Fairy tales - little cuckoo, big wisdom
Author: Zhou Renchen
Cuckoos are often referred to as cuckoos. The mountain villagers also gave them extra gifts, a common name that is not very popular, called the stinky duck.
The bird's call is crisp and pleasant, not to mention beautiful, and it is still the first bird to open its mouth in early spring and February. For this reason, it is very popular with the people of the mountain village, and for thousands of years, it has always enjoyed the reputation of the auspicious bird of primrose.
When the ice and snow melt, the earth springs back, the willows turn green, and the geese return, there will be a wonderful cry of "grunting, grunting" from time to time in the mountain village canyons and jungles. Everyone knows that it is the song of a cuckoo.
In people's hearts, it seems that God sends a message to the croppers through this bird that spring has arrived, stop eating and drinking and playing, the busy season of farming has arrived, and it is time to make preparations for spring ploughing.
As everyone knows, the people of the mountain villages who have always been industrious and brave heard the beautiful songs of the cuckoos, and every household began to raise fine seeds, buy fertilizers, and send farm manure to the fields.
People strive to sow seeds without missing the agricultural season and at the right time, and in the new year, they will seize grain, oil, fruits and vegetables and achieve a still greater harvest. Amazingly, since the cuckoo is recognized as an auspicious bird, it is in the early spring and February, it has given a beautiful song for free.
But why are the mountain villagers, some people say that they are stinky ducks? Tracing back to the source, this phenomenon is not made up out of thin air, let alone out of thin air, and it is fully justified and its little-known mystery!
The children in the mountain villages have always had the habit of going into the mountains in groups in the early spring to dig wild vegetables. When the mother-in-law, bitter hemp, green bean, and lettuce in the mountains are the first to be unearthed, it is the time when the partners go into the mountains to collect. These wild vegetables always like to grow on those leeward slopes.
When the various wild vegetables on the hillside were dug up by the partners, everyone coldly found that there was a piece of wild vegetables growing in the ancient cemetery under the hillside and in the ravine. So he began to step into the graveyard to dig.
Unexpectedly, a group of large birds flew out inadvertently, and from the tombs where several helmets collapsed, it turned out to be three or five large birds flying out of "Kulala". These creatures of the same shape and size, along with their flying attitude and speed, were similar to those of pigeons, and as soon as they emerged from their graves, they began to "grunt, grunt."
Although these big birds spread their wings and flew into the blue sky, behind them was a foul smell. Seeing this unique scene, at this moment, the partners woke up like a dream. oh! As it turned out, the truth finally emerged.
oh! The auspicious birds that have always been regarded as beautiful angels and sing in the spring turned out to be a group of stinking birds hiding in ancient tombs. For this reason, the common name of the stinky duck comes from this. At first, my buddies were always puzzled. Later, it was only under the inspiration of the adults that I slowly understood the mystery.
The situation turned out to be so, cuckoo birds are born, innately do not have self-protection function, that is, no sharp beak, but also no sharp claws, for eagle peregrine falcons and other aerial predators, there has always been no way, can only be tied hands, become their good meal.
As the saying goes, there is no way out of the sky, and this is also quite applicable to birds. At the time when the cuckoo birds are endangered and extinct, the strong need for survival instinct drives them to go to nature to find the law of survival, that is, to maintain the magic weapon of life.
People do not know that their ancestors finally had a surprising invention from what year and month, that is, "smell warfare". Don't you know that the smell war, which has always been not to be underestimated, is equivalent to today's poison gas war, that is, chemical weapons war.
People speculated that the ancestors of the cuckoo bird, presumably, saw their children innocently hunted and killed by natural enemies, and began to use their brains and think of ways, once racking their brains, constantly looking for ways to resist the enemy. I don't know how many years and how many times of unremitting efforts and attempts have been made, and finally found a panacea that can effectively defend themselves and protect lives from harm.
Don't ask, that's the smell of stinky baking. For them, not only that, but the smellier the better, the more smelly the safer. Since this method can effectively deal with natural enemies, live in the vast mountains and forests, and find the only way out of the smell of stinking and baking, there is only one way, that is, to drill into the grave of the dead who has just collapsed, stay well and quietly for a while, and accompany the rotting corpses of people, and bake their own stinky baking.
