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The fairy tale of the death of the white swan

Once upon a time, there was a young man, who liked the white swan very much, he thought the white swan is nobler;

By Martil Guevara Published 2 years ago 5 min read
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Once upon a time, there was a young man, who liked the white swan very much, he thought the white swan is nobler; more beautiful; purer, and he dreamed of having a white swan. The young man thought if one day I have a white swan, how happy I should be! But the white swan can fly! What if she flew away? Wouldn't that be a pity? No, I can not let the white swan fly away, I want to let her stay with me forever. I want to watch her every day. What should I do? I want to make a big iron cage, with the strongest steel; the thickest steel plate, when I finished the iron cage, put the white swan inside. Let her stay inside every day, and never get out. The young man said to do, he went to the street to buy some steel and began to ask others to make him a large iron cage. Not long, the young man's large iron cage is done, the cage is as big as a large table, surrounded by steel, and looks very eerie and scary. The young man felt that this was not enough, so he prepared a beautiful bed for the white swan and a beautiful rice bowl, he thought that now the white swan should be satisfied, living in such a good place, should be very comfortable. There was a white swan on the mountain, she was learning to fly, she had just left home. This white swan with long white feathers, wearing a pair of beautiful little red shoes, looks particularly attractive. She was especially happy with her large and long wings, which could fly a long way with a little stirring in the air. Learning to fly is not an easy thing, the white swan does not know how many times to fall, or how many injuries, and only slowly learn to fly. She wants to fly to the high blue sky; she wants to fly to the gentle lake; she wants to fly to the wide land. The White Swan thinks that nature is too great, nature gives us life and strength, gives us happiness and joy, how grateful we are to mother nature!

One time, the swan was hurt by a storm and fell to the ground. The young man picked up the swan and ran home. He was so happy that he was speechless with excitement. The young man put the white swan into a cage, the white swan's injury soon healed, she was too tired and met with this strange storm, this rain is acid rain, many trees are dead, she felt very strange. Since the mute swan was put into the cage, she did not eat anything, she dreamed of returning to nature and her home.

On the first day, the white swan dreamed of her childhood. At that time, her father and mother had not yet divorced, her father and mother were still by her side, and she spent all day with her mother and father, playing games, singing children's songs, and swinging, and her mother and father loved her very much, and the family lived a very happy life. At that time there was a blue sky, clear rivers, and turquoise grass, her family's garden was very beautiful, there were many flowers, and she often went there to play. The white swans were running on the green grass and shouting, "This place is so nice! I love my beautiful home! I want to stay with my mom forever! I will never be separated!"

The next day, the White Swan dreamed of Change. The White Swan was very happy to see Change sitting in the Moon Palace, singing and playing the lute. "I come from the earth," replied the White Swan, "Oh! On earth, I am also from the earth!" Change replied with surprise, and the White Swan listened with some doubts in her heart, feeling disbelief, Change is a god, how could she have stayed on earth! Impossible, she thought Change must be deceiving her, so she said to Change, "Oh! That's too much of a coincidence! Your immortal world is too good, can I stay here with you?" "Of course, you can, but you have to take our exam, if you pass it, you can survive here with us, if you fail the exam, you will not have enough ability to survive here with us, our exam is a quality exam, we have two exams, the first exam is a theory exam, to take language, mathematics, politics, history, and English, science and chemistry; the second exam is practical, Chinese traditional virtues - civic qualities and credibility, patriotism, love for the environment, military training, workability, physical, audio and aesthetic. The first exam is forty points; the second exam is sixty points. So the practical exam is the most important!" "Oh! This is quality education ah! Pretty simple!" White Swan said Change replied, "This kind of test is not overnight can be completed, need to start accumulating from childhood!" White Swan did not take Chang'e's words to heart. When the White Swan finished the test, the results came out, the White Swan's first test is twenty points, and the second test only get ten points, a total of only thirty points, the White Swan feel very strange, when they are on earth are the top students in the class, every test is more than ninety points, they thought it was very impressive, and now I know that they are a failed student. So they will have to go back and study their study methods!

On the third day, the white swan had another dream, she saw white clouds in the sky, and green trees on the ground, a very beautiful scene! Her father and mother also did not divorce, their own family life is very good, when she learned this news, her heart is very happy, excited eyes left rolling with hot tears. She needed a warm home, she saw her father and mother, at once in the arms of their embrace, and he felt that this moment is the happiest in her life. When he woke up, everything had changed, the gray sky enveloped the earth, and the ground was only some half-dead saplings gasping for air, dead, not a bit of vitality. It had been eighteen years since her father and mother had divorced, and for her, those eighteen years had been painful and cold. She has no freedom, she is still locked in a cold iron cage. The young man did not understand the white swan, he brought a lot of good food to the white swan to eat, but the white swan did not eat at all, the young man thought, wait for a long time, the white swan will eat when hungry, but he thought wrong, in the dawn, when the sun was about to rise, the white swan died in pain.

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