One day he was walking in the forest. He walked alone because it was the happiest thing in his life.

Dusk has arrived, the clouds are gathering, and the rain is pouring down, as if the sky is a sluice specially designed to release water

. It was dark, as dark as the night in a deep well. Sometimes he slipped on the wet grass and sometimes tripped on the bare stones emerging from the rough ground. Everything is submerged in water. There was nothing dry about the poor prince. He had no choice but to climb onto a large pile of rocks, because the water here was soaked in thick moss. He almost fell over. At this time

He heard a strange hissing sound. Then he saw a large, glowing hole in the ground in front of him. There was a fire burning in the cave; this fire could almost roast a stag. In fact, this is also true. There was a beautiful stag with tall antlers, which was impaled on a fork and turned slowly between two cedar trunks. Sitting by the fire was a tall old woman who looked very much like a disguised man. She kept adding more pieces of wood to the fire.

"Please come in!" she said. "Please sit down by the fire and dry your clothes."

"There is a dark wind blowing in here!" said the prince, sitting down on the ground.

"It will be even worse when my children come back!" the woman replied. "You have come to the Cave of Winds now. My sons are the four winds in the world. Do you understand?"

"Where are your sons now? ?" asked the prince.

"Hey, it's hard to answer when someone asks a confused question," the woman said. "My sons

Everyone is doing their own thing. They are playing shuttlecock with the clouds in the palace."

So she pointed to the sky.

"Ah, there is such a thing!" said the prince. "But your manner of speaking is rude, and you don't have the gentleness of the women around me at all."

"Yes, probably they don't have anything else to do. ! If I want to make my sons obedient, I have to be a little more powerful. I can do that, although they are stubborn guys. Please look at the wall hanging. They are afraid of these things, just as you were afraid of the bamboo stick hanging behind the mirror. I tell you, I can put these. Fold the children up and stuff them into the bag. We don't have to be polite! They stay in there, and they can't go out and run wild until I think there's no need to let them out. , now one is back!"

This is the north wind. He rushed in with an icy chill. Large hailstones danced on the ground, and snowballs flew everywhere.

He wore a jacket and trousers made of bearskin. The sealskin hat covers the ears. Long pillars of ice hung from his beard. Hailstones kept rolling down the collar of his coat.

"Don't come to the fire right away!" said the prince, "or you will get frostbite on your hands and face."

"Frostbite?" said Bei Feng, who couldn't help laughing. stand up. "Freeze! This is my favorite thing! But what kind of young master are you? How did you get into the Cave of the Wind?"

"He is me guest!" said the old woman. "If you are not satisfied with this explanation, then please get into the bag - now you understand what I mean!"

These words came immediately take effect. Bei Feng began to describe where he came from and where he had spent nearly a month.

He went there.

"I come from the Arctic sea," he said. "I went to Bering Island with the Russian walrus hunters. I sat on the rudder of their boat and dozed while they sailed out from Cape North Lookout. When I woke up occasionally At this time, petrels flew right next to my legs.

This is a very funny bird! They flap their wings violently, then stop in the air with their wings spread, and then suddenly < /p>

Fly forward like an arrow.

”

①Bering Island (Beeren-Eiland) is an island east of the Kamchatka Peninsula on the Bering Sea at the northern end of the Pacific Ocean

. It used to be a place for hunting seals. By 1911 Almost all the animals were hunted in 2008.

“Don’t talk about it,” said Mother Feng. “Have you been to Bering Island? ”

“It’s so beautiful there! The floor used for dancing there is as flat as a plate!

