[Comprehensive Fairy Tale] The Uncrowned King

Samuel was worried, and anxiously told Mrs. Bentham that there was something wrong with the chickens and that they died inexplicably. It was just unexpected. Mrs. Bentham didn't beat and scold him right away, but her face Cautiously, he immediately went to the chicken shed, mopped every hen, his face was so dark that it was about to drip water, he immediately went to call Mr. Bentham and went out.Samuel didn't know what was going on with them, but he also knew that the deaths of these hens had nothing to do with him.

Samuel thought of the bird flu in China, and wondered if there would be such a thing here?His complexion also became ugly, you must know that he lives and eats with chickens, if he also...

Samuel didn't dare to think about it anymore, picked up the broom and carefully cleaned the chicken shed carefully, and then drew clean water to swipe it several times before standing in the yard opposite the chicken shed.In the evening, the Benthams came back, their expressions still not getting better, but they didn’t mention that Samuel should live in another place. Samuel thought maybe this disease is not contagious, if so, what he did these days After finishing work, he will always clean himself meticulously and meticulously.

A few days later, Samuel learned from occasionally going out to work with the Benthams and listening to their chats that the chickens of many households in this town had died. It seemed that some of the ingredients they ate were too high Insect pests, the grain merchants did not make any noise, but ground the bad grains into powder and sold them as feed, so those who have given that kind of feed to chickens here have suffered from chicken plague.At the same time, Mrs. Bentham told Samuel that next time there is a big market, their town will organize to go to the distant market, and then they will go to the town where they eat different food to buy five more chickens, and this will be handed over to Samuel Ergan.

Samuel was excited for a moment when he heard this, thinking that in such a chaotic moment, escaping should be a very simple problem, right?Unfortunately, on the day of departure, Samuel realized that what he thought was still too naive.In this town, many people have to go out for shopping, and the chicken farm is also a must-go place, and Mrs. Bentham told the woman she had a good time with, and asked her to keep a close eye on Samuel, and Samuel Er must act together with the people in the town, and cannot leave without permission.

When choosing hens, Samuel was very careful. He picked all the hens with good feather weight and healthy weight, for fear that the ones he picked back would not satisfy Bentham Bentham.He lamented his own powerlessness and forced servility, and was also deeply worried that if this continued, would he also be completely tamed by this social system and living environment, thus forgetting what a beautiful and free society he came from? of.However, he is still quite a naive young man now, even when he saw a hen crowing mournfully, he said as if he had taken control, I want this one.

Samuel regretted it after he finished speaking, because this chicken is really not very energetic, even the color of its coat is lighter than other chickens, and it looks listless, but it is impossible to take back that sentence at this time, because The farmer stared at him menacingly with a menacing look that he had finally found a bad guy to get rid of, and forced Samuel to take out the money and buy it.

On the way back, Samuel was sitting on the rickety ox cart, and in the cage at his feet were five hens moving restlessly in it, cooing and chirping along with the chickens bought by other people. Only the hen that Samuel didn't want to buy, but was tempted by something, didn't move at all. He was a little worried, for fear that it would die on the way, so he put his hand into the cage. Hold it in your arms alone and mop it up.

Over the past few days, Samuel is no longer the kind of student who used to wonder why hens can lay eggs without roosters. He now knows how to do farm work, and after spending a lot of time with chickens, he can lay eggs. Get a rough idea of ​​how healthy the chicken is.He looked at the hen carefully, and it was the first time he looked at the hen carefully.Although its feathers are lighter in color than the other chickens, they are not pale, and their feathers are soft, soft and oily, not the loose and rough feeling of a sick chicken, and it is rare among chickens to be clean without any dirt.Samuel went to mo the temperature under the chicken wings again, which was also normal, but now that he looked carefully, he realized what was the reason why he thought the chicken was not very healthy at first.

Its mental state is really not very good.

Of course, chickens also have a mental state, and chickens can also suffer from depression.You have to treat chickens well, otherwise they won't lay eggs when they get depressed, so what can we do!So although Samuel was sure that the hen was healthy, he was also worried that when it arrived at Bentham's house, it would not lay eggs properly, and it would end up on him again.Oops, in this day and age, people are not as good as chickens, what can we do!

