Come and dance a beautiful foxtrot with your kids

A deep Japanese folklore: people say that the fox is a very spiritual animal, the fox gives people a very cunning feeling, in fact, it can be said that it is very intelligent. The Japanese all know that the fox is married on a spring morning, and all the people must not disturb it, otherwise they will be unlucky. In Japan, in the spring, the pink cherry blossoms are in full bloom, and all the foxes gather to celebrate the marriage of a pair of foxes under a large area of the most beautiful and hidden cherry blossom trees, and if you find the most ethereal and beautiful pair of foxes who are surrounded in the middle and dancing in the rainbow-like morning sun, they must be the protagonists of today's bride and groom. I heard that the fox danced beautifully and charmingly, if there is a greedy person to catch the fox at this time, the fox who is intoxicated in the dance is a hand to grab, catch one, but unfortunately it will not take long to catch the fox will be unlucky. But if anyone is fortunate enough to see the foxes dancing without them noticing, if a man can marry the most beautiful and intelligent bride, if a woman can marry a most handsome and capable groom, and get a love as happy as a fox. If a woman can learn the beautiful and flowing foxtrot, she will become the most beautiful girl in the world, just like The ugly duckling in Hans Christian Andersen's pen can become a noble and beautiful white swan. ”

So, I want to smile mysteriously, and at the same time ask your child: "Do you like the beautiful and mysterious fox?" ”

"Like, unfortunately they are in Japan, I can't see their beautiful dances!" The child will surely answer like this.

Me: "I also like foxes, in fact, there are foxes in China, and I think you can see them if you want to." ”

Child: "However, we don't have cherry blossoms here, even if we see it, we lack romance, I'm afraid it's not interesting!" ”

"You forgot, we have peach blossoms here, which also bloom in the spring, and pink peach blossoms bloom more brilliantly than cherry blossoms, and as long as animals are married in the spring, our foxes here may dance and become parents during the opening hours of peach blossoms, isn't it the same?"

"Oh yeah, how did I forget, you know, I like pink peach blossoms the most."

"Why?"

"I don't know why, anyway, I like it very much, maybe because it is feminine and pure, and it is a symbol of spring." The child said slowly.

After a pause, I would ask him again, "Hey, what color do you like best?" ”

"I like white the most."

"Oh, white, white means pure, pure, in fact, I like white very much." But you think, what color is the dancing fox? ”

"This... I think it should be white or red, I only know that foxes have these two colors. ”。

I smiled mysteriously: "In fact, foxes have many colors, the most common is white, as for the red is only people's legends, no one has really seen it yet." In addition, I read from the book that foxes are gray, black and blue. ”

Child: "There are so many colors in foxes, I still like white or red." Hey, you just asked what color the dancing fox is? So what color do you say it is? ”

Me: "I have any color, but I still like white." In my spare time, I will imagine a pair of pure white foxes dancing in the rainbow-like morning glow, you say, what a beautiful and beautiful scene! ”

Child: "Yes! That must be wonderful!

Me: "Can you imagine them dancing like a pair of white swans, or like a pair of white-clad ballet dancers dancing a swan dance?" ”

The child blinked, and with a look of longing on his face said, "Yes, I think they are even more beautiful than the dance they dance." I affirmed, "Yes, it must be wonderful, because foxes are very intelligent animals, swans are very noble animals, they are rare miracles in the world." It is said that because the swans are noble, they can hear the sound of fairy music when they die if you listen carefully. ”

Child: "Oh, when the swans die, they can hear the sound of fairy music?" Maybe it was the fairy music that welcomed them to heaven, and the rare and noble things were so respected? What do you mean by telling this story?

Me: "Yes, rare and noble people will be respected by people, beautiful and rare things will be loved by people, so there is value!" So every parent wants a girl or a boy who can foxtrot. ”

Child: "But we don't know where there are foxes, we can only think about it." ”

Me: "Yeah, beautiful foxes are hard to see. ”

The child nodded. Dumbfounded.

"Oh, what do you think?" I asked softly.

"Oh, didn't think anything of it!" The child was shocked and turned back to God.

Me: "Well, don't think about it, are you still thinking about the fox story?" Or I'll tell you another story about the black fox. ”

"Black fox, black and mushy, certainly not good."

"Actually, on the contrary, the black fox has another very nice name called the silver fox."