There are mossy, half-melted snow, sharp rocks, and the remains of walruses and polar bears. They were like the limbs of a giant covered with green mold. One would have thought the sun had never been there. I blew the fog a few times so people could find the hut. This is a kind of house built with the wood of a broken ship, covered with walrus skin - the fleshy side facing out. The color of the house is red and green; on the roof sits a live polar bear, whining there. I ran to the shore to look for the bird's nest and saw the naked bird screaming with its mouth open. So I blew into their countless little throats and taught them to close their mouths. Further down, there are many large elephants splashing in the water, like some living intestines or big maggots with long teeth and pig heads! "

"My young master, your story is very good! "My mother said. "When I listened to you, my mouth was watering

! ”

“So the hunting begins! The long harpoon was thrust into the walrus's breast, and blood spurted out like a fountain onto the ice. At this time

I also remembered my game! I blew up and let my ships - ice blocks as high as mountains - rush towards the middle of their ships. Hey, the boatman whistled and shouted! But I boasted better than them. They had to throw the dead walrus, boxes and cables onto the ice! I sprinkled snowflakes on them and asked them to take their prey in a broken boat and drift southward to taste the salt water. They can never come to Bering Island again! "

"Then you did something bad! "Mama Feng said.

"As for what good things I have done, let others tell me! " he said. " But now my brothers from the West have arrived.

I like him the most among all the brothers. It smells of the sea and has a pleasant cooling smell. "

"Is that the little west wind? "The prince asked.

"Yes, he is West Wind," the old woman said. "But he is not so young. He was a lovely child in the past, but that was already It's a thing of the past. "

He looked like a savage, but he wore a wide-brimmed hat to protect his face. In his hand he held a peach blossom stick

Heartwood - ―This was cut in a mahogany grove in America. This is no small thing.

“Where did you come from? "Mom asked.

"Come from the desolate forest! he said. "There thorny vines build a hedge around every tree, water snakes sleep in the damp grass, and humans seem superfluous there." "

"What are you doing there? "

"I looked at a deep river there, watching it rush down from the rocks, turn into water splashes, splash into the clouds, and support a rainbow

. I saw a wild buffalo swimming in the river, but the rapids carried it away. It drifted with a flock of wild ducks. The wild duck floated

to the place where the river was about to turn into a waterfall and flew up. The buffalo had no choice but to roll down with the water! I thought this was so much fun. I blew up a storm and blew many ancient trees into the water and broke them into pieces! "

"Have you never done anything else? "The old woman asked.

"I turned somersaults in the wilderness: I stroked the wild horses and shook the cocoa kernels. Yes, yes, I have many stories

to tell! But one cannot tell everything about him. You know this, old lady. "

He kissed his mother, and she almost fell backward. What a wild boy he was!

Now the south wind came. He had a piece wrapped around his head A turban and a broad nomad's cloak.

"It's so cold here!" he said, adding a few pieces of wood to the fire. "People can immediately feel that the north wind has arrived here first."

"It's so hot here, people can almost roast a polar bear here." Bei Feng said .

"You are a polar bear yourself!" Nanfeng said.

"Do you want to get into that bag?" the old woman asked. "Please sit down on the rock over there and tell me quickly

where you have been."

"Been to Africa, mother!" he replied. "I have hunted lions with the Hottentots in the land of the Kafirs! The grass on the plains was as green as the olive trees! The wildebeests were dancing there. There was a An ostrich raced with me,

but my legs were faster than it. I walked into the desert full of yellow sand - this place looked like the bottom of the sea.

A group of traveling salesmen killed the last camel in order to get some water, but the water they got was very little

The sun was baking on it and the sand was there. It was hot below. The desert spread out in all directions, so I rolled a few times on the loose sand, stirring up a huge column of gray sand to dance well. ! You should have seen how dejected the dromedary stood there. The merchant pulled his robe over his head and fell down in front of me. /p>

The same thing before Allah. They are buried now - a pyramid made of sand is piled on top of them. When I blow it away again, the sun will be there. Let their bones dry up. Then travelers will know that someone has been here before. Otherwise, no one would believe that such a thing could happen in the desert."

①The Kaaeaeer are a black race in South Africa. They are famous for their bravery and have fought a long-term struggle against the British colonialists.

②The Hottentot are a black race in Southwest Africa.

③This is an antelope-like animal in Africa.

④Allah is God in Islam.

"So you haven't done anything except bad things!" Mom said.

"Get into that bag!"

Before he even noticed, she had already hugged Nanfeng around her waist and pressed her into the bag. He rolled on the ground, but

she was already sitting on the bag, so he had no choice but to remain silent.

"Your children are quite lively!" said the prince.

"That's true," she replied, "and I know how to take care of them!

