[Sunshine Mouse Pyrrha] A mouse that collects sunlight

There is a little mouse named Pyrrha who likes to bask in the sun. He always pestered his mother and said, "Mom, let's go out and bask in the sun for a while." Mom always refused: "No, kid, you are just wishful thinking. We mice can only move around in the dark."

"Then why?"

"Because cats will catch us if we go out in broad daylight."

"Why do cats catch us?"

"Because we take some food from people. Cats are traitor lackeys, they serve people."

"Then why do we take food from people? Why don't we ourselves "Growing crops?"

"Oh! Honey, growing crops is hard and tiring. How can we, mice, engage in such a despicable occupation?" If I grow my own crops, the cats won’t eat me? "

"That’s the theory, honey, since ancient times, no mouse has ever planted the ground, you know. We have no land at all."

"We can go out and rent land."

"Who would rent land to a mouse?"

"I'll try it. . If it succeeds, I can plant the fields while basking in the sun. What a wonderful thing it would be.”

The little mouse Pila took a bag of corn seeds on his back and set out on the road. He first came to a farm owned by an old cow.

"Uncle Niu, are you willing to rent me a piece of land? I want to grow corn."

The old Niu opened his mouth wide in surprise and couldn't close it. He thought he heard wrongly,

"You, what do you want to do?"

"I want to rent a piece of land and grow corn."

Pi Rakko didn't find anything strange at all.

Lao Niu stammered - he was not very good at rejecting other people's requests: "But, but, you are a mouse! I...I, I will discuss it with my mother when I go home. Let's go."

The little mouse Pila left Lao Niu's farm in disappointment and continued to move forward. He came to a farm owned by a big black dog.

"Uncle Black Dog, are you willing to rent me a piece of land? I want to grow corn."

The black dog bared his big white teeth and said rudely: "You want to rent a piece of land to me?" My land? What a joke! Letting a mouse rent the land on my farm is not inviting the wolf into the house! Do you think I am a fool? Get out of here, otherwise, don’t blame me for being rude! "

Pyrrha was so frightened that she quickly ran out carrying the corn bag.

Alas! Pyrrha thought, is it true that no one is willing to rent the land to me like her mother said? He continued walking and came to the farm of a tabby cat.

"Brother Cat, are you willing to rent me a piece of land? I want to grow corn."

The tabby cat looked at the corn bag on Pila's back and asked:

"Where did you steal this from?"

"It wasn't stolen, it was taken from my house."

"Nothing in the mouse's house is My own, all stolen."

"Okay, let's not discuss this for now. Will you rent me a piece of land?"

"Lease it to you? A piece of land? What tricks do you want to play? "

"I don't want to play any tricks. I just want to grow corn and be self-reliant. In this way, you won't eat me and I can come out to bask in the sun every day. "

"You are just playing tricks by saying this"

"Well, even if I am playing tricks, are you willing to rent the land to me?"

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"It's useless for you to play tricks," the tabby cat didn't listen to Pila's words and said to himself, "Nothing you think can escape my sharp eyes."

"I don't have any bad thoughts. No, I just want to bask in the sun openly. "Will you rent the land to me?" Huamao thought, what's the matter with renting the land to you? If you steal my crops, I will eat you immediately; if you really plant crops, I will eat you when the crops mature.

The little mouse Pila finally rented a small piece of land on Tabby Cat's farm.

He was very happy and worked under the sun every day, digging, turning, spreading seeds, fertilizing, and weeding, and the corn grew taller day by day. Pila sang while working: "Grow corn in the sun. Don't be afraid of cats eating it. Life is so beautiful!"

In autumn, the corn is ripe. In addition to paying the land rent to Huamao, Pila also had a cart full of corn left. Pyrrha hummed and pulled the corn home.

The tabby cat went home and said to his mother: "It's funny. I actually met a mouse who planted corn by himself. However, I can't control that much. I don't care whether he grows corn or steals corn. Anyway, he It's a mouse, I'm going to eat him."

Mother Cat said: "No, kid, we only eat mice that steal things. I have never seen a self-reliant mouse. If there is such a thing, then. It is a rare animal that should be protected. Not only can we not eat it, but we must also protect it."

In this way, the little mouse Pila lived in the Tabby Cat's farm. He became good friends with the Hua Mao family. A few years later, Pila had some savings and bought land to start a farm. He liked the sun so much that he named his farm "Sunshine Farm".

Until now, Pila, the little mouse who loves to bask in the sun, is still planting crops in the Sunshine Farm every day.

(Selected by Liu Yingchun from the 15th issue of "Youth Monthly" in 2003)