graders, and then came up with new calculation formulas.Then write the words written in the notebooks by the fifth-grade students on the blackboard, and then annotate the pronunciation symbols and meanings.Then say: "Jiasuke, read this passage carefully. ' Jiasuke started to read aloud, but got stuck in two or three places, and the teacher read to him one by one for him to finish. Masaburo also listened silently. The teacher held the textbook and listened carefully. When Jiasuke read about ten lines, the teacher said: "Okay, that's all." Then the teacher continued to read. In this way, after each grade took turns to finish the class, the teacher asked the students to pack up the utensils one after another, and then stood on the podium and said: "get out of class is over." 'stand up! ' shouted Ichiro from the back row of the classroom. After saluting, everyone walked out of the classroom one by one and started playing. In the second class, the first grade to the sixth grade are all music classes.The teacher took out the mandolin, and everyone sang five previously learned songs along with the piano. Yasaburo knew how to sing these songs, and he sang very vigorously with everyone.In this class, time passed quickly. In the third class, Mandarin is taught in grades 3 and 4, and arithmetic in grades 5 and 6.The teacher wrote the topic on the blackboard and asked the fifth and sixth graders to do calculations.Not long after, Ichiro figured out the answer, glanced at Masaburo, and saw that Matasaburo found a small kindling charcoal from nowhere, and was doing calculations in his notebook. The words were large and the charcoal rattled on the paper. Sunday, September 4th This morning, the sky was exceptionally clear, and the stream was gurgling. Along the way, Ichiro met Kasuke, Sataro, and Etsuji, and walked towards Matasaburo's house together. After crossing the downstream stream not far from the school and landing on the bank, each of them broke a willow branch, peeled off the green bark to make a whip, and boarded the mountain road leading to Uenohara while whipping.Before long, everyone was out of breath. 'Will Saburo really wait for us by the spring? ' 'Yes, Masaburo won't lie. ' 'It's so hot, just a little wind. ' 'It's really windy!I don't know where it came from. ' 'It was probably blown by Matasaburo. ' 'The sun seems to be a little blurred. ' A few white clouds appeared in the sky.The four of them had already climbed quite high.The people in the valley are all in the distance under my eyes, and I can also see the white light shining on the roof of the small wooden house of Ichiro's family. The mountain road stretched into the woods, and after walking for a while, the road surface became quite wet, and the surroundings began to get dark.After walking for a while, I finally arrived near the mountain spring that was agreed in advance.It just so happened that Matasaburo's call came from the mountain spring: 'Hey--!Is everyone here? ' When