1. The bee messenger swears to travel far away
The children in the ant kingdom worship me so much that they think I am a messenger from heaven. In fact, I am just an ordinary flying insect. My name is Sulu - not Sum, but Sulu, Sulu! Despite this, I have had a career as a journalist in the newspaper industry in the capital of the Bee Kingdom for more than a hundred years. I have written countless stories about strange things happening on the face of the earth, and I am especially familiar with the history of gardens. However, as for the ant kingdom, when I was in the cradle, I heard that there was such a strange world underground. That's when the autumn rain kept coming and we couldn't work. My mother would occasionally take a sip of honey and talk about it to dispel our sleepiness. But those are just ordinary fabricated stories. I have no idea what kind of weird country it is and what little-known facts it has. Thinking about it now, those novel stories my mother told me at that time were really nothing compared to the strange and wonderful underground kingdom I interviewed on the spot. But my first longing came from here, and I have been dreaming of visiting the Ant Kingdom for many years. Our good-hearted brothers also frequently urged me: "If you don't reveal the secrets of the ant kingdom to us, we bees who are eager to understand them will stay in the abyss of ignorance forever and die of worry... You Show mercy and save us!" Some even jumped down from the stone walls of the honey palace with tears rolling down their faces, praying to me.
I am a weak-minded person, so I immediately expressed my determination and said: "I have made up my mind to formally accept your request. I will risk my life to fulfill everyone's trust. I submit to the Heavenly Palace. Xiang, in front of the Holy Spirit of the loving mother, at the feet of God, plunged the honey sucker into the ground and solemnly swore that he must complete this glorious historical mission and reveal the secrets of the ant kingdom to the world." In order to realize his own destiny. With expectations and vows, I made careful plans, and after 21 years and five all-night preparations, I embarked on a journey to visit the Ant Kingdom.
My dear children, please wait for my message from the Ant Kingdom, please pray to heaven with confidence, we will definitely hear many wonderful and interesting stories!
< p> Don’t put your fingers in your mouth, free your hands and wave to me!Goodbye!
2. In order to enter the palace, you suffered eighty-one hardships
I bid farewell to my home and flew towards the ant kingdom. There are all kinds of terrible legends circulating about the Ant Kingdom. Every time I take a step, I have to look back and forth alertly. Ants are everywhere, and I have no idea where the capital of the ant kingdom is. I endured hunger, thirst and fatigue, and patrolled the skies above the earth 10 times in 5 years. Suddenly, thousands of spire-like red earth mounds vaguely appeared in my field of vision. With many years of experience, I know that this is a big place. The royal palace of the ant kingdom may be near them. I looked around in the sky. Next to the red earth tower, a strange phenomenon caught my attention. If I looked carefully, I saw a group of red earth mounds moving forward like a flood. I was stunned. It was like a rabbit had horns on its head! On this sunny day, there was no rain around. Why could these mounds be pushed by floods? Do these red mounds have legs?! Upon closer inspection, it turned out that thousands of ants were nonchalantly carrying large red clay blocks on their slender waists, preparing to build a tower.
They go back and forth, working "Hey! Hey!". The heroic, joyful and high-spirited attitude is simply indescribable. I chose for a long time and landed on the top of a taller tower. At this time, I saw an ant with its fifth leg bent, trying to move large balls of soil up the waist of the tower, building it layer by layer. At this time they rest. I waved hello with my wings and asked, "Where is the noble king of your country?"
The bent-legged ant glanced at me angrily, was suddenly startled, and asked fiercely. : "Where did you come from, you ugly, ghost-like thing? Could it be that you brought us live meat? Why are you asking about our king? Do you want to eat our king's flesh?"
I heard After hearing its words, it was so frightened that its hair stood up, and it wanted to quickly save the situation: "No! No! Lord Bent Legs. I am here this time to pay homage to your king. While saying hello, I also want to tell you the most delicious food. Where is it?"
Wanzu glanced at me suspiciously and said arrogantly: "What on earth do you have to say? Are you telling the truth?"
