A few huge black ants slowly crawled out of the child's mouth, like punctuation marks that had lost the text, scattered alone on the pale cheek, looking at a loss. The child's eyes were half-open, covered with a layer of light gray.

The film is like stale purple grapes. The child is lying on his back on the grass, his skin is dry and wrinkled, as if he is a flammable and fragile paper man. All signs indicate that the child is dead and this is a lifeless body.

Yan Ge stood next to the dead child, sipping a cup of ice cream that melted very quickly, holding the limp cone with both hands in turn. It was so sticky that she could hardly open her fingers. When she was tired from standing, she squatted next to him.

On the left side of the face, she carefully observed the ants. A few drops of cream fell on the child's forehead. She remembered the words taught by the kindergarten aunt and said to him: "I'm sorry." The child was very quiet and didn't make a sound. Rock Pigeon had to replace it.

He said to himself: "It doesn't matter." A golden-headed fly buzzed over and hovered over the child's head. There was a moving light gray spot on the child's face.

It was a hot afternoon in the suburbs, and the grass grew very high. Rock Pigeon's parents were cooling off in the shade of a tree in the distance. There were other adults leading their children around, but no one came to Rock Pigeon. She

She had finished all the ice cream and began to play with the dead child wholeheartedly. She picked many small blue-purple flowers with slender stems and threw them on the child's face. The child was so good that he would not be angry. Rock Pigeon murmured to the child.

Talking to herself, she told him the fairy tale she just heard yesterday. She and the child were lying side by side, and she found that the child was a little older than herself. "You are my brother," she said. A few floating clouds drifted in the sky, covering the glare.

The sunshine. Rock Pigeon felt that it was more comfortable, so she closed her eyes and fell asleep...

"Ah - there are dead people here!" the cold drink vendor screamed in a shrill and different voice. The adults ran towards the corner from all directions in panic. At this time, Yange's mother remembered that she had not seen her daughter for a long time.

She had an ominous premonition, dragged her husband and rushed over, shouting her daughter's name loudly.

In front of him was a horrifying scene: a child's corpse in gray clothes that didn't look very fresh. The body was covered with many scattered wilted wild flowers. On his left side, less than a foot away, lay

A sleeping little girl. The girl's face is rosy, and her white and tender skin is covered with fine beads of sweat. She is wearing a georgette dress embroidered with lace, white socks on her feet, and small red leather shoes. She looks extremely gorgeous. Life and death,

But they were equally lying on the grass quietly. The two children looked like dolls thrown randomly on the ground, but the contrast was too sharp, giving the viewer a sudden sense of fear.

People formed a circle, some were discussing how the child died, and others were guessing where the girl came from? How long had she been by his side? They whispered, but no one went to wake him up.

Rock Pigeon, until her parents arrived, everyone consciously moved out of the way.

When Yange woke up, she saw people around her. Her mother hugged her tightly, her face covered with sweat and tears. Her father stood frozen to the side with a strange expression, like a sun-wilered tree. Many adults

They were whispering, pointing fingers at their family, accusing Yange's parents of being irresponsible. Yange also saw other children having their eyes covered by their parents, and some were even pushed behind them. "It's too scary.

He let his child lie with the dead." "Did the child faint from fright?" "It's a nightmare!"... There were sounds everywhere, and the adults' lips kept moving, and some

A few drops of spit sprayed onto Rock Pigeon's face, making her feel disgusted.

Someone called the police, and 110 arrived in time. The dead child was about eight years old. He had no external injuries on his body and his clothes were in rags. He was suspected to be a homeless little beggar. It was estimated that the time of death was two days ago, and he probably suffered from illness and was unable to do anything.

He died here under the care of others. In short, there was no sign of murder, and everyone lost interest. The dead child was obviously not a member of the onlookers' class. Therefore, even if it was lying at their feet, it was nothing more than a fictional character, not a real person.

Such a real existence. In their eyes, the ignorant Rock Pigeon is even more worrying. After all, she may go to the same kindergarten as their children, eat burgers at the same McDonald's, or even come here in the same car.

Outing. She is the child in their sight and deserves to be cared about.

A five-year-old child actually encountered such a thing! Yange’s parents realized the seriousness of the problem. They explained to the crowd of onlookers with fear: I really don’t know, how could this happen in a place like this?…

We just read a book for a while, and she ran away... This child likes to run around... talking and talking, I felt that it couldn't be justified. They didn't understand why they said some self-justifying words to these irrelevant people.

, it seemed that doing so would make me feel better. Someone told Yan Ge’s father earnestly: “After we go back, we should pay attention to the child’s mental condition, and don’t scare her out of trouble.” The crowd gradually dispersed, and the dead child was also taken away.

After moving away, their family of three was left standing there, with a fly buzzing around.

