Chapter 36 nine-color deer

Once upon a time, there lived a nine-colored deer by the Ganges River. Nine-color deer, nine-color fur, two more colors than the rainbow. No one has ever seen it—although everyone knows it—it lives in the mountains beside the Ganges. Every morning, it goes to the Ganges ferry to drink water; every afternoon, it walks in the green mountains; All night, it slept peacefully among the mushroom bushes. The elephant group meets it every day. The elephant group believes that there will always be good luck when meeting it. The elephant group smiles at it, smiles, and the elephant group smiles again and again.Birds used to stand on its high antlers, as if among the flowering branches, free and happy, they sang, sang, they sang again and again.

Nine-colored deer, happy deer, auspicious deer, almost all creatures can talk to it. Nine-colored deer, a beautiful deer, a noble deer, only humans have never seen it. One day, the young king came towards the forest with his mighty army and attendants, and they raised a cloud of dust that made even the sun darken for a moment. When they came to the river, the young king stopped his gorgeous carriage, and the musicians put down their noisy drums. They rested at the Ganges ferry, filled sweet Ganges water with shiny horn cups, and relieved the long-distance travel. hunger and thirst. The wind was blowing their brightly colored flags, and the flags sounded "hunting". On the flag, the maid with the best craftsmanship embroidered a nine-color deer with the most beautiful colored threads.

"This is the forest, this is the ferry." The guide raised his crooked finger and pointed to the silent forest.There is a mountain wind blowing in the forest, and the mountain wind is very pleasant - the god of the forest is playing music, and he gently blows every leaf, imitating the sound of the waves of the distant ocean. The sun shines brightly, illuminating every corner of the world—under the noon sun, every corner of the world is bright, and here and now, even the tiniest sewing needle cannot be hidden. "Brave soldiers - spread out and encircle the forest, and then you step forward and narrow the circle step by step; clever hunters - mount your horse and follow me into the forest, you can only use snares, never Bear no arms; great musicians—strike your drums, and march on!"

Once an order is issued, it can no longer be taken back. For a while, the sound of footsteps, horseshoes and gongs and drums interspersed.The army surrounded the forest, and the young king led the hunter into the habitat of the nine-color deer.The sound of gongs and drums in the forest made all the beasts frightened and ran away one after another. They rushed into the encirclement of the army, and caught them alive in the snares that had been set up earlier. The king's hunting team spent three days and three nights. They made the ground under their feet into small grids, and they searched every grid carefully; they climbed the big tree, and searched every leaf carefully; Sanchi carefully inspected every cave...

They captured herds of elephants, big tigers and small tigers, a group of hedgehogs covered with long needles, countless monkeys, boars, hares, squirrels, snakes big and small—they spewed flames. Xinzi stood upright angrily... They almost captured the entire mountain forest alive, the forest was dying, the big trees began to lose their leaves, and the weeds gradually withered and yellowed, but they did not find the Nine-Colored Deer. It took three days and three nights, and another three days and three nights, but they still couldn't find the nine-color deer. "Obviously it is this mountain forest, and it is obviously this ferry." The leader still persisted, and the king's whip fell on him.

They spent another three days and three nights, and they spent many, many days and nights.However, they have never found the Nine-Colored Deer... The young king sat in the garden, troubled and bored.A royal garden without nine-colored deer is a tasteless garden, even if there are pure white elephants, golden squirrels, and handsome horses. The king was annoyed all his life.Until the young king became a white-haired king, he was still so annoyed by this matter that he couldn't stop. You must have heard the story.So, now, if I tell you that I have seen a nine-color deer, you will not believe it.

You can't believe it, but I've seen it, it's true, it's true. I was nine years old then, and it was spring.At that time, the spring breeze blew through the mountains and forests, and the spring breeze continued to blow, and the mountain flowers bloomed one after another, everywhere.At that time, the spring rain fell one after another, and after each spring rain, many colorful mushrooms grew in the forest.At that time, I was carrying the wicker basket that my father wove by himself, and the wicker on the basket was sprouting green shoots.At that time, I didn't wear shoes, and I didn't braid my hair. At that time, I walked into the forest with bare feet, intending to pick a basket full of mushrooms in the forest.

However, mountain flowers are much more beautiful than mushrooms. Mountain flowers spread and grow, and mountain flowers are everywhere.At that time, the rain was still on the flowers and leaves, and the sun was shining on the water drops.I walk so lightly, I can't help singing, I feel like I'm turning into a bird, I want to decorate my wings with flowers, I want to fly, fly to the treetops, blend into the mountains and forests, I want to stay in the mountains forever and never go out. I started to pick the flowers, picking them together with the leaves, one branch after another.I put the flower branches in the basket until the basket couldn't fit any more; I stuck the flowers on the skirt until the skirt couldn't fit anymore; Standing at the edge of the shallow water and picking a bunch of green radishes hanging high, I saw my own shadow in the water, haha, I didn’t become a bird, I became a tree!I became a tree in spring, a very beautiful tree, a tree full of mountain flowers of all colors - honeysuckle, chicken blood, wisteria, bougainvillea... how beautiful I am Ah, I am much more beautiful than the green dill beside me!

At this time, the surrounding area is extremely quiet, the mountain wind blows through the forest, the singing of the birds is as bright and soft as the spring sun, and it penetrates into the heart like drizzle.At this time, I saw a nine-color deer coming out of the opposite mountain forest.It stood up in the green grass.I saw its tall antlers, like green flower branches, with pink plum blossoms on the branches.I saw its green body, like a meadow in spring, with nine-colored flowers blooming on the meadow—all kinds of flowers blooming on its body, there are flowers in the mountains and forests, and there are flowers on it, all kinds of flowers. There are more than nine colors of flowers?The nine-color deer, the beautiful deer, the auspicious deer, bowed its head to drink water, then it waded through the grass in the shallow water, floated on the dark green water, floated on the lake, and swam towards me.

Through the gaps in the flowering branches, I saw wild hibiscus growing out of the water marks behind the nine-color deer, with large round leaves and water-red flowers, one after another, they are connected into one piece , generating a lotus forest in the lake. Nine-colored deer, swim to my side and land beside me.It is so close to me, I can smell the fragrance of its breath, its eyes are clear and deep, I want to stretch out my hands and hug its grass-like neck, but I dare not. I held my breath and stood in the shallow water without moving. I watched it walk by, as if walking through an ancient legend.Nine-color deer, it stepped on the land of the mountain forest, walking away step by step. Where it walked, clumps of mountain flowers sprang up one after another, as if its four hooves opened up the springs of mountain flowers.The mountain flowers are at its feet, flowing like a spring, flowing and spreading among the mountains and forests.

When I got home that day, a basket full of mountain flowers had turned into delicious porcini mushrooms.Mom said that she had never eaten such delicious mushrooms... Now you believe it, I have seen the nine-color deer.This is absolutely true.