Now the fourth child is back!"

This is Dongfeng, and he is wearing a set of Chinese clothes.

"Oh! Which area are you from?" Mom said. "I believe you have been to the Garden of Heaven."

"I won't fly there until tomorrow," Dongfeng said. "Tomorrow will be exactly 100 years since I was last there. I

are from China now - I danced around the porcelain tower and made all the clocks jingle The ground rang! Officials were beaten in the street; bamboo strips were cracked on their shoulders, but they were all officials from the first to the ninth rank. They all said: 'Thank you, my benefactor!' But that was not what they meant. So I rang the bell and sang: 'Ding, Dang, Cang!'"

"You are too much. So naughty!" said the old woman. "You might as well go for a walk in the Garden of Heaven tomorrow; it can educate you and be good for you. Take a good drink of water from the fountain of wisdom, and please bring me a small bottle."

"This is not a problem," Dongfeng said. "But why did you lock my brother Nanfeng in the bag? Let him out! He can tell me some stories about the phoenix, because the princess in the garden of heaven, whenever When I visited her a century later, she always liked to hear the story of the phoenix.

Please open the bag!

In this way, you are my sweetest mother. I will give you two bags of tea - two bags of green and fresh tea that I picked from the production area!

"

"Well, for the sake of this tea and because you are a child I like, I will open the bag! "

She did so. Nanfeng climbed out, but his expression was very depressed, because the strange prince saw him being punished

punished.

"Bring this palm leaf to the princess! "Nanfeng said. "This leaf was given to me by the only phoenix belt

in the world. He used his sharp beak to draw his 100 years of life experience on the leaves. Now she could read the account herself

.

I saw with my own eyes the phoenix burning his nest, sitting in it and burning himself to death like an Indian widow.

How loudly the dry branches burned! What a smoke! How sweet it smells! Finally, everything turned into flames and the old Phoenix turned into ashes. But his eggs glowed red in the fire. It exploded with a bang, and a little phoenix flew out. He

is now the king of birds and the only phoenix in the world. He pecked a hole in the palm leaf I gave you: This is his tribute to the princess! "

①In ancient feudal India, a woman burned herself to death after her husband died to show her "chastity

.

"Now let's get something to eat! "Mother Feng said.

They all sat down to eat the roasted stag. The prince sat next to Dongfeng, and they immediately became very good friends

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"Please tell me," said the prince, "what kind of person is the princess you just talked about? Where is the Garden of Heaven?

Where is it? "

"Ha, ha," Dongfeng said. "Do you want to go there? Well, then you can fly with me tomorrow! But I

have to tell you, no one has been there since Adam and Eve. Have you read about them in the Bible stories? ”

“Read it! "said the prince.

"When they were driven out, the garden of heaven fell into the earth; but it still retained the warm sunshine, the gentle air and its The beauty of it all. The Queen of Immortals lives there, and the Island of Happiness is there too - Death never comes to this island. It's so beautiful to live here! Tomorrow you can sit on my back and I'll take you there: I think that's a good idea. But

Let's not chat anymore, because I want to sleep. ”

So everyone went to bed.

When the prince woke up early in the morning, he was quite surprised. He was already flying high on the clouds. He was riding on On Dongfeng's back

, and Dongfeng also carried him honestly: they flew very high, and the forests, fields, rivers and lakes below seemed to be reflected

in one Something on a big map

"Good morning! "Dongfeng said. "You can sleep a little longer, because there is nothing good-looking on the ground below. Unless you're willing to count those churches! They are like little dots drawn with chalk on a green board

. "

What he calls green board is fields and meadows.

"I didn't say goodbye to your mother and your brothers. How rude! "

The prince said.

"When a person is sleeping, he should be forgiven! "said the east wind.

Then they accelerated their flight. One could hear them flying above the treetops, for as they passed by,

the leaves and soft branches rustled. It sounded. People could also hear it on the sea and on the lake, because as they flew over, the waves rose, and many large ships nodded to the water, like swimming swans. >

As dusk approaches, the sky becomes dark, and many big cities are really beautiful. There are many lights lighting up, and it lights up here and there. It’s like this scene. A person is burning a piece of paper. When he sees the sparks, he scatters like a child walking out of school.