Yange's mother hugged her, sobbed softly, and kept saying, "It's all my fault, it's all my fault..." Her father stared nervously at Yange's face, wanting to wipe her sweat away, but hesitated.

Then he withdrew his hand. He felt that his daughter was no longer pure, and there were terrible bacteria in every pore, so he tried to avoid touching her. However, this was only a thought. Soon, he was worried about what had just happened.

He felt ashamed at the thought. He broke off his wife's fingers, picked up the rock pigeon, and walked back silently. The wife held her husband's arm and followed closely. The three of them were quiet, and the two adults were in complicated moods and could not speak.

Yan Ge's sleepiness had dissipated. She was bored for a long time and suddenly said: "I also want to eat an ice cream cone."

In the next few days, Yan Ge's parents were a little nervous. They turned on the TV and hurriedly switched channels as soon as they saw the death scene. They didn't even dare to mention Yan Ge's mother's mantra of "seeking death." They watched their daughter, whether

She had abnormal behavior. She even moved Yange's bed into the big bedroom and listened with open ears in the middle of the night, fearing that she would have nightmares and wake up crying. However, Yange's reaction was beyond their expectations. She was no different from usual.

, can eat and sleep, watch cartoons at 6:30 every night, and take "Doll Illustrated" with her when going to the toilet. In short, she maintains all her original habits, and it seems that she cannot remember that encounter at all.

Yan Ge, who had a small bedroom a year ago, seemed dissatisfied with returning to her parents' bedroom. She wanted to move back to her own room several times, but her parents refused. Yan Ge has the habit of grinding her teeth at night, and adults have already

I noticed that now that we sleep together, the sound of grinding teeth is particularly clear, which sounds a bit creepy. In fact, it is two adults who have trouble sleeping these days. Although Rock Pigeon muttered before going to bed, as soon as he fell asleep, he fell asleep.

By daybreak, she even changed her habit of going to the bathroom in the middle of the night and knew how to urinate before falling asleep. She will start kindergarten class next year, and she feels like she is already a big child.

Half a month had passed since the incident, and Yan Ge showed no abnormal behavior, so his parents were basically relieved. But one day, they watched a DVD about a person who experienced a horrific incident in his childhood and became a psychopath when he grew up. They thought again:

Could the child have been over-stimulated and developed a strong inhibition? Ordinary frights can easily cause on-the-spot reactions, such as shouting, fussing, and crying. However, when encountering an extreme terrorist incident, the person's appearance becomes more...

It is very calm, and it will take a while before it breaks out. People tend to avoid the unbearable reality, or even consciously forget it. However, if psychological problems are not channeled, the longer they accumulate, the more serious they will be. In the end, it may lead to mental disorder.

…

The excessive normality of Rock Pigeon is an abnormal behavior! - The parents suddenly realized this. What should they do? The two began to panic again, looking at Rock Pigeon with strange eyes. Gradually, they finally noticed that many things were wrong:

The daughter played house, always letting the doll lie down, and covering her face with a white handkerchief; the daughter dug a small pit in the yard, burying the broken toys and the dead bodies of the birds; the daughter saw that the hair was hairless

The dead chicken showed a frightened look... All this shows that the shadow of death has been branded deep in the daughter's heart. They were pleased with their discovery and did not "close the case" carelessly. Otherwise, the consequences would be disastrous.

.The two discussed how to guide Yan Ge so that she could face death correctly.

The previous method is obviously not feasible, and blind avoidance will not help. First, Yange should be made to understand death, and then she should be allowed to get out of the fear of death. Yange's parents were full of a sense of mission and made a series of plans. So, at home,

The atmosphere has changed. The adults have prepared a lot of materials to explain death to the rock pigeons. On TV, in pictures, in CDs... various death scenes are placed in front of the rock pigeons. The death of people, the death of animals

, or even entire tracts of woods being cut down (the rock pigeon’s parents have different opinions on this example. The mother says it doesn’t count, the father says it doesn’t matter - the end of a plant’s life should also be attributed to death). In conjunction with the relevant pictures, the parents are standing aside.

She explained to Yan Ge, but she seemed to understand. Finally, the chair at home was knocked to the ground, and Yan Ge shouted: "The chair is dead!" The cups and glassware broke, and she also announced their death with a smile.

Death. She originally hated eating spinach, but now she stuffed it into her mouth, chewed it viciously, and muttered incoherently: Kill the spinach! Rock Pigeon thinks death is an interesting thing, something she doesn't like.

You can make it "die". She was very satisfied with the new knowledge she had mastered, and used this term frequently.

The two adults looked at each other. They felt that Yange's excitement was already a sign of abnormality. They wanted to change her ideas as soon as possible and think like a normal person. So they instilled in their daughter that death means never seeing her father again.

