Chapter 32 Section thirty-two

Yiluo's little hand gently shook my shoulders, waking me up from my lethargy, and reluctantly opened my tired eyes to welcome a new day.The rising sun dispelled the night, and the clear light of dawn pierced through the layers of greenery, revealing the dreamy scenery in the forest before our eyes. Surrounding us, the trees pointed vigorously to the sky, their menacing shadows all shrunk and receded under the sun's drive, and seemed no longer so daunting.The imaginary demons spawned by the night have all been driven back to their lairs. As for the wolves that howled and howled in the forest last night, I believe they have also hid and will not disturb us again.

"Anka! Anka! Look at Nikolay! He's got a new pair of boots, Anka! Look!" Ilo's excited screams immediately caught my attention. I followed her gaze and saw Nicholas jumping awkwardly between the big trees. At first glance, he really looked like he was wearing a pair of huge boots. As he approached, my confusion turned into amused, I finally saw clearly, he found a hollow tree trunk among the dead branches and leaves in the forest, just enough to put his worn leather shoes on, now He was trying to walk awkwardly with the trunk around his ankle. I yelled at him encouragingly, seeing his smiling face, I was also very happy, thinking that no matter what it is, as long as it can let the children leave the troubles of food and home for a while, it is good.Ilo joined Nikolai in the game, and I, after a tense, almost sleepless night, let myself lean back and relax, watching them play.

Even though the pain of last night was over, I made up my mind that I must not endure another night.So I immediately thought of the green smoke I saw yesterday, how should I find it.We must act immediately, because there are fewer edible plants in the forest than the hills we have walked before. The only abundant ones seem to be fungi, but none of them are familiar to me. I don't know which ones are edible and which ones are poisonous.Either get to the village we're looking for, or get out of this forest, we've got to make it fast. Using my fingers like a comb, I combed my messy hair in vain, then got up from the ground and checked, as usual, that the amulet Raisa gave me was still hanging around my neck.I slapped the gravel off my smock, stopped and imagined, if only I had cleaner right now.

"Nicolas! Illo! It's time for our little game, remember?" "Do we have to play that, Anka?" Nicholas sighed. He was already immersed in his new game, and he put on his trunk boots and stomped on the fallen branches and leaves. I almost Sorry to stick to my plan any longer. "This is more fun!" Yiluo also announced loudly, and I immediately understood that asking them to stop the game would only cause depression and affect the morale of the day. I saw Yiluo bouncing and jumping around Nicholas, clapping her little hands, Nicholas trying to keep her balance amused her, I looked at her while thinking about another plan.Then I said, "Okay, boys, you can play this game, but we have to move at once, Nikolay, and you have to make sure you keep up with us, or I'll confiscate your new toy."

"I can keep up, Anka, don't believe me!" Nicholas said, and ran towards me stumbling.When I got close, he lost his balance and threw himself into my arms laughing.I caught his body and lost my balance. The two of them fell to the ground together, rolling in dead branches and gravel, laughing together.Needless to say, Yiluo immediately ran to join us, throwing himself on the sand and leaves without hesitation. When our excitement was over, we lay on our backs among the litter and looked at the blue sky through a gap in the green canopy above.There was a brief moment of silence after the laughter died down, and we enjoyed each other's company and looked at the sky with our own thoughts.

"Anka, the sun has passed." Yiluo said suddenly, with a hint of worry in his voice. "What do you mean, Yiluo?" I asked, not knowing what she was worrying about. "How did the sun get through?" "It just crossed over," she insisted. "Before you were still asleep, when I and Nicholas woke up first, I saw the sun was there." She pointed to the distant sky. I laughed softly. "It's 'Nicholas and me', not 'I and Nikolai', cutie." I corrected, with the corners of my mouth curled up.Dad used to correct our language like this, but in this remote Polish forest, everything has no rules, and there seems to be no point in making sentences with these subwords.

I said, "It's nothing to worry about, Yiluo. The sun rises and sets like this every day, crossing the sky. It's just that we don't pay attention to it." I paused, wondering if Yiluo's naive little brain could understand In my statement, I am not sure whether I have accurately reproduced the knowledge I have learned. Then, I suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly asked: "Yi Luo, are you sure that the sun was there before? How can you be sure?" "Because I just know, Anka." Yiluo said to me confidently.She looked around and found the big fallen tree where we slept last night. "I woke up this morning and saw the sun just above us and I stared at it and it seemed to be staring at me. Now it's off to the side and there it is. Look! It must have moved!"

I have mixed feelings about this information, which means it's later than I first thought.I actually slept through the whole morning.But it also reminded me that as long as the sky is clear, we can orient ourselves. So we plucked up hope and moved on through the maze of living trees and fallen and rotting foliage, I walking ahead, always following the sun, Nicholas and Ilo close behind.