The prince clapped his hands, but Dongfeng begged him not to do so. He had better sit still, otherwise he would easily fall off and hang on the church steeple.

The goshawk is flying briskly in the black forest. But the east wind flies faster.

The Cossacks on their ponies galloped across the steppe, but the prince flew through the air more nimbly.

"Now you can see the Himalayas!" said Dongfeng. "This is the highest mountain in Asia. In a moment we will

go to the Garden of Heaven!"

They flew further south, and immediately there was a smell of flowers and spices in the air. .

Figs and pomegranates grew everywhere, and wild grapevines were laden with red and purple grapes. The two of them descended here and stretched themselves out on the soft grass. The flowers nodded to the wind, as if to say: "Welcome back!"

"Are we in the garden of heaven now?" the prince asked.

"No, of course not!" Dongfeng replied. "But we will be there soon. Do you see the stone wall over there? Do you see the big hole over there? Do you see the green curtain-like grapes hanging on the hole? Vine? We are about to enter the cave! Please wrap your coat tightly. The sun is scorching here, but if you take a step forward, you will feel it. >

It’s as cold as ice. The sparrows flying through this hole always have one wing left in the hot summer and the other in the cold winter.”

"Is this the way to the Garden of Heaven?" asked the prince.

They walked into the cave entrance! oh! It was as cold as ice inside, but not for long. The east wind spreads his wings;

They shine like the brightest flames. What a strange cave this is! Hanging over their heads was a mass of grotesque, dripping stones. Some places were so small that they had to crawl on the ground; some places were so wide

and high, as if they were high in the sky. This place resembles a cemetery church, with mute organ pipes and fossilized flags.

"We have come to heaven through the path of death!" said the prince.

But Dongfeng didn’t answer a word. He pointed ahead, where there was a beautiful flash of blue. The rocks above gradually turned into a layer of smoke, and finally became like a white cloud in the moonlight. They now breathed cool, mild air, as fresh as if they were standing on a high mountain, and as fragrant as the roses in the valley.

There was a river flowing as clear as the air, and the fish were as good as gold and silver. Purple-red eels are playing under the water, and they emit blue light when they roll. The broad water lily leaves shine with iridescent colors. Flowers cultivated by water are like lamp flowers cultivated by oil, as bright as orange flames. A solid marble bridge, carved so delicately and artistically that it looked as if it were made of ribbons and glass beads. It lies across the water and leads to the island of happiness - the Paradise Flower Garden, where a patch of flowers blooms.

The east wind held the prince in his arms and brought him to the island. The flowers and leaves sang the sweetest songs of his childhood, but they sang so beautifully that no human voice could sing them.

Are the things growing here palm trees or huge aquatic plants? The prince had never seen such green and huge trees. Many very beautiful climbing plants hang down countless festoons, like those painted in gold and other colors on the edges of the books of the sages, or the patterns on the first letters of a chapter. . This can be said to be the "three wonders" composed of flowers, birds and festoons. On the nearby grass, a group of peacocks spread their long shiny tails. Yes, it's all true! But when the prince touched these things, he found that they were not birds, but plants. They are burdocks, but they shine like gorgeous peacock screens. Tigers and lions, like agile cats, jumped around in the green bushes. The fragrance from these shrubbery

is like the flowers of the olive tree. And these tigers and lions are very tame.

The wild turtle dove shines like the most beautiful pearl.

They flap their wings on the lion's mane. The antelope, which is usually very shy, now stands nearby and nods, as if it also wants to come and play for a while.

The fairy from heaven has arrived. Her clothes shone like the sun, and her face was gentle, just like a happy mother when she is happy for her child. She is young and beautiful. She was followed by a group of the most beautiful maids, each with a shining star on her head.

Dongfeng handed her the leaf written by Phoenix, and her eyes glowed with joy. She took the prince's hand and led him into the palace. The color of the walls there was like tulips caught in the sunlight. The ceiling is a big shining flower. The closer one looks inside, the deeper the calyx appears. The prince went to the window and looked out from behind a pane of glass. At this time he saw the tree of knowledge, the serpent beside the tree, and Adam and Eve nearby.