the four of them heard this, they ran up quickly.Matasaburo was standing at the corner ahead, looking at them climbing up the hill with his mouth tightly pressed.The four finally came to Yousaburo, all of them were out of breath, unable to speak for a while.Kasuke was even more impatient, wanting to exhale the breath held in his chest as soon as possible, turned his back to the sky, and yelled loudly: 'call!call! ' Seeing this, Masaburo laughed loudly: 'I've been waiting for a long time.I heard it might rain today. ' 'Then let's go, wait, let me drink my saliva first. ' After the four of them wiped off their sweat, they knelt down and kept drinking the cool spring water gushing from the crevice of the white rock. 'My home is not far from here, it's on that hill, you can drop by my home to play when you go back. ' 'it is good!Let's go to Uenohara first. ' When the group of people were about to leave, the spring water suddenly gushed out loudly, as if telling some omen.The surrounding leaves also rustled. The five people walked through several bushes next to the forest, and over several collapsed rubble piles, and finally climbed to the vicinity of the Uenohara entrance. Everyone stopped, looked back at the way they had come, and then looked to the west.On the other side of the rolling, bright and dark hills, beside a winding stream, is a large piece of lush wilderness. 'Look at that river! ' 'It really looks like Kasuga Myojin's ribbon. (Annotation: When visiting a shrine, you have to ring the bell before putting your palms together and praying. This refers to the ribbon when ringing the bell.)' Matasaburo said. 'What do you mean? ' asked Ichiro. 'Like Kasuga Myojin streamers. ' 'Have you ever seen fairy ribbons? ' 'I saw it in Hokkaido. ' The others didn't know what Kasuga Myojin was, nor had they seen the Myojin ribbon, so they kept silent. Ueno Haraguchi is right in front of you, the surrounding grass has been cut evenly, and a tall chestnut tree stands in the center. The roots of the tree are scorched black, forming a hollow, and old straw ropes and broken straw sandals are scattered on the branches. 'Going further, you can see a lot of people mowing the grass, and there are places for horses. ' said Ichiro, walking quickly ahead to a path in the bald grass. Masaburo followed behind him, saying as he walked: 'It's good, there are no bears here, you can let the horses. ' After walking for a while, he saw a sack lying under a tall oak tree beside the road, and a large pile of straw bales scattered all around. The two hunched horses (the original manuscript has about two characters blank) saw Ichiro and twitched their noses and neighed a few times. 'elder brother!Are you there?we are coming! 'Ichiro exclaimed loudly while wiping his sweat. 'Oh--!You wait, I'll go right away! Brother Ichiro's cry came from a distant depression. The sun came out of the clouds, and the surroundings became very bright. Brother Ichiro walked over from the grass with a smile on his face. 