What is left behind is splendid and gorgeous.

Fox

When the beaver arrived at the mole's house, the rabbit and beaver were already seated, with a small wooden box in front of them. The Mole was still lying in the recliner with the envelope in his hand.

"this time the sea otter sent another small box." The beaver greets the fox.

"Oh? What is it? " Asked the fox.

"it's not open yet. I'm waiting for you." The rabbit clicked, "I hope it's still delicious." The cherry blossoms were delicious last time. "

"it's not like this time. The box is very light." The Mole pinched his glasses. "shall we read the letter first or open the box first?"

"Open the box first!" The rabbit jumped up. "then we read the letter while we ate!"

The beaver smiled and opened the box, and a ball of soft hay appeared inside. The rabbit picked up some grass and tasted it: "there seems to be nothing special about this grass."

The fox wrinkled his nose and said, "there must be something else. I smell it."

The beaver picked up a ball of hay and something shiny appeared under it.

"what is this?" The rabbit cried, "is it a big bug?" Why is it this color? Food for the mole? "

The Mole slid off the recliner and stuck the tip of his nose into the box. "Wow, this is amazing."

The Mole hurried away, came back with a few more lamps, and lit them one by one.

"the Mole's study has never been so bright." The rabbit commented, "Why do you light so many lights?"

"look at this bug." The fox reminds me.

Insect

The son was held at the beaver's fingertips. It was an insect, about the length of a beaver's fingers, with a bright green carapace. The light shines on the insect's carapace like a rainbow.

"Wow." The rabbit opened its mouth wide. "this is also. This is so beautiful! I can't bear to eat it, is it the Mole? "

"this is not food." The Mole smiled. "it's a rainbow giddy worm. I guess it was sent to him by a Japanese friend of the sea otter."

"read the letter quickly!" The rabbit said, "Let's see what's going on."

"all right." The Mole climbed back into the recliner and put on his big glasses. "I'm starting to read the letter."

The rabbit nodded and sat down. The fox sat next to the rabbit, his eyes still fixed on the big beetle, so brilliant that his eyes could not be moved.

"Hello, Beaver, Rabbit, Mole and Fox.'" Read the Mole. "Please say hello to the other friends, too. I received the last letter and the gift. Thank you. The instructions are written in great detail and I will use them carefully.'"

"what was the gift for the sea otter last time?" The rabbit asked the beaver.

"A few star anise and a little opioid." "from Dr. Badger," said the beaver. "the sea otter may come in handy when traveling."

"that's very thoughtful of you!" The rabbit patted the beaver on the shoulder. "sure enough, I didn't know your pen pal in vain!"

The beaver smiled, a little shy.

"'the weather has also begun to get hotter recently. I went home and had a rest for a while, and recently I began to prepare for my departure. This time I will walk all the way to the South Pole.' The South Pole. " The Mole touched the tip of his nose. "it's a long way from Alaska."

The fox nodded.

"'in fact, I haven't made up my mind before, because it's too far away.'" The Mole paused and scratched his chin. "but it was only when I recently received a letter from the Japanese macaque that I made up my mind."

"sure enough, the Japanese macaque sent it to him, didn't it?" The rabbit said, "where did the Japanese macaque find such a strange bug?"

"this

It's written in. " Said the Mole, pushing the slippery glasses. "'I'll send it to you this time, too. It's a rainbow giddy worm. The mole may know about the bug, and the Japanese macaque wrote something about it.'"

The Mole paused and looked at the worm on the table. Under the light, the carapace on the worm changes in different colors by turning the angle slightly.

Japanese macaques say that when they were young, the insects hid in wood, ate dead trees and grew up while eating, and it took two years to grow up. After growing up, she is very beautiful, shining in the sun, like wearing a rainbow on her body.'"

"there are indeed many colors." The rabbit looked at the bug carefully. "and you look at it from different angles and different colors."

"'but this kind of insect can only live for two months when it grows up. They will die before autumn. He found this one from the Japanese macaque last year and kept it until recently.'"

The Japanese macaque said it was sent to me because it wanted to talk to me about a problem. That is, what can we leave behind after we leave?'"

The rabbit froze and glanced at the worm on the table.

"'this bug takes a long time to grow up, then passes through a short period of adulthood and dies. However, after they died, they still had a dazzling brilliance, and did not fade like some other bugs. Although they are dead, they are left with splendor and splendor.'"

The fox held his breath and his ears trembled slightly.

"'we will leave eventually. What will be left after we leave? Our bodies will slowly return to the earth without leaving a trace. I'm not reconciled to this.'"

"then

The Mole stopped, took off his glasses and blinked. "the sea otter. This is under the influence of Japanese macaques. Japanese macaques are always thinking about life, death, impermanence, vanity and so on. "

"the sea otter won't do anything stupid, will it?" The rabbit is a little worried.

"from what I know about him, I don't think so." The beaver laughed. "but I think he might be going to write a travel book or something."

The fox exhaled slowly, and somehow suddenly thought of "footprints and memory".

"'I looked at this rainbow giddy worm and probably figured out the problem with the Japanese macaque. I think we have to do something so that we can be remembered and prove that we have lived. This is what made me make up my mind to go to the South Pole. But it's not really remembered or anything.'" The Mole scratched his head. "the sea otter seems a little embarrassed."

"'I just want to leave some proof, something different, something to prove that I lived, instead of wandering around and leaving for nothing.' Wobble? The sea otter has learned new words again. "

"Don't interrupt!" Said the rabbit.

"all right, I'll go on. It's more like a promise to yourself. To do something worth doing, to see the wider world. That's what I think.'"

"'so I want to send you this bug. I want you to see this bug, to see how beautiful it is, and if I'm right.'" The Mole folded the notepaper. "that's about it. All that's left is greetings and signatures."

Mole

It quieted down in the mouse's study. No one spoke, and all four pairs of eyes looked at the rainbow giddy bug on the table. The fox heard his breath and felt that the sound of breathing was a little harsh.

"I said," the rabbit broke the silence, "I really haven't thought about it."

The beaver gave a hum and nodded.

"Beavers can keep dams." The rabbit's voice was a little stupefied. "the Mole has dug a lot of tunnels and rooms in the ground, and he will stay. But what about me, the fox, what can I leave behind? "

"it doesn't have to be tangible." The Mole took off his glasses and put them on, and examined the big beetle on the table. "besides, tangible things always break down, dams fall apart, and the holes I dig collapse." None of them will last. "

The fox nodded, feeling a little hot in his heart.

"but we have left memories." The Mole went on, "that's the most important thing. I will remember, you will remember, everyone will remember. These memories are the most important things we have left behind. "

"memory. Is it? " Asked the fox in a low voice, as if something had been opened in his heart.

"Yes. And some memories will be handed down, this is what we left behind. " The Mole paused in a serious voice. "for example, a few generations later, there may still be a rabbit telling such a story: 'once upon a time, there was a rabbit who ate marijuana and vomited a lot of thread."' "

"I hate it!" The rabbit jumped up and threw the mushroom at the mole.

Everyone laughed. In the sloshing light, a gorgeous rainbow flows quietly on the carapace of the rainbow giddy worm.

To be continued