I was startled, and thought it would be better to follow the path, so I politely talked to it in a gentle tone: "Really, really! Dear Mr. Bent Legs!"
"You What's your name?"
"Sulu." "Your name is Sum (meaning arrow), aren't you here to shoot us?" "No, no, you heard me wrong. The name is not Sum, it’s Sulu!” “Ah! Is that the pretense? How old are you?” “One hundred and thirty-five!”
“Oh.
Oops! You are a little monster who just crawled out of the chrysalis!"
"Dear elder, how long will you live?"
"You are still young, you have just turned four hundred. Forty years old...You are young and your hair is still wet. Why do you live here with us and treat us as a ready meal?" "I am a reporter from the Bee Kingdom! I want to meet the king of your country. "You are a young boy, you have a hairless mouth and you are talking nonsense! If you want to reach the sky with your hands that cannot reach your buttocks, you are too bold!" "No, I was sent by our king and I am just following orders!" "What's the proof?" "Dear Sir, here it is!" "What, isn't this a petal?" "Yes, the official documents used by us bees and employees of the Garden State are all written on fragrant petals. !" "Really? I've heard that there is a kingdom of bees in the sky. Are you really a reporter sent by the palace there?" "Yes, your wise sir. "How should I pronounce this official document?"
This "official document" was prepared before I set off: this petal is coated with honey, and any hard-hearted animal will eat it. Be gentle. If you encounter danger during the journey, use it to wipe the other person's mouth, so in this emergency, I naturally put it to use: "Your Excellency is the smartest person in the world, please." You lick this petal with your tongue and smack it carefully!"
The poor guy carefully extended his tongue to the petal and licked it, smacked it a few times, and couldn't help shouting: "Haha! What a good thing!... Are there any more?" He swallowed the petal without even chewing it before he finished speaking.
"No, if you can do it this time. Hold your hand high and let me meet the king. Next time I come, I will send you 10,000 ant carts. "
"Keep your word?"
"Keep it!"
"Then, can you follow the rules of our country and pull out one leg from the first leg? Do you swear to God?"
"Of course! In order to meet the great ant king, I am willing to follow all the etiquette of your country!"
So I gritted my teeth and started from the first point. They plucked a black hair from their legs (their habit is to count from the right front leg) and swore in accordance with their requirements: "Now, I kneel at the feet of the sky, bend down, and solemnly swear: In a heart of worship and piety, I request to see His Majesty the King. If I have offended His Majesty in any way, I am willing to tear off this living skin like a hair from a wasp. ”
The bent-legged ant turned out to be the general manager of the waterproofing department of the ant kingdom. It immediately called a few servants, wrapped my eyes with freshly peeled bark, and walked for 7 days and 7 nights. He went to the outermost door of the palace and handed me over to the gate. Like General Bent Legs, he made me swear an oath and forcibly plucked out the longest and cutest hair on my second leg. .
Oh! What a misfortune! I’m going to hell! I walked through ninety-nine and eighty-one doors like this. That was the most unforgettable beginning of my suffering. When I passed the 55th gate, I felt severe pain all over my body, my eyes were black, and my ears were ringing. I vaguely realized that I had fallen to the bottom of hell, and I was driven by my curiosity. I felt sorry for this foreign crime and began to cry with regret. But then I thought, I had already passed through most of the difficulties, and if I failed midway, my face would be disgraceful. Thinking of this, I wiped away my tears and was supported by four ants. I stumbled forward. Eventually, my whole body became numb, my heart became dark, and I even gave up the thought of returning to my hometown. I couldn’t remember how I passed through it afterward. I can't get up. Hell, hell, I really went through hell. However, I encountered something very strange in the meantime, and I feel the need to write it down in detail so that I won't forget it when I recount it later. < /p>
As I said above, every time I pass a door, I have to forcibly pull out a lovely black hair on my body. As soon as I pull out every black hair, there is another one. An ant came up to catch it, carried it on its waist like a long rafter, and followed me in a row. In the end, 80 ants carried my 80 black hairs in a mighty and orderly manner. Walking behind me, I walked into the innermost palace of the Ant King. What was going on? I was still in the dark before entering the palace.