At that time, it is equivalent to putting on a layer of amulet that cannot be destroyed and torn. The layer of armor woven from the stinking sky, although it is not steel, is better than steel. When flying in the air, the enemy is attacking, there is no need to panic at all, and there is no need to dodge and escape. As long as it's slow and relaxed.
At this moment, when the sky appeared, one or more large eagles descended from the sky, and the fierce gods were fierce, and suddenly hunted and killed. Somehow, the mighty King of the Air, when approaching the prey at a distance of more than ten meters, turned around in a hurry and drove away, or left slowly.
It seems to be constantly scolding: You, it's really foul smelly, it's not worth our predation, eat a bite, not be poisoned by you, you will also be smoked alive by you. 」 "As everyone knows, the cuckoo bird only relied on this strategy, turned the danger into a disaster again and again, successfully escaped the innocent hunting of natural enemies, and miraculously survived."
In this way, the life of birds is not smooth, and shortcomings and risks are often unexpected and can happen anytime and anywhere. Since the 1980s, funeral reforms have been implemented in mountain villages, and those who die are cremated. Because the smell in the old tomb is gradually weakening and disappearing, there is no smell in the newly collapsed tomb.
For this reason, the emergence of this phenomenon is undoubtedly a victim to the good friends of mankind. Because of the cuckoo bird's talisman' magic weapon, it did not land for a while and a half. With the sudden discarding of the amulet, the cuckoo bird lost its talisman, which was equivalent to losing its life.
For a time, they began to go back and forth again, and one by one, the family members were hunted and killed by predators such as eagle peregrine falcons. Fortunately, the bad luck did not last long, and the clever cuckoo bird, not overwhelmed by the difficulties in front of him, quickly found a new amulet.
Probably, after some careful consideration, they began to fly into the mountain villages in groups of three or five, using their sensitive sense of smell, constantly searching for the source of the smell, and sneaking into the farm's pigsty, toilets, and pits to roll around...
It seems that they behave as if they are bathing and deliberately soiling themselves. In fact, people are smearing amulets on themselves. For them, dirty and smelly, it is nothing, after all, life is heavier than Taishan, which is more important than Taishan, they know in their hearts that survival is the first need.
For the smelly sky seems to be accustomed to, as people often say, long time in the flower bed does not feel fragrant; long stay in the dung pit what is smelly? Moreover, for them, the more smelly the better, the more smelly the more can ensure safety. Under the support of this concept, cuckoo birds have always been beautiful with smell, and even more proud of stinky baking.
Because yes, if there is no smell to shelter, it will inevitably lose its life and become a natural enemy of food. What I didn't expect was that there was no way out of the sky, this method was really good, very effective, and it was very effective against predators. This is really, the mountains and rivers are doubtful, and the willows are dark and the flowers are bright and another village.
Later, I heard people say that Mr. Guo Moruo, a great scholar and famous archaeologist in China, and former president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, during the Cultural Revolution, when personal disasters came, he used to use the cuckoo stinking body spell on a whim and flexibly to seek self-preservation, and the results were very effective.
To this end, Guo Lao took the lead in writing, self-defaming articles, published in the main newspapers and magazines in China, and first made him stink. The wicked are made impeccable, and there is no reason to grasp the criticism at all, and they have to give up. Thus successfully escaping the rebels, he was ready to label him a "reactionary academic authority", pull him out for criticism, and completely criticize the fatal disaster of Dou Stink.
It can be seen that the little cuckoo, the great wisdom, takes the initiative to make himself stink, in fact, is an unfathomable survival strategy. It is the crystallization of the wisdom of the cuckoo bird in its long-term life and constantly summing up the experience, which is really enviable and worthy of praise by both hands.
As everyone knows, the cuckoo bird's mind is clever and intelligent, and it is far more than this. What is even more interesting is that what is surprising, even jaw-dropping, is that they have always been opportunistic, quietly planting their eggs in other nests, letting people do their duty for them, incubating and raising them, and enjoying their own success.
When spring blooms, everything recovers, and it is the breeding season for birds and animals. Whether they build nests in trees in the mountains or in the grass on the ground, birds are very busy. However, the cuckoo bird is leisurely and unmoved, as if the reproduction has nothing to do with itself.