'You are here, why, and you brought your classmates?It's just in time, don't forget to help me drive my horses back when I go back, the weather will probably change in the afternoon, I have to mow more grass, if you want to play, go to the enclosure, there are more than 20 pasture horses inside. When Brother Yilang turned around and wanted to leave, he turned back and said, "Don't go out of the fence! It's dangerous to get lost. I'll come back at noon." 'Well, we'll play inside the enclosure. ' Brother Ichiro walked away.At this time, the sky is covered with a layer of thin clouds, and the sun is like a white mirror, galloping between the clouds and the flowing clouds in the opposite direction.The mountain wind was blowing head-on again, blowing the uncut grass into green waves.Ichiro led the way, and he came to the wall in a short time.There is a gap in the wall, and two logs are crossed in the middle.Kosuke was about to slip under it, but Kasuke stopped him and said, "I'll unload it." Then he pulled out one end of the log, unloaded the log and put it on the ground, and everyone stepped over the remaining log one by one.After entering, I saw seven shiny brown horses gathered on the high slope in front of them, wagging their tails leisurely. 'These horses cost thousands of dollars each, and I heard that they will all participate in horse racing next year. ' Ichiro said as he approached the horses. As if they couldn't bear the loneliness, the horses all came closer and stretched their noses, as if they were asking for something. 'They want to eat salt! ' Everyone yelled and stretched out their hands for the horse to lick.Only Matasaburo was a little scared because he was not familiar with the horse's temperament, so he put his hands back in his pockets. 'what!And Saburo is afraid of horses! ' cried Yuezhi. 'I'm not afraid! Yousaburo hurriedly stretched out his hand and put it in front of the horse's nose. The horse turned its neck and just stuck out its tongue, but Yousanlang hurriedly withdrew his hand and stuffed it into his pocket in panic. 'Wow!Masaburo is really afraid of horses! 'Yuezhi called out again.Yasaburo blushed and felt coy for a long time, and finally said: 'Well then, let's play horse racing! ' No one else knew how to play.Matasaburo continued: 'I've seen several horse races, but the horses don't have saddles and you can't ride them.How about this, each of us drives a horse over there, look, it's just that big tree, whoever gets there first will be the champion. ' 'It seems interesting! ' Kasuke said. 'Will be scolded!You will be caught by the horseman! ' 'it's okay!Anyway, I'm going to participate in a horse race, so what if I don't practice beforehand! ' And Saburo retorted. 