And Samuel's premonition unfortunately came true, this is really a chicken suffering from depression!From its eyes, one can see a kind of ignorance of the world, so the eyes are full of a poet's melancholy and fragility, a kind of pride unwilling to compromise with the world, it always stays quietly in the chicken coop In one corner, it looked very out of place with other hens that laid eggs obediently.

Well, even if Samuel added a lot of modifiers learned in Chinese class to it, he couldn't hide that it was a useless chicken, a chicken that didn't lay eggs.The other four hens obediently laid eggs after adapting to the environment for a day. Only this hen caused Samuel to lose one egg every day.He used many methods, racking his brains to think about how to relieve stress in junior high school politics, music method, imagination, soothing Fabalabala, singing to it, stroking its feathers gently, and warming to it He spoke words of encouragement and praise in a gentle manner, but all these efforts were in vain. It did not lay eggs, and Samuel was also beaten.

"It's really useless! If you are asked to buy a good hen, you can't do such a simple job! What's the use of a hen that doesn't lay eggs? And waste the feed money! Didn't you mean it on purpose? Ma'am, let me do it!"

Mrs. Bentham held the broom and slammed it on Samuel's back mercilessly. Samuel didn't dare to dodge, so he could only adjust the angle quietly to make himself feel better.The brooms here are made of crops similar to the sorghum stalks on the earth. They are different from the plastic brooms that are used in modern society. It hurts even more to beat people, and the branches on the broom head will pierce through the thin cloth and leave behind A series of red marks can even pierce the skin.

Mrs. Bentham was cursing for a long time, and she was quite annoyed by Samuel's papaya appearance without the slightest excuse, so she finally stopped and entered the room without saying a word.

"If it doesn't lay eggs, the money to buy it can be deducted from your food slowly!"

Samuel finally couldn't hide his bad expression.His current food is bad enough, if it is worse, what kind of bad food must he be eating?But he could also understand Mrs. Bentham's mood. A hen that doesn't lay eggs is really a big problem, and the Bentham family who bought him back is not rich. From her occasional nagging Zhong Samuel knew that the reason why he bought him back was because the Benthams had no children and the family lacked a labor force, and they were afraid that after buying a child, they would not be able to provide for the elderly, so they wanted to simply buy someone to take care of them and buy his money. , and it was finally saved.But even knowing this, Samuel would not think that what Mrs. Bentham had done was right, nor would he forgive her for it.

He sat in his own place in the chicken coop, which was the cleanest place, and he also blocked it with things to prevent the hen from spoiling the place in the past, and now the chicken that does not lay eggs but loves to be clean is also standing here.

Samuel simply picked it up, anyway, it was really clean, it was said to be poultry, but it was more like a pet.With a sizzling pain on his back, Samuel was so wronged that he dared not lean against the wall. The hen tilted his head, looking at him suspiciously.

Samuel hadn't said a decent word for a long time, and seeing such questioning eyes, he suddenly couldn't hold back.He didn't tell his background, but just narrated his predicament in Bentham's house and the troubles hen brought to him.

"Tell me, why don't you lay eggs? Isn't laying eggs the mission of a hen's life, or do you need the nourishment of a rooster to lay eggs?" The hen suddenly seemed to understand. A peck on Samuel's hand startled him, and he didn't dare to tease him anymore.

"You look like a philosopher. But you know, if you don't lay eggs, you will be killed by Mrs. Bentham. A hen that doesn't lay eggs is useless, but a waste of feed. It's better to kill the butcher directly." , and I will be punished for buying you. You see, I was beaten by Mrs. Bentham for this today, you must have seen it?"

"Lay your eggs, lay your eggs, I beg you, okay? I don't want to have worse food, I want to have the strength to hug, be ready at any time, and escape from this place."

Samuel didn't know what it was to say to a chicken, but he wanted to.He couldn't confide in others, everything, those stark contrasts, the fear of coming to another world for no reason, all weighed on the heart of this kid who didn't even go to high school.As he spoke, he even couldn't help but shed tears.

"In the final analysis, I'm still useless! If I wasn't so naive, so weak, and so incompetent, how could I have fallen into this situation! I want... I want power! Then Make the world a better place!"

He suppressed his crying, slowly said words that he didn't even know where he was going, and slowly fell asleep.The hen lay quietly in his arms without moving, but tilted her head occasionally, and looked at Samuel with tears in the corner of her eyes with a strange look. Perhaps, it was thinking about chicken philosophy.