Anyway, that time. I firmly believed that suffering would eventually end. I gritted my teeth and crawled forward. Suddenly, the blindfold was removed and I saw a strange world that I had never dreamed of.
I have entered the innermost courtyard of the palace, and my heart seems to have suddenly awakened from death. At this moment, I have gained a lot of ambition.
I have not yet figured out where the safe door to peace is. , I was unknowingly taken into a very huge space. I guessed that it was a cave. I couldn't help but let them lead me like a donkey. After walking for a while, a dazzling light suddenly flashed in front of me. , I looked around tremblingly, and saw red, green, yellow, white, pink, gray and other colors of light that made me unable to open my eyes. What was that glowing thing? It turned out to be carved from gold, silver, jewelry, strange stones and wood. The handicrafts inlaid on the wall.
I looked around like a young lama entering a large hall, while secretly marveling. When I came back to my senses, I had arrived at the innermost hall of the palace.
In other words, when we come to the 81st door, the palace of the Ant King is really a large courtyard surrounded by a small courtyard, and the small courtyard surrounds the small hall. In the small hall, the king and his queen sit majestically.
3. Palace Guards Eye-bulging Yellow Ants
I came to the door of the inner palace of the palace - that is to say, the 81st door. I walked in and took a look: Oops! It's all there. Some ugly things with white noses, big bulging eyes, holding a blade of grass in their mouths, standing majestically in front of me with their arms akimbo. I couldn't help but step back and take a peek. The bulging yellow eyes of those ants were too... Terrible. I have never seen such terrifying eyes since I came out of my mother's womb. A pair of oval yellow eyes on both sides of the cheeks are like a burning fire, emitting angry flames.
"Stop, you bold flower-waisted ghost!" A yellow ant with bulging eyes shouted fiercely. I suddenly stopped and listened carefully to what orders it gave. I only listened to the one that escorted me here. The ant smacked its lips and said: "This is the flower-waisted messenger sent by the bee kingdom. It wants to make contributions to the food issue. We passed 81 passes in accordance with the king's decree and brought all the offerings that should be made!"
The bulging-eyed yellow ant glanced at the 80 servants lined up behind me with alert eyes. They were like a group of children carrying red cherry guns. Each ant was carrying one of my black hairs on its waist, standing there in an orderly manner. The bulging-eyed yellow ant pouted his yellow beard, as if he had lice on his body. He kept crossing and rubbing the first leg on his right and the first leg on the left, and asked domineeringly: "What country are you from?" , what are you doing here?”
I listened and answered sincerely just like I answered for the first time at the outermost door.
"Really? I need to explain it to you first. If I know you lied, I will be like this piece of grass!" After saying this, the bulging-eyed yellow ant held the blade of grass horizontally in its mouth. "Crack" snapped.
"Sir, yes! The little bee messenger will definitely tell no lies." After I made my guarantee, the bulging-eyed yellow ant gave the order: "Then send this guy to the 81st door."< /p>
As soon as he gave the order, the two black ants standing by the door as a guard of honor ran over and plucked out my cutest black hair like Lu Zhishen pulling out a weeping willow. These two black ants have two large slits on their upper lips, and their movements are very brutal. This black hair of mine grows on the right side of my waist and has been with me for 80 years. I hid it all the way for fear of being discovered by them. In the end, it was plucked out before I could even say "wait a minute". dropped. That heart-wrenching pain cannot be summed up in a word of regret.
How could I remember to do such a stupid thing? I couldn’t help but shed tears. I was tortured so much that my hair was almost plucked out. At this time, the beautiful and shining long hair on my body is probably gone, and the few ones left are soft yellow hairs on the Laba cat. It was so painful that I couldn't help but groan. The bulging-eyed yellow ant gloated and said, "You know the pain, why don't you just stay well and go out and play around in three levels? Hahaha!"