"Were they not kicked out?" he asked.

The fairy smiled. She explained that time had imprinted a picture on each pane of glass, but it was not the kind of picture people were used to seeing. No, there is life in this painting: the leaves on the trees are shaking, and people are coming and going like shadows in the mirror.

Coming and going. He looked behind another pane of glass. He saw Jacob dreaming of a ladder leading to heaven ① angels with big wings flying up and down. Indeed, everything that happens in the world moves inside the glass. Only time can carve such a strange picture.

①This story can be found in Chapter 28, Section 11 to Section 12 of "The Bible·Old Testament·Genesis": Jacob "arrived

a Because the sun had set, I stayed there. I picked up a stone from that place, put it under my head, and lay down there to sleep. I dreamed of a ladder standing on the ground. With his head above the sky, there are messengers of God on the ladder, going up and down."

The fairy smiled and led him into a tall and large hall. The walls are like transparent portraits, with each face more beautiful than the last. There are countless happy people here, smiling and singing; these songs and laughter blend into a kind of harmonious music. The top one is so small, smaller than a small dot drawn on paper as the smallest rose bud

Small. In the center of the hall, there is a large tree with dense green leaves and low-hanging branches; golden apples of various sizes hang like oranges between the leaves

. This is the tree of knowledge. Adam and Eve ate from this tree. Every leaf drops a drop of sparkling red dew; it's like the blood tears shed by the tree.

"Let's go to the boat now!" said the fairy. "We can breathe a little air on the waves. The boat will rock, but

it will not leave its original spot. But all the countries of the world will pass before our eyes."

The whole river bank is moving, and it is truly a spectacle. The snowy Alps, with their clouds and pine forests, now appear

; trumpets blow a melancholy tune; shepherds sing loudly in the valleys. Banana trees drooped their long branches over the boats; dark skies

geese swam on the water, and exotic animals and flowers showed themselves on the shore. This is New Netherlands①—one of the five continents in the world. It is set off by a series of green mountains and floats in front of you. People heard the priests singing and saw primitive people dancing to the beat of drums and trumpets made of bones. The Egyptian pyramids that penetrated deep into the sky, the fallen columns and the Sphinx that was half buried in the sand also floated before our eyes. The Northern Lights shine on the glaciers in the north - these are fireworks that no one can imitate. The prince felt very happy. Indeed, what he saw was more than 100 times more than what we are talking about now.

①This is the old name of Australia.

②This refers to the Sphinx near the Egyptian pyramids.

"Can I live here forever?" he asked.

"It's up to you!" replied the fairy.

"If you don't do the forbidden things like Adam, you can

live here forever!"

"I will never touch the fruit on the tree of knowledge. !" said the prince. "There are countless fruits here that are as beautiful as that one

."

"Please ask yourself. If your will is not strong enough, you can follow He is about to fly back with the east wind. He will only come back here after 100 years; here, this time is just like 100. hours; but in terms of sin and temptation, it is a very long time. Every night, when I leave you, I shout to you: 'Come with me! It will also wave to you, but you can't move. Don't come with me, because if you take a step forward, your desire will increase and you will come to the tree. The Hall of the Tree of Knowledge. I sleep under its fragrant branches; you will bend over me, and I will smile at you. But if you kiss me. Lips

lips, the kingdom of heaven will fall to the ground, and you will lose it. The strong wind of the desert will blow around you, and the cold raindrops will fall. Dripping from your hair. Sorrow and sorrow will be your lot."

"I will live here!" said the prince.

So Dongfeng kissed him on the forehead and said at the same time: "Please be stronger. We will meet again here

100 years later. Goodbye! Goodbye ! ”

The east wind spreads its big wings. They emit flashes of light like wheat fields in autumn or the Northern Lights in the cold winter months.

"Goodbye! Goodbye!" This is the sound coming from the flowers and woods. Storks and pelicans flew up in rows, like floating ribbons, accompanying the east wind to the edge of the garden.

