In the morning, the lakeside was silent. Three little rabbits, one gray, one white, and one yellow, happily fluttered at the butterfly. Suddenly there was a "clunking" sound from the lake. This strange sound frightened the little rabbits. Just when they were about to go and see what was going on, they heard another "Gudong" sound, which frightened the little rabbits. "Run, Gudong is coming, run away!" They turned around and ran away. The fox was dancing with the bird and bumped into the rabbit that came running. When the fox heard "Gudong is coming!" he became nervous and ran away after him. They woke up the sleeping bear and the monkey in the tree. The little bear and the little monkey didn't care and ran with them. The elephant was surprised, grabbed the fox and asked: "What happened?" The fox said breathlessly: "Gudong is coming, it is a three-headed, eight-legged monster..." So more and more animals followed along the way. There were more and more hippopotamuses, tigers, wild boars... The commotion on the shore surprised the frog in the lake. It stopped the frightened friends and asked: "What happened?" Everyone talked. He eloquently described what a terrifying monster "Gudong" was. The frog asked: "Who has seen it?" The little bear pushed the monkey, the monkey pushed the fox, and the fox pushed the rabbit, but no one saw it with his own eyes. Everyone decided to go back and have a look before talking about it. Back to the lake, I heard another "dong" sound. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be the sound made by a papaya falling into the water, and the animals couldn't help but laugh.
This is a story I read when I was in kindergarten. I believe many people have read it. I thought this story was very interesting when I read it. I remember that there were illustrations in the textbook, and I still roughly remember what the illustrations looked like (see attached picture). I dreamed about Gudong several times. But my doubts at the time were about papayas. The papayas illustrated in the textbook are very large and are the fruit of a relatively tall tree that grows by the water. Because there is also a kind of papaya in my hometown, but it is not big, relatively small, and it does not grow near the water. It grows on the mountains. At that time, I thought that all papayas should be like those in my hometown, so I couldn’t figure out why the papayas in the book looked like this. More than ten years later, when I went to Xiamen University to study, I saw papayas in the kindergarten textbooks and bought them and ate them. Only then did I realize that this was a papaya, and that the kind of papaya in my hometown was a papaya of the rose family.
Baidu explains: 1. Papaya is a plant of the genus Papaya in the Rosaceae family. Plants in this genus include Papaya (Papaya and Begonia), Tiegan Begonia (Wrinkle-skinned Papaya), etc. Several species are temperate woody trees native to China. Plants whose fruits are edible and medicinal, and their beautiful flowers are also for viewing; they are also papayas mentioned in traditional culture and poetry, such as the famous line in "The Book of Songs" "Give me papaya, and repay me with Qiongju"
Papaya is: 2. The tropical fruit Papaya (papaya) is a plant of the genus Papaya of the Papaya family. It is native to Southeast Asia and was introduced to China in the late Ming Dynasty in the 17th century. Because its appearance is similar to the Chinese papaya, it is named "Papaya". It is also edible and medicinal, but not for viewing.
Only then did I understand that the papaya growing in my hometown when I was a child is a papaya of the Rosaceae family. It belongs to the plant papaya, and the papaya in Gudong is the tropical fruit Papaya. From this point of view, the story should take place in Africa or South America, but this is a fairy tale after all. The hippopotamus is in Africa, and the tiger has no human factors. It is impossible to go to Africa, and it is impossible to be in South America.
I have eaten both kinds of papayas. I also use papayas from the rose family to make pickled papayas because they can cure diarrhea. This is what my grandparents said. I was told that this kind of papaya can be used as medicine, and the soaked pears can also treat diarrhea. But this kind of papaya is not very delicious. It is very astringent and sour when it is still green, but it tastes weird when it turns yellow. Or when it is rotten, it tastes particularly fragrant and tastes much better. However, the meat is less and the seeds are more fibrous. The pickled papaya tastes good because of its salty taste. It's bigger, has more meat, and tastes pretty good. I believe many girls have heard that eating this stuff can enlarge their breasts, but the smell is also very strange, especially in Africa. It seems to have the smell of Africans walking past you: ) The choice of papaya is very particular. You have to know how to buy it so that you can buy a good one. When eating, you can use a peeling tool to remove the skin. You can remove the thicker part so that the taste is less, and then remove a lot of velvet inside. With the seeds, you can also remove the thick spots and remove the flavor. Then rinse with water, cut into pieces, and insert toothpicks. If you don’t like the taste, you can leave it for a while before eating. Of course, papaya can also be used with other foods. I won’t go into details about making dishes here. I believe many friends have eaten them in restaurants.
It is inconvenient to post pictures. Friends who are interested can see the pictures on Baidu.