A jackal came out from behind me, gently bowed under my arm, leaned against me, as if needing my temperature, then stood in front of me and said to me with almost four eyes opposite:
"I am the oldest jackal in the world. I'm glad to finally meet you here. I hope not, because we have been waiting for you for endless years; My mother is waiting for you. Her mother, as well as the ancestors of all our jackals, can be traced back to the first mother of all our jackals. This is true, believe me! "
"It's amazing," I said. I can't remember lighting the pile of firewood that was smoking to drive away the jackals. "This sounds very surprising to me. I came here by accident from the far north, and I just want to make a short trip in your country. So what do you jackals want? "
This perhaps too friendly inquiry seems to embolden these jackals gathered around me; They all gasped with their mouths open.
"We know that you are from the north," the oldest jackal began. "This is exactly what we want. You northerners have that kind of intelligence, which you can't find among Arabs. Let me tell you, the spark of wisdom can't be shattered from their cold arrogance. They kill animals for food and despise carrion and rotten corpses. "
"Don't be so loud," I said. "There are Arabs sleeping nearby."
"You are indeed a stranger here," said the jackal, "or you will know that in the whole history of the world, no jackal has ever been afraid of Arabs. Why should we be afraid of them? Isn't it unfortunate that we are exiled in such a crowd? "
"Maybe, maybe," I said, "I have no ability to judge things that are far beyond my responsibility.
It seems to me that this is a long-standing feud. I think it exists in blood, and maybe it can only be ended with blood. "
"You are very clever," said the old jackal. They all began to hiss and gasp faster. Although they stood still, gas spewed out of their lungs in a hurry, and a stench that I had to bite my teeth all the time emanated from their open mouths. "You are very clever. What you just said is consistent with our ancient legend. Therefore, we have to draw blood from them, and this hatred will be settled. "
"Oh!" I said in an unexpectedly fierce tone, "They will defend themselves, and they will kill you in batches with muskets."
"You misunderstood us," he said. "Even in the far north, this weakness of human beings has obviously remained. We won't kill them. No water in the Nile River can wash away the blood. Well, even if we see their live meat, we will throw off our tails and flee to a place with fresher air and into the desert. It is for this reason that the desert is our hometown. "
All the jackals around, including many new jackals from farther places, put their noses and mouths between their front legs and wiped their faces with their claws, as if trying to hide a very strong sense of nausea, so that I really wanted to jump over their heads and escape.
"So, what do you want?" I asked, trying to stand up. But I can't stand up.
Behind me, two young jackals clung to my coat and shirt, so I had to continue sitting. "They hold the clothes for you," the old jackal explained very seriously. "This is a sign of respect." "They must let me go!" I shouted, sometimes turning to the old jackal, sometimes to the two young jackals. "Of course, they will let go," said the old jackal, "if that's your wish. However, it takes a little time, because they bite tightly, which is our habit. We must loosen our teeth a little first. At this time, listen to our requirements. "
"What you did just made me not listen to any requests." I said, "We are all thumbs. Don't bully us." At this time, it became a sad voice without affectation for the first time. "We are poor animals with nothing but teeth; No matter what we want to do, good or bad can only be solved by teeth. " "So, what do you want?"
I asked, feeling rather uneasy.
"Sir," it shouted, and all the jackals howled together. It sounded very far away, just like a beautiful music. "Sir, we hope you will end this quarrel that divides the world. You are just a person who was born to finish it according to the prophecy of our ancestors. We don't want to be disturbed by Arabs anymore. We want a space to breathe freely and a horizon to clean them up. I don't want to hear the bleating of sheep slaughtered by Arabs. I want every animal to die normally. I want to suck the blood of animal carcasses undisturbed and chew their bones clean. Clean, what we want is clean. " At the moment, they are all crying and sighing. "Ah, noble heart and kind mind, how can you stand living in such a world? Their white clothes are dirty; Their black clothes are dirty; Their beards are disgusting; Just looking at their eye sockets will make people want to vomit; When they raised an arm, the dark hell opened its mouth under its armpit. So, sir, so, dear sir, use your omnipotent hands and cut their throats with this pair of scissors! " He shook his head, and a jackal jumped up with a small sewing scissors in his mouth. Scissors were covered with old rust and hung on the big teeth of the upper jaw.
"Oh, scissors are finally here. It's time to stop! " The Arab leader of our caravan shouted loudly. He crept up to us against the wind and broke his big whip.
The jackals fled in a hurry, but in a place not far away, they gathered tightly together, and all these wild animals were so tightly and stiffly crowded.
"So, I performed this program for you, sir." The Arab said with a smile, because of the abstemious character of this country. "So, do you know what these animals want?" I asked. "Of course," he said, "this is common sense. As long as Arabs exist, scissors will wander in the desert and will wander with us until our doom.
This is a great work dedicated to every European; Every European is a person chosen by fate for them. These beasts have the wildest hopes; They are just fools, real fools, that's why we like them; They are our dogs, better than any of you. Now, please note that a camel died last night, and I have sent someone to bring it. "
Four men carried the heavy animal carcass and threw it in front of us. As soon as it landed, the jackal began to howl loudly. They seem to be pulled by irresistible ropes, and they all start to shake forward, crawling with their bellies on the ground. They forgot these Arabs and their hatred; They were bewitched by the desire to destroy all these stinking carrion. One of them has been treating the camel's throat and biting its teeth directly into the arteries. It is like a small pump with strong horsepower, trying its best to put out some kind of anger with such a violent spewing as expected. Every muscle of it is twitching and struggling to do the work. In an instant, they all climbed to the top of their bodies, piled as high as mountains and worked together.
Just then, the caravan leader raised a sharp whip and whipped it left and right on their backs. They looked up, ecstatic and in a trance, saw the Arabs standing in front of them, felt the sharp pain of whipping on their noses and mouths, jumped back and fled for a distance. However, the camel's blood has become a pool of blood, stinking, and many parts of the body have been torn, which can't stand the temptation; They came back again, the leader raised his whip again, and I stopped his arm. "You're right, sir," he said. "Let's leave these bad meats to them. Besides, it's time to go. Oh, you've met them. They are amazing creatures, aren't they? But how much they hate us! "
The Ancient Xuanwumen Spring and Autumn Zhuo Xin Classics of the Fugitive of Postgraduate Entrance Examination