"Now let us dance!" said the fairy. "When I finish dancing with you, when the sun goes down, I will

wave to you. You will hear me shout to you: 'Come with me.' But please Don't listen to this, because I will say this once every night during these 10 years. Every time you pass such a test, you will gain more strength; in the end, you will gain more strength. p>You will not think about this at all. Tonight is the first time. I have to remind you!"

The fairy led him to a hall filled with transparent lilies. The yellow stamen of each flower is a small golden harp - it makes the sounds of stringed instruments and reeds. Many slender and beautiful women, wearing mist-like gauze clothes, exposed their lovely limbs and danced lightly. They sing about the joy of existence, and that they will never perish, and that the garden of heaven will always bloom with flowers.

The sun sets. The whole sky turned golden, dyeing the lilies the most beautiful rose color. The prince drank the frothy wine poured by these girls and felt happier than ever before. He saw the background of the hall unfolding before him; the tree of knowledge blazed forth, dazzling his eyes. The singing voice was soft and beautiful, just like his mother's voice.

It also sounded like his mother singing: "My child! My dear child!"

So the fairy waved to him , said to him affectionately: "Come with me! Come with me!"

So he walked towards her. He forgot his promise and that night. She was waving and smiling.

The fragrant scent surrounding him became stronger and stronger, and the harp played better. In the hall with the Tree of Knowledge, there seemed to be several faces nodding to him and singing, "Everyone should know that humans are the masters of the world!" From the Tree of Knowledge

The tears dripping from the leaves were no longer blood; in his eyes, they seemed to be bright red stars.

"Come with me! Come with me!" said a trembling voice. With every step the prince took, he felt his face burning hotter

and his blood flowing faster.

"I will definitely come!" he said. "This is not a sin, this cannot be a sin! Why not pursue beauty and happiness? I want to see her sleeping! As long as I don't kiss her, I won't lose anything.

I will never do this, I am strong and I have a decisive will! "

The fairy took off her dazzling coat, parted the hanging branches, and soon hid in the branches.

"I have not sinned," said the prince, "and I have not committed any crime. Never. ”

So he parted the branches to both sides. She had fallen asleep, and only the fairies in the garden of heaven could be as beautiful as her.

She smiled in her dream, and he said to She bent down and he saw tears trembling under her eyelashes.

“Are you crying for me? "He said softly. "Don't cry, you - beautiful woman! Now I can understand the happiness of heaven

! This happiness now flows in my blood and in my mind. In my mortal body, I now feel Angel's power and eternal life. Let this eternal night belong to me, just one minute like this is enough. ”

So he kissed the tears in her eyes, and his lips pressed against hers-

At this time, a heavy and terrible thunder sounded, and no one had ever I have never heard of it. Everything sank; the beautiful fairy, the garden full of flowers - it all sank, the prince saw it all sank.

Going into the dark night, he felt like a small star shining in the distance. He closed his eyes and felt like death. It seemed like he had been lying there for a long time.

The cold rain fell on his face and the strong wind blew on his head, so he regained consciousness.

"I did something. Woolen cloth? He sighed. "I have sinned like Adam!" So the kingdom of heaven sank

! "

So he opened his eyes. The star in the distance, the star that was as bright as the sunken heaven--it was a morning star in the sky.

He stood up and found himself near the Wind Cave in the big forest. Mother Feng was sitting next to him: she was a little angry and raised her hands in the air.

“On the first night,” she said, “I knew it was going to be like this! Yes, if you were my child, you

would have to get into the bag! ”

“Yes, you should get in!” "said the god of death. He was a strong old man holding a sickle in his hand and with two big black wings on his body. "He should lie in the coffin, but he still has time. Not yet; I just remembered him

and let him travel in the human world for a while longer so that he could atone for his sins and become better! I will come one day. When he doesn't expect it, I will put him in a black coffin, put him on my head, and fly towards the star. There

there is also a heavenly garden full of flowers. If he is good and pious, he can walk in. But if he has evil thoughts, if his heart is still full of sin, he will fall with his coffin deeper than the kingdom of heaven. Only after a thousand years will I come to him again, so that he can have the opportunity to fall deeper or rise to the star - the star that shines high. ! ”

Hope it can help you!