Chapter 5 The most important thing is to dress up skillfully

Kasper and Zobel didn't go to the police, they went to the corner near the forest.They hid behind a bush and waited.Seeing Huo Zhenbo pick up the potato box and leave, the two children couldn't help being happy. "I said, that fellow is very pitiful!" said Zobel. "What?" Casper asked. "I mean, it would be strange if he didn't squish his waist and legs flat when he carried the box so far away by himself!" "You mean that guy?" said Casper angrily. "I wish he'd crushed his body. Don't forget, you man, he's a robber! He's got Grandma's coffee grinder!"

For safety's sake, they stayed in the bushes at the corner of the forest, and then carefully sneaked back to the spot where Huo Zhenbo attacked them earlier. The empty cart was now overturned on two wheels in the ditch beside the road. "It's good to have the car overturned there," Casper said. "Let it fall like this until we come back." But what happened to the trail of sand they managed to arrange? They didn't have much trouble finding it.Over there, going through the forest, isn't there a clear trace of sand? Casper wanted to follow the trail of the sand, but Zobel grabbed the hem of his jacket and said:

"Wait a minute, are we going to put on... makeup before we follow?" "Put...make up?" "Of course we have to make up. To prevent the thief Huo Zhenbo from recognizing us!" "Well, that's true. But where are we going to get fancy clothes today?" "It's easy! I'll lend you my hat, and I'll get yours in return." "What do I do with your hat?" "Then there is no need to ask? Wear it! Isn't it very good?" "Not necessarily!" said Casper. Zobel's hat was too big for Casper.His posture is basically like a scarecrow during the busy farming season.But Zobel thought it was fine for him to wear it that way.

"Excellent!" said Zobel. "That way you won't be recognized! But what do you think I'll put on your pointed hat?" "Strange!" said Casper. "Grandma will faint from fright when she sees your posture." "Then don't worry. In this way, the thief Huo Zhenbo won't recognize us. Well, let's go." Casper and Zobel followed the long and thin trail of sand left by Huo Zhenbo on the forest floor. The traces of sand can be seen very clearly.However, after a long time, the forest became dark unconsciously. "Well," thought Zobel. "Anyway, this is always a forest for thieves! Luckily we've dressed up."

The two children walked for about an hour, and Casper, who was walking in front, suddenly stopped. "What?" Zobel asked. The fine sand trail left on the forest floor suddenly split into two.How could such a thing happen? A trace of sand is divided into two, one stretches to the right and the other stretches to the left. "Zobel, why is this, can you explain?" "Certainly, Casper. Of the two sand tracks, one is false." "Yes. But which one is true?" "That's hard to say. We'll have to try. We'd better split up and see." "Okay, Zobel. Are you going to the right or to the left?"

"Shall we catch eunuchs?" "OK!" Kasper and Zobel agreed to use the front and back of the coin to determine left and right.Zobel tossed the coin twice as heads and once as tails, and then, as he had agreed, he walked to the left. "Do well, be careful, Zobel!" "Oh, Casper. I'll do my best. Do your best, too!"