'it is good!Then I will chase this horse! ' 'I want this one! ' 'Then I'll catch this horse! ' Everyone was waving willow twigs or day lily ears, hissing and lashing the horses lightly.However, the horses did not move, some still gnawed on the grass with their heads down, while others stretched their necks to look around, as if admiring the surrounding scenery. So Ichiro clapped his hands hard, and then let out a loud cry.All seven horses raised their manes at the same time and galloped forward. 'it is good! Kasuke ran after him.However, it doesn't feel like racing a horse at all.Because the horses are all lined up together, and the speed is not as fast as the race horses.However, everyone still chased the horses desperately while shouting with great interest. The horse ran for a while and seemed to be about to stop.Although everyone was out of breath, they continued to chase.At this time, the horses had bypassed the high slope and ran to the gap in the wall that everyone had just crossed. 'what!The horse is going to run out!Stop it!Stop it! ' Ichiro yelled in a hurry. In fact, some horses have already run outside the fence, and the horses after that are about to step out of the log.Ichiro yelled: "Heh! Heh!" while desperately chasing after him. After rolling and crawling, he rushed to the horse and opened his hands, but two horses had already run out. 'Come and stop!Come on! Ichiro shouted out of breath, and hurriedly installed the log on it.Others rushed over and got out of the log to see that the two horses that ran out of the fence had stopped and were gnawing grass leisurely. 'Quietly go over and rein in the horse, quietly! ' said Ichiro, going over to rein in one of the horses where the brand was tied.Kasuke and Matasaburo wanted to rein in the other horse, but as soon as they got to the horse, the horse seemed to be frightened, and suddenly ran south along the fence without looking back. 'elder brother!The horse ran away!The horse ran away!elder brother!The horse ran away, Ichiro yelled desperately behind him.Masaburo and Kasuke ran after the horse. The horse seemed to really run away this time, and it was seen galloping forward in the thick grass as tall as a man, appearing and disappearing from time to time. Jiasuke's legs were sore after chasing him, and he had already lost the sense of direction, let alone where he was. Then, he felt darkness in front of his eyes, the world was spinning, and he finally fell down in the grass.The last thing that caught his eyes was the red mane of the horse and the white hat of Matasaburo who was chasing after the horse. Kasuke lay on his back and looked at the sky.The sky was blank and spinning, with grayish clouds galloping above and booming. Kasuke struggled to stand up, panting and walked towards the direction where the horse was running.In the grass where the horse and Matasaburo passed, there was a trail of vague footprints.Kasuke laughed out loud.I thought: (Hmph, it doesn't matter, that horse must be scared, where is it waiting.) Kasuke walked down the trail, but after less than a hundred steps, he found that the path among the white flower dragon buds and thistle bushes, which