"Black fox is also called silver fox?" I thought it was an alias for the White Fox. ”

"No, you listen to me tell you that the silver fox has always been very valuable, and it is the best of the foxes." It is said that the parents of the black fox are a pair of red foxes, and the black fox is a variant of the red fox. The red fox is not pure red, its fur is slightly black. However, even so, the probability of the next generation being black foxes is very small, let alone pure black foxes. ”

"But didn't you just say that the black fox is also called the silver fox, why?"

"Because, when the black fox was born, it was not pure black, but with a little red or gray fur, and when it grew up, the fur of the whole body became as shiny as black satin, the two eyes were black and dark, the pattern on the side of the eyes was like a yellow belt intertwined, and the hair around the eyes was also black and oily. When the weather enters the late autumn, the black hair tip on its body will gradually become white, and under the reflection of the sun, it will shine with a silver light, which is very dazzling. And in late autumn, the road surface continues to frost at night, and its silver fur is particularly eye-catching, so it is called the silver fox. ”

"However, I always think that white foxes or red foxes are more precious, so why is it that silver foxes are more precious?"

"Because the fur of the silver fox is both rare and rare compared to the fur of other foxes, it is even more precious." There are three reasons for this: first, the number of silver foxes is very small; second, the silver fox is very intelligent and brave, it is more agile than the average fox, more cunning, hunters are difficult to find their tracks, even if they are found, it is also because of their strong physique, running speed is extremely fast, strong staying power, if you use the method of dealing with ordinary foxes is not at all helpless; third, the silver fox coat color is very beautiful. For example, it is the diamond in the jewelry, but it is both a diamond and a grade of lustrous color, so the fox fur naturally has a grade, and the silver fox is the best diamond in the diamond. And because of their strong and burly physique, the fur they have peeled is big and thick. If its fur is peeled more completely at the time of peeling, the higher its price will be. ”

"I see, but how do you know so much?"

"It's not that I know much, it's just that I read it from a translated foreign novel about animals."

"Foreign novels! Who is the author? ”

"His name is Ou. soup. Seaton, whose original name was longer than that, we generally can't remember the names of foreigners. Known as the father of the world's animal novels, he swept the world for more than 100 years, and sold tens of millions of copies of books. Born in England, his ancestors were earls, and later moved to Canada, where he was a little older and went to the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied fine arts while reading a large number of books on animals from the academy's library, and because of his diligence, he obtained a permanent free library card in the library. He often went to the field to observe and study animals, and after graduation, his talent was appreciated by the editor-in-chief of Century Magazine, hired as a columnist, and illustrated the world encyclopedia. During this period, he continued to devote himself to wildlife research, and began to write stories about animals, published in various magazines, because his animals are as dignified, emotional and spiritual as people, and written vividly, so they were loved by readers, rave reviews, and he published one article after another, and soon became a very active writer in the literary world. Later, he bought large tracts of land near New York to raise wild animals, and because children from nearby neighborhoods often came to destroy them, he gathered them together, invited them to his estate to roast meat, swim, study, and established the Boy Scouts of America according to the system of Indian chiefs. Later, he bought a large area of land in the western United States in New Mexico, built the village of Seton, everything in the village is the original natural appearance, he and his wife settled here for a long time, and built a natural museum, which contains many pictures of animals, books and Indian artifacts for tourists to visit freely. He died there in 1946, at the age of 86. ”

I paused: "Sidon's animal novels take a third-person narrative approach that convinces the reader. He depicts real animals, not people with animal appearances.

When he shows the psychology of animals, he emphasizes the most basic feelings of hatred, loneliness, hunger, and pain, rather than the more complex human thoughts and emotions.

He grasps the key to the animal's struggle for survival, highlights the animal's personality, and avoids general narratives. His writing is concise and his language is simple and straightforward. Whether it is conveying information or constituting a tense dramatic conflict, the effect is very obvious. ”

"Yo, it turned out to be written by such a legendary man, where is his book?" Can you show me? ”

"Absolutely. The more books you read, the more chances you'll become able to dance foxtrots and swan dances. Like his "Wild Animals I Know", "The Family of the Broken Ear Rabbit", "The Complete Collection of Seaton Animal Novels", "Seaton Wild Animal Stories", "Seaton Wild Animal Novels", etc. You can dabble in, his animal novels are exquisite, vivid, and have a variety of rich thoughts and feelings like people, which are definitely worth your children to see.

I sighed and smiled.

Child: "But what do you mean by foxtrot, swan dance?"

Me: "That is, you must work hard to learn all kinds of skills, no matter all walks of life, if you can learn to easily master it and become a top master, then you will dance a beautiful foxtrot dance, swan dance in this industry!" ”