Once upon a time, there lived two sisters in a small house, Miss Winter and Miss Spring. Throughout the ages, at this time at the beginning of each year, winter girls should go to rest. The spring girl who slept for nine months in a row will soon wake up from her sleep and spread the shade all over the world.
Winter girl frowned at the thought that she would sleep alone for several months. She lifted her face to meet the falling snowflakes, which rolled down her cheeks like tears.
"Snow and crystal Lan Bing, these are my only two colors." Winter Girl sighed and said, "My little sister, who is beautifully dressed, thinks the spring she brought is much more wonderful. But who needs pink and yellow flowers? What's good about hummingbirds flying around in the bushes? If it is white winter all year round, this is a perfect world. "
Winter girl's slender fingers slipped gently from her tall and elegant nose. She pulled her long silver braid. "If I rack my brains, maybe I can figure out a way to make winter last forever." She crept into Miss Chun's room. Miss Chun lay in bed and fell asleep, with messy curly hair scattered on the pillow made of leaves. "She looks so beautiful when she is asleep," said Miss Winter. "I really can't bear to wake her up." A meaningful smile slowly appeared on her face.
She took out a ball of shiny yarn from her magic basket. All night, her chair was shaking and creaking. Click, click, click ... the needle in her hand shuttled back and forth. In the morning, Miss Winter knitted a cold white blanket and several smaller ones.
She sneaked into Miss Chun's room and gently covered her sister with a blanket. "As long as you wear this blanket, you will never wake up." She brushed a lock of hair scattered on Miss Chun's forehead and said, "Little sister, have a good sleep."
The robin stopped on the windowsill of the hut, and its ugly brown belly clung to the window pane. He saw what Miss Winter had done. "Oh, no!" He cried, "Miss Chun can't sleep all the time! What should we do without spring? " He spread his wings and flew into the sky. "I must get help."
He summoned all the residents in the forest. He called them bears, beavers, skunks and squirrels, caterpillars, ladybugs and snakes, as well as maples, streams and winds. "Listen to me!" Robin shouted, "We must find a way to wake Miss Chun."
The bear sniffed around the bushes with its black nose, looking for some berries to eat. "I am big and strong," he boasted. "I'll wake her up."
Robin discussed with other residents in the forest and thought that Bell's idea was good. They agreed that Jambers should have a try first.
The bear didn't start to move until dark. He sneaked into Miss Chun's small room. Plop! Knock on the door. Bang! The bear is so big that it gropes on the table in the house and makes a messy noise. Miss Dong heard him stumbling around the room and thought, "What a nuisance! Who will ruin my dream! " So he grabbed the broom handle and threw the bear out of the gate.
"I'll give you some color to see if you dare to make trouble!" Winter girl shouted. She waved her slender arms overhead and sang in a shrill voice, sweeping away all the berries in the bushes.
Then she covered the bear with a white blanket. The bear climbed into the hole and fell asleep.
The residents in the forest heard that the bear failed.
"Who wants to try again?" Asked the robin.
"I'll go." The caterpillar said, "The bear is too big. I am small and silent. I'm sure I can wake Miss Chun. "
Goo-goo-goo, so the caterpillar stretched and shrank, slowly through the crack of the door and came to Chungu. But he was so reckless that he sneaked into the house in broad daylight. At this moment, Miss Winter is waiting at the door. She shook her finger in front of her nose and said, "No one can fool me."
This time, she sang a song and picked all the leaves on the tree. In this way, the caterpillar has nothing to eat. Then, she wrapped the caterpillar with silk thread and hung it on the maple tree.
Maple leaves sent a message to Robin. "Let me try the next one." He said.
Maple asked the wind to help him. Ho ho! Whoo! There is a strong wind blowing.
Bang, bang, bang! Bang bang! Bang bang! Maple knocked on the window of the small house with all its strength. "This will definitely wake up Miss Chun." He said.
Winter girl shook her head slowly. "You will cry for it," she swore. "Let others drink your sweet tears." She sang another song, this time her voice was loud and sweet.
After a while, the maple felt that he began to shed sweet tears, which slowly oozed from his trunk and flowed down.
"Who will try again?" Robin asked the forest dwellers.