was deeper than his height, suddenly diverged into two or three forks, and he didn't know which way to go. it is good.Kasuke raised his voice and shouted. There seemed to be Matasaburo's response from afar. Jiasuke made up his mind and walked towards the central road.But this trace is also intermittent, and sometimes it lies on a steep slope that is impossible for a horse to cross. The sky became extremely dark, and the surrounding scenery gradually became blurred.The cold wind began to sweep across the grass, and the clouds and mist continued to drift past sporadically. (It's over, the sky has changed, and all troublesome things will come now.) As he expected, the horse's tracks disappeared in the grass. (Ah, it's over! It's over!) Kasuke's chest was pounding in panic. The grass swayed with the wind, making crackling and rustling sounds from time to time.The fog was thicker and thicker, soaking his clothes. Kasuke shouted at the top of his lungs: 'Ichiro!Ichiro!come here now! ' But there was no response.The cold mist, like chalk dust falling from the blackboard, danced in the atmosphere, and the surroundings were silent and eerie.There was the patter of water droplets falling in the grass. Kasuke wanted to return to Ichiro and the others as soon as possible, so he turned around and hurried on his way.However, the road under his feet was completely different from when he came here just now.First of all, the thistles are too dense, and there were no rocks in the grass just now, but now they appear on the bottom of the feet from time to time.As he was walking, a huge valley that he had never heard of before suddenly appeared in front of him.Miscanthus rustled, and everything on the other side of the valley was hidden in the thick fog, like an unfathomable canyon. Whenever the wind blows, Mangsui will hold up countless pairs of slender hands and greet in the air busily: 'Hi, Mr. West; Hi, Mr. East; Hi, Mr. West; Hi, Mr. South; Hi, Mr. West. ' Kasuke was flustered, so he had to close his eyes and turn his face away, then hurriedly turned around and walked back.A black path suddenly appeared in the grass.Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a road paved by countless horseshoe prints.Kasuke was ecstatic, let out a few short laughs, and walked quickly along the road. However, this road is also unreliable. In some places it is only five inches wide, in others it is as wide as three feet, and it seems to be going around in circles.When at last a large chestnut tree with a charred top was reached, the path forked again vaguely. This place looks like a place where wild horses gather. In the fog, it can be seen that it is a circular square. Kasuke was so disappointed that he walked back along the black path.The unknown grass ears around are swaying with the wind. Whenever a strong wind blows, it seems that there is something commanding somewhere, and the grass ears will all lie down to avoid the strong wind. The sky was thundering with lightning and thundering and rumbling.