The main contents of the old man and the seagull
Background introduction:
The old seagull's name is Wu Qingheng, and he is an ordinary Kunming citizen. He is called the old seagull because every autumn, Kunming Cuihu welcomes a large number of migrating seagulls. At this time, there is always an old man who takes some bread he buys almost every day to care for these beautiful seagulls. The old man is very old, with a wrinkled face, kind eyes and a homemade whitening cloth bag on his shoulder, which is full of food for seagulls. He is very careful and always smiles at the seagulls flying up and down in front of him. According to the old man, these seagulls are very human. When a seagull is injured, it will scream to tell other seagulls to leave. Once there was a seagull, which was broken by catching tourists. The old man took care of the injured seagull very carefully. From 1992, the old man can see this injured seagull come to Kunming every year, as if the seagull missed the dying old man and flew to Kunming.
Many people come to the park to play, but no one knows the old man's family, only to hear him say that he only has a pension of 308 yuan a month and wants to use half of it to buy food for seagulls. Sometimes because the old man is ill, he spends more money every month and less money to buy things for seagulls, so the old man goes to the restaurant to pick up things lost by others. In his words, there must be poverty in poverty. The reporter from Yunnan TV station learned about the old man and asked him to tell the story of himself and seagulls. The old man is very excited. Maybe he has been lonely for too long. Looking at the old man's excited and selfless explanation, he felt inexplicably sad. Finally, the reporter and the old man made an appointment to take the reporter to see where the seagull lived in the evening, which was the temporary home of the seagull. When he left, the old man always said goodbye politely, even said a few words of goodbye and thank you, and finally took off his hat and bid farewell to the camera and reporters. Behind that kind of courtesy is actually a person's self-restraint and dignity. At the appointed time the next day, the old man didn't keep the appointment.
A few days later, the reporter suddenly saw the old man. The old man bowed his head and lost his old spirit. He sat on the stone bench by Dianchi Lake, very quiet, but he reached out the bread to the seagulls feebly. The reporter inquired about the old man's condition. The old man's voice is very low. He told reporters calmly that he was ill these days and only drank a bowl of noodles for a few days. After a while, the old man said that he was very tired and wanted to go home and rest. In the sunset, only the old man's staggering back is left. A few days later, young reporters and friends were very concerned about the old man. After many inquiries, they finally learned about the old man's home. When they walked through the winding alley, they saw the news of the old man's death. I won't know until I ask. The old man's name is Wu Qingheng, and he was a student of National Southwest Associated University in his early years. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he was persecuted politically. Without his family, the old man was lonely all his life, and seagulls became his only friends in his lonely old age.
Later, people in Kunming gradually learned about the situation of the old seagull, and the Forest Protection Bureau organized a spontaneous donation to create a statue of an old man, leaning against Dianchi Lake and smiling thoughtfully. This is a comfort to the old people. In memory of old Mr Wu Qingheng seagull. If there is an afterlife, I hope he will always smile.
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This text tells a touching story. More than ten years ago, the old man met a group of red-billed gulls flying from the north to Kunming for the winter by the lake. Since then, the old man has formed an indissoluble bond with the sea gull. When winter comes, seagulls flock to the shore of Cuihu Lake. Old people go to the shore of Cuihu Lake to feed seagulls every day, rain or shine. He treats seagulls as his own children, gives them names, feeds them cookies and takes care of the injured seagulls. Over time, seagulls formed a deep friendship with the old man. However, one day, the old man passed away. Seagulls flew around in front of the old man's portrait, chirped repeatedly, and then stood still, like "children" who kept vigil for the old man, reluctant to leave their loved ones.
The text has a clear structure and can be divided into two parts. The first half shows the old man's selfless love for seagulls by feeding them, calling their names and having a cordial conversation with them. The second half shows the shock of seagulls to the old man through the tragic picture of seagulls flying, hovering, standing and singing in front of the portrait of the old man after his death. The written language is simple and ordinary, which contains deep feelings, so that all the people who have read it are moved by the sincere feelings between people and animals.