As he spoke, drool drooled from the corner of his mouth. I was very puzzled at that time: why it kept swallowing saliva and the saliva kept dripping down. However, at that time, my bald head had not thought that there might be some special reason hidden here.
The nominal guard who escorted me dragged his slender body and was too lazy to walk. He yawned and stretched his three-petal lips in three directions.
He said in a long tone to deal with the errand: "Zha... Zhaza, now all the passes have been passed. Mr. No. 81, follow the rules and go to the back of the line!" The bulging eyes on the door Yellow sentry, open the door to both sides and invite us inside. Just as the door opened, in front of me: white light shot out, red light shot out, yellow light shot out, green mist floated from green, and sparks flickered blue, a strange world appeared. I was stunned and stunned, as if I was attracted by a magical magnet. Wherever my eyes fell, I would freeze there.
When I walked into the small hall inside, I saw some thin black ants with trembling bodies like sand willows, standing in two rows on both sides of the door in an orderly manner. They all bent and stretched out their first left leg, as if to express a special welcome ceremony.
It is said that these ants standing in two rows are the palace's new guard of honor, all beautiful women selected from various "holes" across the country. My eyes were involuntarily attracted to them, and for a moment I forgot about the pain of plucking them in Java Island. My guide led me from the front and entered the memorial room first. I was really like an honest donkey being led by an old farmer, quietly following behind him. It led me into a big hole, brought me to a branch hanging on the wall, and made me kowtow. At first I didn't know what I was kowtowing to. After I kowtowed, I took a closer look and found that it was a dried ant skeleton. This was the highest sacred object they worshiped - the bones of their ancestors. I suffered a lot along the way and lost 81 black hairs, all of which were piled in front of the ancestor king according to the ritual procedures by my guide. This is their custom. After worshiping it like this for three days, the king and his concubines used it as an accompaniment to their morning tea every day. Ah! No wonder the bulging yellow sentinel's eyes were a little strange, shining fiercely. It turned out that he wanted to do this to my black hair.
IV. My thoughts after meeting the eighty-eighth princess
After I stepped into the palace and attended the welcome ceremony, I wanted to meet the king. At this time, there was a prominent person in the palace. The favored minister took a swaggering step and said to me: "Our king is sleeping peacefully, please wait a moment!"
"How long will it take for the king to get up?"
"I just slept peacefully today. Judging from the fact that it slept with its boots on its pillow, it must not be more than 3 years old." The custom of the Ant Kingdom: When the country is peaceful and the people are safe, the king sleeps peacefully without any comfort on behalf of the hard-working and brave ant people across the country. This is also a kind of enjoyment . If the country is safe, he will sleep with his boots on his head for three years; if Xiaoan is pillowed on his left leg, he will take a nap, just like when playing with the slim-waisted dancers brought from everywhere; when disaster strikes, he will use his left leg. The first leg twirled the thick black mustache from time to time, giving frequent orders.
This is unfortunate, we have to wait for 3 years.
In this unfamiliar place, waiting anxiously like this is no worse than the pain of having your hair pulled out on the way here. This is a kind of soft punishment. It's not right to eat and drink, it's not right to love good things, it's not right to sing and laugh, it's really a disaster!
I said to the minister: "I wanted to see His Majesty the King earlier and express my feelings, but now... "
The minister looked at me kindly and comforted:
"You can talk to the concubines first, how else will you spend this long day?" He seemed to sigh helplessly.
According to the instructions of this beloved minister, from a corner room of the cave, a slender black ant with a good appearance walked out gracefully on six slender legs. It's like a holy spring flowing down from the fairy mountain. The way it walks is as graceful as a dancer dancing. The two lines of footprints made by those six thin legs are straighter than those marked with a ruler. The hind legs are just in front of the front legs, extending like a train track. Its eyeballs seemed to be carved out of black diamonds by a skilled craftsman, and they shone brightly on the triple eyelids, which was unique to all things in the world. The body seemed to be covered with a very thin black satin uji, and the fine velvet was shiny. The three-petal lips were slightly closed, and its face looked radiant.