The little ladybug poked its head out from behind a twig. "Maybe I can do it." She said, "My red body is so small that I can hide in the cracks in the floor."
The little ladybug sneaked into the small house. She twisted and twisted, squeezed and squeezed, and turned left and right to climb forward. She walked across the room bit by bit until she came to the fireplace.
"Who's there?" He Wen, a girl in winter, the little ladybug stopped immediately.
"Oh, dear!" The little ladybug whispered, "I must not let her see it." She found a pile of ashes by the fireplace and hid it. Who knows that the warm ashes immediately became hot, and the little ladybug quickly climbed out, and the ashes burned several black spots on her back.
"Little fellow, what are you doing sneaking around?" Winter girl asked. Her big hand reached down.
The little ladybug squeezed out of a hole in the wall and got into the dust cloud, so that Miss Winter couldn't reach her.
"Since you like my wall so much," said the winter girl, "you can stay there." Then she sealed the hole and the little ladybug was trapped in it and couldn't get out.
The next volunteer is a skunk. "I'm going to wait until evening to sneak in." He said to the robin, "My beautiful black coat just blends in with the shadow."
When the moon slipped behind the clouds, the skunk began to dig. He dug, dug, dug, dug a big hole and got in under the door.
The skunk crept forward quietly and kept hiding in the dark corner. When he came to Miss Chun's bedside, he heard a deep voice.
"Can't you have a long memory?" Winter girl's hand brushed his back. When her hand touched the skunk's fur, there was a layer of frost immediately.
"You stupid little fellow, don't try to sneak in at dark." A drop of crystal tears rolled down the winter girl's cheek and fell to the floor, breaking into pieces.
Girls in winter also cover skunks with sleeping blankets.
"Oh, dear!" The robin cried, "Will winter last forever?"
Robin had a brainwave. "Miss Winter is very clever," he said to himself. "I must try to fool her." He flew and flew, and found Winter Girl taking frost out of her pocket and throwing it on the bare tree.
"I've had enough!" He shouted so that Miss Winter could hear his voice. "It's so cold, it's white everywhere. I'm going to fly away and never come back! " Then he suddenly rushed into the sky. Fly, fly, robin keeps flying up. Dark clouds were soon left behind by him. He flitted across the moon and stars. He kept flying until he came to Mother Sun.
"Mother Sun," he shouted, "can you give me a ray of morning sunshine to wake up Miss Chun?"
Mother Sun frowned and considered his request. "It depends." She said: "The sunshine in the morning is very precious. What will you give me in return? "
The robin mused. He has only one precious thing, and that is his beautiful singing voice. "I dedicate my song to you." He said. Chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp, he sang the most beautiful song.
After singing a song, a smile flashed on Sun's golden face. "Great!" She said, "But you must come and bring yourself a ray of morning sunshine."
Robins fly to Mother Sun. The heat left him breathless. The feathers on his stomach burned and made him twitch all over. His unremarkable brown belly turned bright orange.
Robin tore off a ray of morning light as soon as possible and flew back to the forest.
The robin climbed to the window of the hut. DuDu! DuDu! DuDu! He pecked at the window with his mouth. He shone the morning sun into Miss Chun's eyes and shouted, "Get up! Get up! Get up! "
Miss Chun stretched herself and yawned. She opened her violet eyes and smiled at the robin. "Thank you, Robin." She said, "I had a good sleep, but now I have to start working and let everything grow."
Next, Miss Chun wakes up the bear and skunk from their long hibernation. She returned the fallen leaves to the trees and the berries to the bushes. She let the ladybug out of the wall. She found the caterpillar and untied the winding yarn for him. To thank him for his bravery, she gave the caterpillar a pair of beautiful colorful wings. She also dried the tears of the maple tree.
Spring has returned to the world. Green grass covers the earth. Flowers stick out pink and yellow heads from the soil. Hummingbirds are flying in the Woods again.
Winter girl stood at the door of the hut and glared at the robin angrily. "Don't let me catch you." Then she slowly approached the house and closed the door.
"Oh, dear!" Robin said, "From now on, I have to be careful." He flew into the forest and vowed never to deal with winter again.
So until now, you can't find robins in winter anyway. Their bellies turned red. If you listen carefully, you can hear them calling every spring: "Get up! Get up! Get up! "