Chapter 12 Bell Toad's Secret

"Stop, stop quickly! Can't go any further!" Casper was just about to cross the threshold when he heard shouts.The sound was very much like the rattling of a frog.If he heard correctly, the sound was similar to the previous sobbing. He stopped when he heard the voice shout. In the light of the lantern, Casper knew that he had entered a small room with a circular ceiling.But there is no floor in this subterranean domed room!There was a palm-sized place from Casper's boots, but in front of him was a pool of black water. Kasper couldn't help but leaned back, leaning his back against the doorpost of the entrance.

"Who's there?" Casper asked.His voice came back, slowly, and it didn't sound like his voice at all. The creaking sound came from below. "Oh, here it is!" said the rattling voice. "You lie on the ground and look down, and you can see me." Casper did as the voice instructed. He threw himself on the ground, and crawled inch by inch towards the deep pool, holding the lantern in his hand and shining down. "Where is it? I can't see it." "Here and there, down in the water. Lower the lantern a little more, and you see Lo?" In the dark water below, something was floating.The thing had bulging eyes and a gaping mouth.

"What?" the thing cackled. "You always see it now?" "It's seen now," Casper said. "What do you think I am?" "If you were younger, then you would either be a toad or a frog!" "You read it wrong! I am Bell Toad." "Oh, that's what it is!" said Casper, thinking to himself, "I think the bell toad is still too big," and added aloud. "So, what are you doing down there?" "I'm waiting." "What are you waiting for?" "I'm waiting for someone to rescue me from Bitterwater! I'm not a big bell toad, but..."

"Then what are you?" Casper asked it first. "I don't know if I can trust you." said the bell toad that claimed to be not the big bell toad. "Did Chu Wa Meng send you here?" "No," said Casper. "He doesn't even know I'm here. He went up to Buxtotoday to see his colleagues." The bell toad sighed faintly, and then asked: "Are you serious?" "Of course it's true," said Casper. "I'll put three fingers on my heart and I won't lie to you. Now tell me! You're not a bell toad, so what is?"

"I was originally a kind fairy." "A fairy?" "Yes. I am a fairy, and my name is Amaris. I have been in this ugly state for seven years. I have been staying in this pool for a long time, woo-chirp-tweet, Chu Wameng used magic I am locked up here as a bell toad." "Seven years?" Casper exclaimed. "It's terrible! How did Chu Wameng make you like this?" "Because he is too bad, really bad! I often stop him from using magic to harm people. He regards me as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh. He lied to me, saying that he wants to do good things. I was paralyzed for a while, and he used magic Turned me into a bell toad. So boo-choo-choo-boo, I became a big bell toad."

The enchanted Fairy wailed, and the tears streamed down her face.Casper sympathized with what happened to the fairy very much, but he couldn't comfort her and didn't know what to do. "Can I help you. Get out of this damn magic?" "Oh, you can help me!" cried Bell Toad, wiping his tears with his forepaws. "You just need to find a kind of medicinal herb. The medicinal herb is called fairy grass. This kind of fairy grass grows on the plateau two hours away from here. You found that kind of fairy grass. Just put a little on me, and I will be fine." Immediately restore freedom. With this kind of fairy grass, no matter what kind of magic you receive, you can immediately release it. Can you pick that kind of fairy grass for me? Oh, why don't you say anything?"

"Because..." Casper paused. "Oh, why..." "Because I can't leave here! I'm also trapped in this magic house." So Casper told Belltoad about his attempts to escape last night, but failed one after another. "If you can teach me how to get out of here, then I will..." Casper finally said. "Then I'll bring you the grass jelly. Maybe you think I'm unreasonable when I say this." "How can you say such a thing?" Suzuki cackled. "Please think about it, I was originally a fairy. I also know magic; you can't leave this magic house because Chu Wa Meng cast magic around the house. However, there is a way, as long as you put Leave a thing you wear—something that you want to wear next to your body—in the magic house, and you can go wherever you want.”

"Is that true?" Casper asked. "You might as well try it," said Belltoad, giggling. "You'll know I'm not lying to you. The best things to keep are shirts. But socks and hats are fine too." "Hats, too?" Casper asked. "But. I borrowed this hat. It's not mine. It's my friend's." "That's not a problem, the effect is the same." "In that case I'll keep the hat," said Casper. "This hat is not suitable for me to wear on my head. It's fine if I don't need it. Then please tell me where the jelly grass grows and the shape of the jelly grass, and I will find it for you."