Chapter 12 Little Praying Mantis

Little Mantis looks mighty, and he believes that he will be promising when he grows up, so no one looks down on him. One day, the mother said to the little mantis, "You grow up day by day, what do you want to do?" Little Locust Na said: "I have two big swords in my hand, I want to practice martial arts, and I will be a hero in the future!" "Good! Have ambition!" His mother sent him to learn martial arts from the martial arts teacher Mr. Monkey. The little mantis is very proud and must compete with Mr. Monkey in martial arts.Mr. Monkey asks his youngest apprentice, Monkey Four, to compete with Little Mantis.

Unexpectedly, Hou Si's monkey fist was so powerful that he injured the little mantis' leg with three punches and two kicks. Little Praying Mantis was sent to the hospital to recuperate. Mr. Monkey, a martial arts teacher, comforted him and said, "My child, Hou Si's hands are heavy and he accidentally injured you. Take good care of your wounds and learn martial arts from me when your injuries are healed." The little mantis blushed and said, "Teacher, it seems that I can't learn martial arts. I want to learn carpentry instead." After recovering from his injury, the little mantis bid farewell to Mr. Monkey and went to the carpenter Mr. Xiong to learn from him.Mr. Xiong saw that the two big knives in the hands of the little mantis looked like saws, so he took him in.

Mr. Xiong said to the little mantis, "Son, I want to make two boxes. Please saw these boards." The little mantis used the saw in his hand to saw, saw, and saw for a long time, but he didn't saw a piece of wood. Mr. Xiong was upset: "What happened? Yu Huo can't pretend!" "Teacher, it seems that I can't do carpentry work." He said goodbye to Mr. Xiong, and walked home dejectedly. In the field, the wheat seedlings are green, and the mother mantis is catching insects in the field.She saw her son who had returned from his studies, and greeted her happily: "Son, what skills have you learned?"

The little praying mantis said: "Mom... I haven't learned anything, I'd better learn how to catch insects from you!" After hearing what her son said, the mother didn't blame the little mantis, but said: "That's fine, if you become a good insect catcher, you will be very promising!" From then on, the little mantis devoted himself to learning insect catching from his mother, and finally became an expert insect catcher. He found a suitable position in life.