Don't you know that at this moment, people are not in a hurry, not on fire, and they don't have to bother to build any nests. In fact, the cuckoo bird knows in their hearts, the car to the mountain, there will be a road, our descendants, always do not have to work hard, when the time comes, naturally there will be someone to help!
I never thought that this would be the case. For many years, the people of the mountain village have never seen a cuckoo bird nest to hatch a chick, and this major event of reproduction will always be done by the birds for them. This move, which is unique among the birds, is beyond its reach.
When the female cuckoo bird felt that the egg in her stomach was a little unstoppable, she spread her wings and flew into the forest and began to look for the nests of other birds. You know, no matter how well the camouflage is, no matter how stable the nest is built, it is impossible to hide from their fire eyes.
Fly through the vast mountains and forests, fly above the jungle sky, and be condescending, you will always find a number of bird's nests effortlessly. After some careful selection, the female cuckoo will always pick out a standardized nest that she is satisfied with.
At this moment, if you find the eggs of the birds in the nest, you will not hesitate to pull them out one by one, so that they fall under the trees and smash them one by one. When the nest was cleaned up, he began to lay his eggs in it, one by one. After the egg was laid, for the mother of the cuckoo, it seemed that everything was over.
Good at strategy, but also know how to opportunistic, it can not be said that it is a trick used by the cuckoo birds for generations and generations, and has become a unique trick of the family, in the kingdom of birds, called unprecedented. For thousands of years, everything has been so logical and satisfactory, and for it, everything is in words.
As long as you find the ideal nest and lay the eggs in your belly, the next thing is to do everything, the responsibility of breeding and feeding offspring, and someone will complete it for it. As soon as the time comes, their children will automatically fly back to their side.
When the owner of the nest returned from foraging, he found that his nest of white eggs was missing, and the four gray and fluffy big guys in the nest came from nowhere. This nest is the home of the yellow oriole bird, the yellow oriole couple two birds, standing on the nest carefully, looking at it over and over again, always confused, who did this?
The owner of the bird's nest, in any case, can not figure out who is, how can it be so stupid, with their own big eggs in exchange for our little eggs? Thinking about it, I think it is not a loss, as if it is, and I have taken a lot of advantages. Therefore, the couple of yellow orioles began to take turns to hatch the chicks.
Ten days passed, and the gray and fluffy chick heads came out of the eggshell one by one. The Yellow Oriole Couple took a look, Oh! These four chicks are not their children at all. However, the little beings who have just been born and come into this world will know the mystery of this, as if they open their eyes and see who they are, who are their parents.
The cuckoo chicks are no exception, just shouting vigorously: "Mom, we are hungry, hurry up and get food, otherwise, your children will starve to death!" Looking at the big chicks in the nest waiting to be fed, the Yellow Oriole couple still moved their compassion.
They seem to be thinking that no matter whose children they are, after all, they were hatched by the two of us and brought into this world. Even so, we want good people to do it to the end, send the Buddha to the Western Heavens, and fulfill the responsibility of adoptive parents. Therefore, the yellow oriole couple began to catch insects in the mountain forest, and went all out to feed the cuckoo chicks with all their efforts.
Don't you know that the cuckoo chicks are not only large, but more than ten times larger than their adoptive parents, and the amount of food is even more amazing. The price of feeding a litter of their children is many times higher than feeding their own children! However, the Yellow Oriole has always been uncomplaining and regretful, and has the courage to dedicate two hearts of love. Their efforts were not in vain, and finally one day, four cuckoo chicks with full wings resolutely spread their wings on the branches of the big tree...
Before leaving, the cuckoo chicks, non-stop, affectionately looking back, from their attachment to the eyes, it is not difficult to see that the chicks know the grace of the newspaper, in the farewell to the adoptive parents, as if also said a kind voice, "Mom and Dad, thank you for your careful feeding, we goodbye!" ”
The two kind hearts of the Yellow Oriole couple fulfilled the promise of "saving people to the end and sending Buddhas to the Western Heavens", and witnessed with their own eyes, the backs of the four huge adopted children, "Kulala" flew into the depths of the dense forest, went there to find their companions and biological parents, and began a new happy life.
Author's Statement: This article is an original debut!
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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