Do you have this situation in daily life, an object suddenly disappears, obviously it is placed here, no one has moved, but it is not everywhere, when you are about to forget this matter, the disappeared things come out inexplicably, so sometimes when I can't find it, I tell myself: don't look for it, then it will come back. For the vanished objects were only occasionally borrowed, by dwarfs much, much smaller than us.
One
"I was surprised to hear that some people have never seen a dwarf, I think these people are really pitiful, maybe they have a little problem with their eyes."
The history of dwarfs has a long history, the country of adults and villains in Gulliver's Travels has brought great shock to me as a young man, and "Arieti the Little Man Who Borrowed Things" edited and adapted by Hayao Miyazaki to bring us warmth and healing.
In China's "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there is also a record of the villain country: the villain country is in the East, and its people are small and nine inches long. Seagulls swallowed it and did not dare to go it alone. Nine inches is almost thirty centimeters, and they have a very special name - fungus people.
Whether it is the East or the West, there are many legends about dwarfs, does the dwarves really exist? What is their world like? All of this can be found in this book of Dwarfs.
After twenty years of observation and research, the Dutch writer Will Hagen, together with the Dutch painter Ryan, created this large-scale encyclopedia of dwarfs, "The Dwarf", to know that this book can not be published easily, the Dwarf Committee considered it for five years before approving it, after all, the current dwarfs are hiding in hidden corners on the ground or underground, and they do not want to expose themselves in front of people.
Two
The dwarfs were still disappointed, "The Dwarf" was published in 1977, it quickly swept the world, dominated the New York Times bestseller list for more than a year, until now has endured, this is good, the dwarf thing the whole world knows, alas!
As early as 470 AD, a soldier retired from Rome had his own farm in the forest on the outskirts of the Netherlands, and this good-hearted man came across the dwarf by chance, he wrote in his diary; Today I saw a little man with a red hat, a blue shirt, a white beard, and green pants. He said he had lived here for twenty years, and he spoke our language, mixed with some strange words. He loves to drink milk, and I have seen him treat animals on the prairie many times.
This is probably the earliest record of dwarfs, and since then dwarfs have settled in Europe, Russia and other places, and have begun to have contact with humans.
Dwarfs are also the same as us, not all of them are a race, they are also divided into several kinds, such as forest dwarfs, dune dwarfs, garden dwarfs, home dwarfs, etc., different dwarfs have different living habits and personalities, borrowing things The little person Arieti belongs to the family dwarfs, they know the most about human beings, like to live in the old house, witness the vicissitudes of the world.
But no matter what kind of dwarfs, they are mostly kind-hearted, happy,optimistic by nature, and of course, there will be a few evil dwarfs, such as Siberian dwarfs born of interracial marriage, who love revenge with their hearts or less contact. By the way, they also have one of the most obvious features in common, all wearing pointed red hats, and as to why, this is the secret of the dwarfs, I don't know.
Dwarfs with long standby life often make fun of humans: trees are high in leaves, and tree planters are gone. Dwarves with more than four hundred years of age will plant a tree of their own at birth, and will make a mark on the tree every birthday, so as not to live too long and not even remember how old they are.
Their birthday trees are never struck by lightning, damaged by storms, or plagued by pests and diseases. Only when the dwarf dies will the tree that represents his birthday wither. One of the oldest couples in the history of the dwarfs lived to be 550 years old, and one day the couple staggered toward the mountain of death, and the olive trees they planted slowly withered and died.
Because the life is too long, dwarfs often after a hundred years of age to start falling in love and marriage, which is not an easy task, because the number of dwarfs is sparse, they often have to travel a long time to find the right half, usually they also prefer round and plump women, that is a sought-after commodity, people love.
The wedding needs to be held on the evening of the full moon, the two parties come to the bride's birthday tree, solemnly promise never to change their hearts, and then carve this life event on the stone slab, set the stone slab on the wall of the new house, and then the little couple can go to the honeymoon sweetly.
Their honeymoon should not be too comfortable, because their means of transportation are geese, swans and birds, and even foxes, otters and other animals can be used by them.
A couple is happy to tie the knot, giving birth to children are usually twins, in a long time ago, the dwarfs were super-born guerrillas, but then do not know why, the dwarfs are getting less and less, resulting in a sharp decline in the number of dwarfs now, which is probably the main reason why it is difficult for us to see dwarfs.
Dwarf families are a bit macho, usually with a mother to take care of the children, take care of the housework, the father is responsible for telling stories and entertaining the children, and when the children grow up, they take them outside to learn survival knowledge and skills.
Children can live with their parents before they get married, their families have a clear division of labor, boys learn various skills such as carpentry, pottery, wrought iron, etc., and girls learn cooking, weaving, and everything that a housewife should know, and the family is happy and harmonious, and rarely quarrels.
The optimistic nature of the dwarfs makes them like to gather in groups, to say hello, and the tribesmen, whether near or far, will come by appointment, talk in the moonlight, drink and dance, and sing with the birds.
Three
There's really no point in saying anything about dwarves, they have so many differences from humans, such as:
· The adult dwarf weighs only about 300 grams, but he can drag things many times over his body, and their strength is seven times that of humans
· The dwarfs' noses are very sensitive, their olfactory cells are 20 times that of humans, almost catching up with the sense of smell of hounds, they rely on their noses for daily activities, and they also use the nose to show greetings to each other
· Their houses are usually underground, the work is huge and complete, and the little mole is a good helper for the dwarfs (too envious of their exquisite little houses)
In The Dwarf, the author is concerned about everything that surrounds the dwarfs, how they live their lives; how they make a living; how they build houses; how they coexist with animals; what they do when they are sick and injured... Not only detailed text, but also exquisite patterns, depict the life of dwarfs in the dark as if it were daytime.
This is not only an encyclopedia about the dwarf, but also a literary work with a scientific spirit to explore the truth, the plot is vivid and interesting, the illustrations are exquisite and vivid, and the details of the dwarf's life such as food, clothing, housing, family industry, medical life are displayed one by one, and every word is telling you: All this is real, if you don't believe it, it may be that your eyes are not very good.
Write at the end
"What makes life so beautiful is the sincerity and childlike heart that we hide."
The twelve-year-old daughter is looking forward to Christmas every time, still writing to Santa Claus and making his wishes, and her father carefully writes a reply in English every time, along with gifts secretly placed at her bedside in the middle of the night, and the surprise smile of the daughter when she wakes up can make us happy for a long time.
Some people say, so childish, but why break the child's fairy tale world, the sense of ceremony is the amber of life, but also to give the child the confidence to believe in happiness, the child's innocence has adults to maintain, then adults still have innocence!
"Dwarf" let me know that someone has been doing this, fairy tales are not exclusive to children, and keeping a childlike heart is an important factor for us adults to see happiness. Even if life becomes a chicken feather, you can still have a beautiful innocence, come on, let's suck the dwarfs together!