I was completely stunned. Frankly speaking, I didn't expect that there would be such an outstanding fairy woman in the Ant Kingdom, and I couldn't help but be surprised and happy, and couldn't control myself. In that stunned moment, I probably forgot to blink. However, she is just the 88th charming wife of the Ant King. Oh my god! Maybe my eyesight is stunned, I have never seen such a fairy before.
After the introduction of the favored minister, I met Mrs. Charming. Their courtesy when meeting is very different from ours. First they rub each other with the sides of their bodies, and then they use the fifth finger of the third leg (actually it can't be called a finger, I just named it after that) to gently hook each other. Once, then slowly let go. I followed the same pattern and did it again. While we were holding hands like this, Mrs. Charming pouted at me and made a series of "squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking, squeaking" sounds. I translated:
"Madam, I would like to express greetings to you and say hello in a respectful language! Do you have enough food and drink?" In the ant kingdom's meeting ceremony, the most respectful language is "eat and drink" Are there enough?" This is a court saying that has been passed down since ancient times.
After the etiquette procedures were completed, we sat down in the designated seats and started talking to each other.
"Distinguished guest, where are you from?"
"I am from the Bee Kingdom. I am Sulu, a reporter from the Bee Kingdom Newspaper."
"What are you doing here?"
"I, an ignorant bee, was sent here to visit this heroic country. While opening my eyes, I will tell you about the best food in the world. Where are the things?"
"Oh! Hey, that's it, Buddha will bless your holy thoughts."
"Thank you, how many kings do you have. Wife?"
"Our king has a wife."
"No, tell the truth, is it one? Or ten thousand?"
" One, one, one, two, three.”
“Bah! What a big lie that ants can’t believe. As the king of a country, would this happen?” the favored minister muttered. "Our king has 3,000 wives, and I am the 88th. I met the king three years ago..." He said with tears in his eyes, "Although I have the reputation of being the king's wife, in fact I am worse than a slave. "My wife complained to me, her tears rolling down like broken beads.
The 88th charming lady turned out to be the princess of a small kingdom. 50 years ago, when the king came to inspect a tax dispute, he had 32 wives, and the third one was this one. A princess. When this lady was in her hometown, she had been engaged to an ordinary employee who transported eggs. However, it was hard to break the rule. After being recruited into the palace, she thought about the man who transported eggs all day long. I am sad and worried, and my tears never dry up. One day, the king found that she was unhappy, so Long Yan was furious and demoted her from the 8th wife's throne 10 times to the 88th.
5. My impression of the supreme ant king
I entered the inner palace, and during the three years of waiting for the king to wake up, I met his 88th charming wife. Talking, laughing, and playing around all day long. Either laughing heartily, dancing gracefully, singing at the top of one's lungs, or resting quietly, and being very cordial. In this way, my interview went smoothly. If this continues, I can say with confidence: "I will To the folks in my hometown—thousands of eager and attentive listeners with bulging eyes, pricked ears, fat stomachs, bald tails, and a tendency to cry and laugh, I sent the interesting news I collected and written one after another. After 88 charming ladies got to know me, they spread out their ankle bones like stars in the sky and played a game of horse racing with me.
Since I played with charming ladies, I opened my ankle bones every day. The days flew by so quickly. Three years passed in a blink of an eye. One day, the beloved minister suddenly came to me and cleared his throat enthusiastically and said, "Your Majesty the King has gotten up. You can do it." Meet it. "After I heard this, I was so happy that I made a lot of jokes. I wanted to wear a hat and put my shoes on my head. I immediately made preparations to meet the king, and walked in under the leadership of the favored minister. The palace where the king received distinguished guests. As soon as I entered the door, I was happy to see: Behind a flat and smooth stone table, the ant king was rubbing his many legs and sitting there majestically, as if his face was covered with a layer of crystal. It seemed like I couldn't see clearly.