嘉助走着走着，发现眼前雾中突然出现一座状似房屋的黑团。嘉助以为是错觉，停下来望了一会儿，越看越像是一座房子，战战兢兢地走上前，定睛一看，才看清原来是一座冰冷的大黑岩。 白花花的天空不停在回转，野草骤然齐声摇晃，拂去叶面上的水滴。 （万一走错了，来到原野的另一侧，又三郎和我肯定会没命。）嘉助心里想着，嘴里也在嘀咕着，接着又扬声大喊： '一郎！一郎！Where are you?一郎！ ' 四周再度明亮了起来，野草们齐声吐露出欢欣的气息。 嘉助耳边清晰地响起曾经听说过的一段传言： '伊佐户町有个电工的孩子，被山妖捆住了手脚。 ' 黑色小径终于在嘉助脚下消失了。四下顿时又是一片沉寂，接着刮起狂风来。 整个天空像一面随风翻腾的大旗，并且劈劈啪啪迸出火星。嘉助终于不支倒地，躺倒在草丛中昏睡过去。 刚刚的一切似乎都是遥远的往事。 嘉助仿佛看到又三郎伸长双腿坐在他眼前，一声不响地仰望着天空。他身上那件眼熟的灰上衣上，还罩着一件玻璃斗篷。脚上穿着一双亮晶晶的玻璃鞋。 栗子树树影在又三郎肩上洒落了一片蓝，又三郎身影又在草地上洒落了一片青。风阵阵袭来，又三郎不笑不语，只是紧抿着小小双唇，默默望着天空。霍地，又三郎飘然而起飞向天空。玻璃斗篷在空中闪闪发光。 嘉助蓦地张开了眼睛。灰色的雾霭仍在飞快游荡着。 一匹马正伫立在他眼前。马儿像是惧怕着嘉助，眼光瞥向一旁。 嘉助跳起来一把勒住马儿的名牌。又三郎紧抿着毫无血色的双唇，从马儿身后走了出来。嘉助见状，情不自禁全身发起抖来。 'Hey! '浓雾中传来一郎哥哥的叫声。也传来阵阵轰隆雷鸣。 'Hey!嘉助！Where are you?嘉助！ '这回是一郎的叫声。嘉助兴奋得跳了起来。 'Hey!I'm here!I'm here!一郎！Hello! ' 眨眼间，一郎和他哥哥就出现在眼前。嘉助当下放声大哭起来。 '找了好半天，太危险了，看你全身都湿了。'一郎哥哥熟练地抱住马头，迅速地镶上带来的口钳。 'Let's go! ' '又三郎你一定吓坏了吧？'一郎问又三郎。又三郎依旧紧抿着双唇，不吭声地点了点头。 大家跟着一郎哥哥身后翻过了两个平缓的斜坡，再顺着一条很宽的黑土路走着。 天边闪了两次微白的闪电。空气中散发出一股草木烧焦的味道，一缕青烟飘荡在雾中。 一郎哥哥喊道： '爷爷！found it!found it!全都找到了！ ' 爷爷站在雾中回说： '真急死我了。找到就好。嘉助，冻坏了吧？快进来。'嘉助跟一郎看来都是这个爷爷的孙子。 在半边烧焦的大栗子树根部，有个四周用草捆围起来的小窝棚，里面有一堆火，正徐徐地燃着红火苗。 一郎哥哥把马儿系在枹树下。 马儿嘶嘶叫了起来。 '真可怜，哭好久了吧。这孩子是不是那个来挖金山的儿子？来，大家来吃米团，吃啊。我再来烤这边的。结果你们在哪儿找到他们的？ ' '（草字头加'世'字）长根出口。'一郎哥哥回答。 '好险！so close!从那儿下去的话，连人带马都会没命的。嘉助啊，快来吃啊。孩子，你也吃吧！来，把这些都吃了。 ' '爷爷，我去把马放了吧。 ' '好，好，若被放马的知道这件事就麻烦了。不过，再等等，马上会放晴。唉，我真是担心死了，还特地到虎子山山脚去找过你们。回来就好，雨也快停了。 ' '早晨天色还好好的……' '嗯，会再放晴的。哎，棚顶漏雨了！ ' 一郎哥哥走出草棚。棚顶上滴嗒滴嗒响个不停。爷爷仰头望着笑了起来。 哥哥进来说： '爷爷，放晴了，雨也停了。 ' '好，好。你们在这儿烤火，我再去割点草。 ' 云雾骤然便散开了，阳光亮晃晃地洒了进来。太阳已经偏西，几团蜡块般的雾气，因闪躲不及在阳光下无奈地闪着亮光。 草丛上串串水滴晶莹地滚落下来，所有植物的叶、茎与花儿，都在吸吮着今年这最后的阳光。 远处西方的碧绿原野，宛如刚刚抹去泪水，露出粲然的笑容。对面的栗子树也放射出青翠圆光。 大家疲惫不堪地跟在一郎身后，鱼贯地下山。来到山泉旁时，一直紧抿着双唇的又三郎，默默地与众人告别之后，独自走向他父亲的小屋。 归途上，嘉助开口说： '那家伙肯定是风神。是风神的孩子。父子俩在那边做了窝。 ' '别瞎说了！'一郎高声制止。 九月五日 第二天早上是雨天，第二节课开始，天空逐渐转亮，到了第三节课的下课十分钟时，雨终于停了。天空露出像是被刀刮出般的块块蓝天，鳞片似的白云，在蓝天下往东飞奔；山上，芒草丛中和栗子树上，也冒出蒸汽般的团团云雾。 '放学后，去摘山葡萄好吗？'耕助悄声问嘉助。 '好啊！go!go!又三郎要不要一起去？ '嘉助随即邀了又三郎。 '哎，那地方不能让又三郎知道的。'耕助在一旁嘀咕。 又三郎没听到耕助的阻止，回说： 'go!go!我在北海道时也摘过。我妈还腌了两大桶呢。 ' '你们要摘葡萄的话，也带我去吧！'二年级的承吉也来凑热闹。 'no!怎能让你们知道那地方！那是我去年新发现的。 ' 大家都迫不及待地盼望着放学。第五节课一结束，一郎、嘉助、佐太郎、耕助、悦治与又三郎六个人，从学校出发往上游方向走去。不多久，来到一间茅草房附近，草房前有一小块菸草田。菸草木下半部的菸叶已经被摘光了，绿油油的菸梗排列得很整齐，看上去像是一片小树林，十分有趣。 又三郎突然走上前，随手摘下一片叶子，递到一郎眼前问说： '这是什么叶子？ ' 一郎吓了一跳，稍稍沉下脸说： '哇呀！又三郎，随便摘菸叶是会被公卖局的人骂的！你干嘛不说一声就摘下？ ' 其他人也你一言我一语地附和着： '哇呀！公卖局的人都会一片一片数着叶子数，再记在帐簿上的。我不管啰！ ' '我也不管啊！ ' '我也不管！'大家异口同声叽叽喳喳。 又三郎涨红着脸，手里摇晃着菸叶，不知该怎么回答。过一会儿，才赌气地说： '我又不是故意的！ ' 大家惶恐不安地环顾着四周，深怕被人看到，又缩头缩脑地打量着眼前那栋小茅屋。座落在热气腾腾的菸草田对面的茅屋，寂静无声，似乎没有任何人在。 '那房子是一年级的小助的家。'嘉助开口打圆场。 可是耕助本来就不愿意让大家知道自己发现的山葡萄丛，现在跟来一大堆人，就把气出在又三郎身上： '嘿！又三郎你说不是故意的，可是谁又知道你到底是不是故意的？你还是把叶子照原样还给人家吧！ ' 又三郎很为难，沉默了一阵子，才轻轻地把叶子搁在那株菸叶梗底下，说： '那我就放回原处好了。 ' 一郎趁机说：“快走！'并率先跨开脚步。其他人也跟在一郎身后走开。只有耕助还留在原处嘟囔着： '我不管喔！那是又三郎放的叶子，跟我无关喔！ ' 不过没人理睬他，迳自越走越远，耕助只好赶忙追上去。 一行人沿着芒草丛中的小径，又往山上爬了一段，才来到一处栗子树遍地林立、朝南的洼坑地。栗子树下正是一大丛山葡萄藤。 '这地方是我发现的，你们不要摘太多啊！'耕助说。 '我要去摘栗子。'又三郎说完，随手捡起一块石头，往栗子树枝头上扔去。一颗青刺果应声而落。 又三郎用树枝剥开刺果，取出两个还未熟透的白色栗子。其他人都在忙着摘山葡萄。 耕助摘了一阵子后，想到另一丛山葡萄去，正当他路过一株栗子树底下时，突然从树上淅沥哗啦落下一阵水滴，使得他自肩膀到背上，就像刚从水中爬上来似地湿淋淋的。