The Sensory Animals of Ston Hill

Allen handed over the bucket of earthworms to the children, and the children ran away happily carrying the bucket.While they were digging for earthworms, someone caught another fish, two in total.The children couldn't wait any longer, so they lit a bonfire and planned to start grilling fish.

Alan and Grace came to a shoal that slowly extended into the lake to wash their hands. The soap was slipperyly passed from Grace's hand to Alan's.

James came up behind them and said, "Did you tell her about William's plans?"

"What plan?" Grace immediately stood up and asked.

James closed his mouth and raised his chin towards Allen.

Allen also stood up and blamed James angrily: "I said not to talk to Grace about this."

"But she's not only your 'Grace', she's also the 'Queen of the Commoners', and the most popular among the reformers. She should know this and play an active role."

"Even you want to use her!"

"Alan, tell me what's going on, you know I don't like being kept secret!" Grace was also a little angry, and at the same time panicked.

"...William is planning to go back to the front line." Allen said, "General Verrick wrote him a letter saying that the enemy country is quietly setting up troops. They probably don't want to continue paying compensation."

Grace looked blankly at the horizon where the water and the sky meet, "Is there going to be another war? We have only been stable for a few months..."

"The weather in the past two years has been bad, and every country has had a hard time. War is inevitable. Fortunately, we have predicted it in advance. Haven't we been working hard on this for more than half a year? Now we have more With more money and more weapons, this battle will definitely be won.”

Grace looked at Allen sadly, "So, William is going to fight a battle that must be won."

Allen nodded affirmatively: "Yes!"

Grace looked at the place where the water and the sky meet again, and her voice was low, as if she was talking to herself: "William is the port where he went with a shame. It is better to go to the front to fight than to waste time in a peaceful port. William is General Verwick. The most trusted lieutenant general, General Verrick cannot do without William, and William will not let General Verrick fight alone."

James said to Allen with relief: "Look, she understands." He said to Grace: "But someone is blocking William and not allowing him to accumulate reputation. Even your news is not so well-informed, the main battle faction has split..."

"We are not so incompetent, we can only count on Grace for everything!"

"But Grace can save us a lot of trouble! If she can use the power of the court, William may be able to leave tomorrow!"

Grace put her hands over her face and interrupted their argument, "I see, I know what to do."

After a while, Allen put his hands around Grace's shoulders, put his face on his chest, and said to James: "Get Achilles for me. I'm going to take Grace to the port. Willem is leaving." Before, Grace must see him."

Both of them were taken aback when they heard this. Allen pressed the back of Grace's head to prevent him from getting up from his arms, and gave an order to his classmates: "Go! Don't waste any more time!"

James soon brought the horses, and the boat, and even a small amount of food and two cloaks.He said to Alan: "You cross the river here and start directly from the other bank, which can save a lot of time around the long distance. I will help you appease the four guards." He spoke in the same tone as Alan, only to you Guarantee that he will do it, but not tell you how to implement it, or how difficult it is to implement it.After James finished speaking, he left in a hurry for fear of arousing others' suspicion.

Allen tied the boat to a tree, took off Achilles' harness and threw it on the deck, and held Grace's arm to help him jump onto the boat.

"Alan..." Grace is still in a daze until now, and only calls his name.

"Don't worry, we'll make it back. Achilles is fast. It's only two hours away. He's tired when he comes back. Even if it's three hours, we can still stay in the port for an hour. Let's go, James. It can hold them back and prevent them from finding out immediately; when they find out, James can persuade them to wait patiently, which is also good for them.” After Allen finished speaking, he put his hand on Grace’s arm and made him jump to the deck.The boat swayed happily, and Grace couldn't stand still, so she quickly squatted down.

Allen said a few words in Achilles' ear, and the white horse tried to step its two front hooves into the lake, but retreated as soon as it touched the water.

Grace remembered that horses don't like to be exposed to rain, so she hurriedly said, "Forget it! The water is too cold now!"

Allen gritted his teeth and hesitated for a moment, and said, "I can't wait any longer, it will be too late when the water warms up." He stroked the white horse's head, and said, "Achilles, be brave, I know you can do it." He With a very gentle voice, he patted the white horse on the back and said to him, "We are going to take Grace to see William."

The white horse walked into the water step by step, its white body gradually submerged in the lake, only its head and neck were exposed above the water, raised high, and its four legs were kicking hard under the water.Tears welled up in Grace's eyes instantly.

Allen also jumped into the boat, untied the cable, and picked up an oar to get up.He rowed well, and the boat slid out like a willow leaf floating on the water, and Achilles followed them.

But Alan handed the oar to Grace not long after paddling, and asked him: "Can you do it yourself?" Grace hurriedly took the oar, and he didn't know what Alan was going to do, but immediately nodded and said that he had already learned .

Allen stood up, quickly took off all his clothes, and jumped into the water.He was so quick that Grace didn't even have time to block him.

Alan was between the boat and Achilles, stepping on the water, holding the side of the boat with one hand, and supporting Achilles' head with one arm.His lips were instantly pale with cold.

He said to Grace: "Swimming is too tiring for a horse. I want to help Achilles save his strength. You can only rely on you to row the boat."

Grace threw herself on the ship's side, held his cold face and kissed him frantically, and said, "I won't go! I won't go to the port!"

Allen's lips were restored to some blood by his kiss, and he smiled like that with one corner of his mouth raised and one corner of his mouth lowered, looking very serious, and at the same time his eyes were extremely firm, and said to Grace: "Someone told you that the port is very far away. Say you can't go, can you? Don't worry, Grace, 120 kilometers, I said I can take you, and I can do it."

Grace rowed hard, and Alan followed him with Achilles.They finally reached the other side. The first thing Allen did after landing was to wipe the water off Achilles' body with his cloak. Grace wrapped another cloak around him and hugged him tightly from behind.

At last they actually set off, and Achilles, with all the pride of a fine horse, let the wind of the field blow violently into the faces of the two men who sat on his back.

Grace leaned down and sat in front of Allen, and Allen's cloak was wrapped around him from behind.They have to sit two people, unable to use the saddle, Grace's legs are tightly clamped on the horse's belly, her hands are wrapped around the horse's neck, and she rises and falls with Achilles' galloping posture, completely dependent on being held in Ellen's arms. don't fall.

He had never felt such a fast speed before, the wind hit him in the face like a fine knife, but it didn't hurt.He tried to open his eyes, and saw that the trees were all joined together, turned into pieces of cloth dyed in various greens, blown madly, and flew past them.

He yelled freely, yelling syllables without any real meaning.Allen also laughed, lowered his body, almost lying on his back, and knocked his feet on the horse's belly, and they ran faster.Grace felt that she was going crazy like those trees, and he also became a color, the color of his clothes, stained on Alan's chest.The sun was high and the rays were golden, and Grace squinted her eyes.He melted, turned golden, and completely melted into the body of the person behind him.

He suddenly and boldly let go of Achilles' neck, and went back to kiss Allen on the mouth.The reins were pulled tight immediately, and the horseman stopped immediately. The two people on the horseback hugged each other and rolled to the ground. They rolled several times in the grass, but they were still hugging each other tightly.

They've kissed many times, but none as crazy as this one.They had completely forgotten to be careful not to snap the buttons, not to wrinkle the clothes, and they almost tore, ripping each other out of the covering encumbrance.

Ellen kisses every inch of Grace's skin, down to his toes, and lifts his legs over his shoulders...