It turned out that the excited bee was distracted - I felt a heat on my face, and two lines of hot tears flowed out of my heart like broken beads. When I understood, it turned out that it was not the king who got up behind the crystal curtain, but the tears of joy that obscured my sight. For many years, I had been eagerly looking forward to seeing the ant king's face, and now it was about to come true. Naturally. I was so excited that my eyes filled with tears. I tried my best to calm down and came to the king. According to their etiquette, I knelt on the ground with the four front legs, kowtowed, and hooked the fifth finger of the third leg. , which is regarded as a "hand".
Only then did I have the courage to look directly at the king. His eyes were like glass balls, half embedded in his cheeks, and they looked bright. There are three black beards on the upper lip, each twisted into a circle. The black hair on the body is like a stilt in midsummer, and the teeth are short and green, like iron chisels. It's very dense and neat. But it's a pity that I never saw where the distinguished king's nose is. Besides, I didn't have time to take a closer look at it.
The dragon's body is obviously bigger than that of ordinary ants, especially its eyes are big, and its beard is long, thick, and swirling. It is so handsome that it is indescribable.
When the king was sitting at the imperial table, It looks very majestic when you look at it, and you can't help but be frightened. I have been in and out of many animal kingdoms for interviews, and I have never seen such a majestic and proud king. Most kings are fat, short, and wide at the top. Narrow or lumpy. However, the Ant King is different from them. The whole body looks like it is carved out of ebony wood, with strong muscles protruding and looking very strong.
I was filled with excitement and joy. In the middle, he nodded and bowed and said: "Hello, my most respected 88,888-year-old king? I bow down in front of you to say hello and convey the greetings of our king to you!" I was like The girls lifted up their skirts and saluted gracefully, and also folded their wings to say hello.
"The proud son of the earth" (Human beings regard kings as descended from the sky and call them "the emperor". Likewise. , the ant kingdom lives underground, and they also respectfully call their king "Earth") showed a kind and kind face, opened his golden mouth slightly, and returned the gift to me:
"Distant guest, you Okay?" This is the greatest face for me. After hearing this, I felt very happy. I hurriedly replied: "Okay! I show my respect to His Majesty the King. "
But the king raised his feet (hands) and shouted: "Ta! Ta!"
I was confused about what was going on when the man standing next to me One of the favored ministers explained to me with great interest: "'Ta' in the proud son of the earth means offering you a seat. 'Ta' in our palace means sitting, and 'Ta' means asking you to sit." "
I sat on a damp and round stone (they are called chairs) pointed out by the king. I began to curiously observe what clothes the king was wearing and what he was using. I didn't expect it to be that bad. . The king was not wearing any new clothes, and he was not wearing any old clothes. For a moment, I couldn’t believe my eyes. I rubbed my eyes and saw that I was completely naked. I guessed that the king must be wearing all kinds of silks and satins, or a mink coat, or a fox fur cloak. Unexpectedly, it was just the opposite. Although the table next to him was filled with animal fur fashions that he did not recognize, but this king There is not a hair on the body to cover up shame.
Is this what it is like to be the king of a country? "I thought in my heart and almost laughed out loud. I pinched my thigh quietly and warned myself not to make any mistakes. At this time, the king glanced at me and was about to speak when he suddenly noticed my little move:
"Your Excellency, I express my regret and apology for the misfortune that has occurred on your thigh.
"As he spoke, he turned his body over so that his back and butt were facing me. My mind buzzed, and I felt a chill in my heart: Isn't this an eviction order given to me?
What should I do now? ?I was confused for a moment, and I thought I had to find out. At this moment, the palace door suddenly opened, and all the civil and military officials rushed in. Oh my God! How to deal with all this?
6. Weird customs of meeting in the ant kingdom
I was at a loss for a moment. This series of things made me dizzy like a mystery.