耕助目瞪口呆地抬头往上看，只见又三郎不知何时已经爬到树上，一边笑着一边用袖子在擦脸。 'Wow!又三郎你干什么？ '耕助恨恨地往上喊道。 '是风刮的。'又三郎在树上吃吃笑着。 耕助离开树下到别处继续摘着山葡萄。耕助已经摘了许多，东一堆西一堆，恐怕自己也会拿不动，整个嘴巴也染成了紫色，看上去好像大了一圈。 '够了吧，就摘这些回去吧。'一郎说道。 '我还要摘！'耕助回说。 这时，又是一阵水滴哗啦落在耕助头上。耕助吃了一惊，抬头往上看去，不过这回树上没有又三郎的身影。 仔细再看，树枝另一端露出又三郎灰色的胳膊，更听到他的吃吃笑声。耕助这回真的火大了，大吼着： '又三郎！你又泼了我一身水！ ' '是风吹的！ ' 大家哄笑了起来。 '又三郎，一定是你摇了树枝的！ ' 大家又是一阵哄笑。 耕助愤愤不平地望着又三郎，过一会儿才说： '又三郎！这世界要是没有你多好！ ' 又三郎狡赖地笑着回说： '耕助啊，真是对不起喔！ ' 耕助想再骂些别的话，却因为过于气愤，一时想不出来，只好重覆着刚才的话： 'Hey!又三郎！要是这世上都没有像你这样的风，不知多好！ ' '对不起啦！可是你刚刚实在是太欺负我了。'又三郎眨了眨眼睛，有点过意不去地辩解着。不过，耕助怒气未消，又重覆着同样的话： '哇呀！这世上要是都没有又三郎风的话多好啊！ ' 这回，又三郎感到有趣起来，便笑出声问道： '你说这世界上最好没有风，那你说说看没有风比较好的理由，一个个说出来吧！'又三郎学着老师的模样伸出一只指头。 耕助觉得像是在接受又三郎的考试似地，又气又恨，却也无可奈何地想了想，才说： '首先，你光会捣蛋，把人家的雨伞刮坏！ ' '再来呢？再来呢？'又三郎兴致勃勃地追问。 '再来是折断树枝，刮倒树木！ ' '还有呢？还有呢？ ' '把房子刮垮！ ' '还有，还有，还有什么？ ' '把灯火吹灭！ ' '然后呢？然后是什么？ ' '把人家帽子吹走！ ' '再来呢？再来还有什么？ ' '也吹走斗笠！ ' '再说！Say it again! ' '再来是……把电线杆刮倒！ ' '还有没有？还有没有？ ' '还有掀坏了人家屋顶！ ' '哇哈哈！屋顶是房子的一部份呢！how?Is there any more?Is there any more? ' '还有……还有……把油灯吹灭！ ' '哈哈哈哈！油灯是灯火的一部份！就这些吗？Ok?还有没有？快说，快说啊！ ' 耕助哑住了。能想到的都说出来了，怎么想也想不出其他理由。又三郎更加得意地又伸出一只指头催促着： '再来呢？再来是什么？talk! ' 耕助涨红了脸想了一阵，好不容易才又想出一个： '还把风车吹坏！ ' 又三郎这回笑得差点从树上跌下来。其他人也都笑起来。笑着，笑着，简直无法停下来。 又三郎好不容易才收住了笑声，说： 'look!你竟然连风车都搬出来了。风车啊，其实不讨厌风的，当然啦，风有时候也会把风车刮坏，但是通常都是在帮风车转动的。所以风车不会认为风很坏的。再说，你刚才列出理由时实在太可笑了，还、还、还了半天都说不出来，最后竟然把风车也给算进去。哈哈，实在太可笑了！ ' 又三郎又大笑起来，笑得眼泪都流出来。耕助也因为刚才被又三郎追问得昏头昏脑，不知不觉中一肚子怨气早已消了，竟跟着又三郎一起大笑起来。 又三郎前嫌尽释地向耕助道歉： '耕助，对不起啊，刚刚是我恶作剧的。 ' 'Okay!咱们回去啦！ '一郎边说边随手递给又三郎五大串山葡萄。又三郎也把他自己的白栗子各分给每人两个。然后，大家一起下山，再各自回自己的家。 september 7 早上阴湿大雾漫天，学校后山只看得出轮廓。今天也是从第二节课开始，雾逐渐散去，天空不久便呈现出一片蔚蓝，似火的骄阳也露出头脸来。中午，三年级以下的小朋友们放学后，气温高得犹如盛夏。 午后，老师在讲台上挥汗如雨，不得不频频擦汗。讲台下四年级上书法课，五、六年级画图画，也是个个热得直打瞌睡。 一放学，大家立即朝河的下游出发。嘉助对又三郎说： '又三郎，一起去游泳吧！低年级的大概早就去了。 ' 因此又三郎也跟在大家身后。 那地方离他们上次去的上野原不远，是个河流与右边另一条溪涧汇合成河面较宽的河滩，河滩往下一点，是一座长有一株高大皂荚树的断崖。 'Hey! '几个先到的孩子们，看到一郎一行人，光着身子挥动着双手招呼着。一郎与其他人，争先恐后地穿过岸边的合欢树林，一到河边便脱掉衣服，一个个扑通扑通地跳进水中，双脚轮流拍打着水面，排成斜队游向对岸。 先到的孩子们也跟在他们身后游了起来。 又三郎也脱掉衣服跟在最后面。游到一半，竟张口大笑起来。 已经游到对岸的一郎，湿头发紧贴在头上，样子很像一头海豹。他双唇冻得发紫，浑身打着哆嗦问： '又三郎，你在笑什么？ ' 又三郎也浑身打着哆嗦从水中上岸，回说： '这河水太凉了。 ' '我是在问你笑什么？'一郎又问。 '我是在笑你们的游法很奇怪，为什么双脚要那么用力拍打水面？'又三郎说完又笑起来。 '哎！'一郎有些不好意思地岔开话题：“你们玩不玩摸石头？' 说毕，顺手捡起一块白色圆石头。 '要玩！要玩！'孩子们异口同声地叫道。 '那我就从那棵树上丢过来。'一郎边说边跑到断崖边，像猴子般爬到从断崖中腰伸长出的皂荚树树上。 '要扔了！一、二、三！'一郎说着就把那块石头扔进水潭里。 大家从岸边抢着一头跳进水中，像一只只灰蓝的海濑钻进河底去捞石头。不过，每个人都还未到河底之前就因为憋不过气，又浮到水面来，轮流往上空喷出雾般的河水。 又三郎本来一直观看着大家的举动，等他们都浮出水面后，再一头跳进了河里。可是他也是潜到半途就又浮上来，惹得大家哄堂大笑。这时，对岸河滩的合欢树林突然走出四个大人，有的光着上身，有的手中拿着鱼网，朝大家的方向走过来。 一郎见状，在树上压低了嗓门对大家叫道： '炸鱼的来了！都装作没看见，也别摸石头了，赶快退到下游去！ ' 于是大家尽量不回头，一齐游向下游。 一郎在树上用手掌遮住额头，再仔细观察了一阵子，接着跳进水潭，潜进河中，不一会儿就追上大家。 大伙儿站在水潭下游浅滩上。 '装作不知道，玩我们自己的。'一郎又吩咐。于是大家有的弯腰去捡磨刀石，有的去追赶鹧鸪，装作根本没注意到那四个大人的样子。 水潭对岸那四个大人之中，有个在下游当矿工的庄助，环视过四周后，便在河滩碎石地上盘坐了起来。然后悠闲地从腰间取出烟袋，叼着烟管，大口地抽起烟来。大家正感到纳闷时，又见他从腰间围兜里掏出一样东西。 '要炸了！It's going to explode! '大家齐声喊道。 一郎急忙摆手制止大家别出声。庄助不动声色地将烟火移向那样东西。站在他后面另一个大人，立刻下水张开了鱼网。庄助沉着地站起身，一脚跨进河里，随即将手上的东西远远抛到皂荚树下的水中。不一忽儿，只听轰隆一声，水面骤然隆起，四周有一阵子回响着刺耳的爆炸声。对岸的大人们，全都下了水。 '准备好！要漂过来了，大家快抓鱼！'一郎叫着。 不久，耕助便抓到一尾上游漂下来的露出鱼肚小指般大的杜父鱼。在他身后的嘉助，嘴里发出吸吮西瓜汁时的嘶嘶声。原来他抓到一尾六寸长的鲫鱼，高兴得涨红了脸。其他人也陆续地抓到鱼，个个兴奋得手舞足蹈。 '别出声！Be quiet! '一郎警告着。