Mom, I can no longer eat ice cream; after death, lifeless objects will rot and produce horrible germs; death will make originally lovely things inaccessible and hideous. Rock Pigeon was silent for a long time and asked: "What if I

If I die, you won't hug me anymore. Right?" The adults didn't know how to answer, so they laughed awkwardly. Yange felt her nose was sore, so she ran back to her small bedroom and hugged her most beloved stuffed toy. "

Pikachu", sitting on the bench in a daze.

Over time, this kind of special education still worked: Rock Pigeon began to be afraid. She had a cold and needed injections. She cried and asked the nurse: "Am I going to die?" For a while, she couldn't see a familiar person.

She suspected that he was dead. Even in her dreams, she would wake up crying and throw herself on the big bed to look for her parents, worried that they had stopped breathing. Looking at the changes in Rock Pigeon, her parents felt that she was going to death.

A healthy development. This child was finally able to realize the horror of death. Next, by inducing her to talk about what happened at that time, she could untie her heart. - They thought so. Thinking of the horrific scene that day,

Both adults were still frightened.

"Rock Pigeon, what did you do during the last outing?" her mother asked her.

"Playing with mom and dad." Rock Pigeon answered casually, staring at the cartoon "Pokémon" playing on the TV.

"What else?" the father continued to ask.

"What else?..." She frowned, thought for a while, and exclaimed happily: "There are also picking flowers and eating ice cream."

"What else?" My mother's expression was very strange, and her voice was different from usual.

"Is there anything else? - I can't remember." Yange was worried about missing the wonderful shot, and seemed a little impatient.

The two adults looked at each other and thought together: it seems that the daughter is deliberately avoiding it.

"Where...did you sleep?" My mother's voice couldn't help but rise when she mentioned the key question.

Only when she did something wrong did her mother speak to her in this tone. Yan Ge's heart skipped a beat and her attention shifted from the cartoon. She recalled seriously: It seemed that there was a little brother. The little brother was there.

She was sleeping, and Yan Ge was also sleeping. She felt that she had done nothing wrong? Did she bully her little brother and he complained? No, she dropped cream on his face, but he was not angry.

Moreover, she picked a lot of flowers and gave them to him. When she thought of those beautiful blue-purple flowers, Rock Pigeon was very happy, her eyes were slightly narrowed, and she smiled happily.

"My brother and I slept together, in the grass with flowers." Rock Pigeon said proudly.

"What brother, that's a dead person!" The father was a little angry. The way his daughter expressed it made him feel sick to his stomach. Brother, such a affectionate call, seemed to have brought the gray child corpse into their life circle

, becoming a part of the family. This association is really unacceptable, like swallowing a fly.

"Brother...is he dead?" Yange's eyes widened, showing a look of horror. During this time, the fear of death had shaken her young heart. The dead thing stretched out its claws from another world,

He teased her in her dreams again and again, and those long ferocious nails almost touched the pink gauze skirt of the rock pigeon while it was running. Those who are dead are bad. - She has decided this.

Yange couldn't figure it out: Would this quiet, kind little brother really hurt her? Would he drag her into a dark, smelly tomb, where she would never see the sun or her parents again? She tried hard to recall her childhood memories.

The more she thought about her brother's face, the more terrifying she felt. There was no trace of blood in that face, like dark clouds floating in the sky. Those eyes that couldn't be closed were staring straight at her, and they didn't look like they were sleeping at all... She thought

As I was thinking about it, I burst into tears. My little lungs were gasping for air, and my throat was filled with spicy juice. Rock Pigeon coughed like he was choking on water, and his whole body was trembling. After a while, the warm

The urine overflowed, soaked the newly changed flower pants, and poured into the red leather shoes. Everyone could see that the child was in extreme panic.

Finally waited for this day! Yange's parents looked at each other and smiled. They succeeded and saw their daughter's true fear. This is the reaction that normal people should have. They successfully uncovered Yange's disguised calmness,

Let her face the truth. Only in this way can she truly get out of the shadow of her soul. The two adults burst into tears, comforting their daughter while secretly shaking hands to celebrate. In their hearts, they finally let go of the increasingly rotten body.

The corpse of a child is therefore extremely relaxed.

However, Rock Pigeon could never return to that sunny afternoon. Those flowers, that melting tube of ice cream...all the sweet memories were stained with corpse odor, hovering in her heart like buzzing flies.

She began to be afraid of the dark night, and her mind was filled with dark imaginations. At night, she covered her head with a quilt and closed her eyes tightly. She seemed to see her little brother's flesh falling from the bones, and the two black holes were filled with sadness.

Looking at her, she softly called: Rock Pigeon, come and play... let’s play house. Behind the little brother, there was a chaotic smoke-like gas. As he approached her, it slowly

Come on.

One night, Yan Ge dreamed that she was suspended in mid-air. Looking at the little girl curled up on the bed, she knew it was her. The girl had no breath, her body was cold, and glowed with silver-gray light. "That is
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