Fairy tales. Repay the cuckoo with virtue
Author: Zhou Renchen
The big reed warbler is a cute little bird that lives in the swampy areas of rivers, lakes, seas and ponds, and is among the dense reeds. In the northeastern Liaoning region of their hometown, although they can occasionally be seen, they are relatively rare and belong to rare birds.
Some people say that they are migratory birds, and they are somewhat similar to kingfishers, not only have a wide range of hunting, but also have a strong ability to catch. It can dive underwater to catch shrimp, and can also pass through reed trees, and can catch all insects for food at will. After the autumn, they will fly to the south of the motherland to overwinter, and in the spring they will move back to their hometown to breed their offspring.
When the ice and snow melt, the earth springs back, the willows are green and red, and the mountain springs are clanging, the reed warblers who have returned from thousands of miles will always choose a safe place regardless of the fatigue of the journey, carefully designed and built a nest. At this time, the female reed warbler will lay four or five eggs, and the couple and the two birds will take turns to hatch the chicks. For many years, they have been carefree and have a good time.
Although, their nests are built deep in the reeds and are difficult places to be found. Don't you know that this secret still did not hide from the cuckoo bird's fire-eyed golden eye? For this reason, the wise birds, who have always been resourceful and rely on other birds, hatched and fed their offspring, are hiding in a willow tree not far away, closely watching the every move of the reed warbler.
At this time, the large reed warbler, which is hatching the bird's eggs in the nest, keeps shaking the bird's head, and it is not difficult to see that it is waiting on the left and the right, but it is always impossible to see another return. It's really a bit of a rush to catch fire, where did my wrongdoer go? It's been so long out, it's long overdue to come back and replace me. Hungry and thirsty, it really couldn't stand it, so it began to fly out of the nest and go out to forage for food.
Don't you know that the female cuckoo bird, which has been waiting for a long time and plotting against the evil, is waiting for this moment, and when it sees the opportunity coming, it quietly flies over. Then, standing on the edge of the people's nest, he looked around carefully. Unable to see a bird nearby, he began to be confident and bold, lying in the nest of others, "poof, poof" to lay two eggs. The plan to cross the sea for a long time was finally successfully completed.
Everything seems to be carried out unconsciously and unconsciously by god. The two large reed warblers met out of nowhere, had eaten and drunk enough, and began to fly back together. Two birds stood on the edge of the nest and looked into the nest, Oh! What's going on, there are two more big gray eggs inside. I thought about it and didn't figure it out. Move away, the second bird is not so strong; destroy it, or really reluctant to do it.
The two big reed warblers came and went together, and finally decided to leave it to hatch together, anyway, it was not stolen by us, even if it was sent by heaven for free, but don't do it in vain! Such a big egg, hatched birds, the size will not be small, at that time, we still picked up two big treasures in vain, this kind of beautiful thing, why don't we enjoy it.
To this end, the pair of reed warblers began to regard the unexpected gains as treasures sent to the door by heaven for free, and they hatched carefully in the nest every day. After three or five days, their own treasures, one by one, came out of their shells. But the two big eggs were always silent, and there was no reaction. They knew in their hearts that they had come much later, and that it would take three or five days to come out of their shells, I am afraid.
In the end, kung fu pays off. Finally, one day, they ushered in two large eggs "nourishingly" cracked, and two gray and fluffy guys came out alive from inside. Seeing all this, the Big Reed Warbler couple did not mention how happy they were in their hearts. So, the two of them hurried to catch insects in the reeds, carefully feeding their children, plus the treasures they inexplicably picked up.
Just when the couple of the big reed warbler, every day, came out early and returned late, doing their best to catch insects, busy and happy, the unexpected tragedy actually happened under their own eyes. It turned out that the two cuckoo chicks opened their eyes and looked, Oh! How can there be someone else's child in the nest? Their existence is undoubtedly competing with both of us for food, how can this work? Even if the parents are embarrassed to manage, we can share their worries and not allow other people's children to exist.
To this end, when the two large reed warblers left the nest together and went out to feed the chicks, the cuckoo chicks began to treat themselves as outsiders, and turned the real owner upside down, they were outsiders. Therefore, there was a counter-guest who killed the chicks of the reed warbler. The two guys, who were born with the means to kill, attacked the chicks who were more than three or five times smaller than themselves in the nest.
As everyone knows, the sharp beaks of the cuckoo chicks are as sharp as a sharp blade, and they are merciless as soon as they shoot, pecking fiercely, not to mention the fatality, and they are even more vicious than sudden. The chicks of the great reed warbler could withstand such a cruel toss and tearing, and the poor four chicks, in an instant, were all covered in scales and flesh, and soon stopped breathing and cried out for their lives.
Two large reed warblers grabbed insects and flew back to see that their own childishness had died, and it seemed that they had been dead for a long time, and it was too late. At this moment, they don't know why? It was he who lured the wolf into the house, raised an uninvited guest who should not have been saved, and harmed his own child. It is reasonable to say that the hatred of killing the father and the hatred of the son is not the same as the heavens. Moreover, if you do not think of repaying the favor and do not say anything, but are still so hostile to vengeance and innocently kill your own children, how should you deal with the perpetrators and murderers?
Where will the cuckoo chicks understand that only human society can have such laws and reasons. They also think that they have removed other people's children for their parents, so that they can remove the burden and reduce the burden, so that they can better feed and feed their children, so that we can both thrive! Seeing the cuckoo chicks unaware, and looking at themselves with their eyes, the big reed warbler couple and the two birds, at this moment, what can they say! They are helpless, they can only be full of bitter water, forced to swallow into the stomach...
The hearts of the two large reed warblers were so wide-minded that after they stuffed the insects they were holding in their mouths into the mouths of the cuckoo chicks as always, they took the remains of their children one by one and sent them to the slopes far away. Then, enduring the pain of losing his own child, he continued to walk through the dense reeds, trying his best to catch insects and feed the cuckoo chicks.
In this way, the hearts and feelings of the birds are so broad and noble. Using the human society's mode of thinking, that is, the conventional, after all, is far apart and vastly different, it seems that it is impossible to interpret. Until one day, they finally ushered in the bird's full wings, unfurled, "Kulala" flew into the forest, to find their parents and companions, and began a new life.
As the saying goes, but do good deeds, the future is not questionable. How good it is to say this, in the beautiful and kind, helpful, and courageous to dedicate love, this pair of reed warblers, once again certified. Shortly after sending the cuckoo away, the female reed warbler laid five more eggs.
After seven or eight days and nights of careful hatching, a group of chicks began to break out of their shells and appeared in front of them with joy. Ten and a half days have passed, two large reed warblers with a group of their own cute babies, in the reeds, playing, spreading their wings and flying, free to live, enjoy the joy of the world.
About author:Zhou Renchen, a native of Wafangdian City, Liaoning Province. Born in 1952 in a Manchu peasant family in Dachuan Village, Laohutun Town, he returned to his hometown after graduating from high school to work as a farmer. He has loved literature all his life, and although he has achieved nothing, he has not changed his mind. He is passionate about writing poems and words, and likes to write literary works in many aspects such as realistic prose and childhood memories. He has edited and published four books at his own expense: "Rural Style", "Tintin Roaming Animal City", "Cute Elf" and "Paradise of The Child's Heart". After its release, it was widely praised in urban and rural areas.
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First public number: Jiangnan Poetry and Painting Art Institute 2021-03-28