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House built on a boat

"Knock, knock, knock, knock."

By Stephane PerezPublished 3 years ago 7 min read

"Knock, knock, knock, knock."

The knock on the door sounded, and the timid bunny blocked the door, not daring to speak.

"Is there anyone there? I'm the adventurer fox, want to ask for a bowl of water."

"No one, no one, you go away."

"No one? Then I can go." The little fox pretended to leave.

The little rabbit poked her little head out to make sure, and found that the little fox was smiling at her.

"It seems the owner of the house has just returned."

The little rabbit's face flushed red when her lie was exposed, and she fumbled a reply, "Yes, I just came back.

The little fox sucked and drank the hot soup: "You know what? I spend a lot of time exploring the sea, the world outside is really wonderful!"

"So what's out there on the ocean?" The little rabbit blinked.

"Colorful jellyfish, strange-shaped coral reefs, and schools of small fish ......"

"These are all so great!"

"But these are nothing."

"Then what is?" The little rabbit pricked up his ears all of a sudden.

"It's the adventures at sea that are the best, I once got swallowed by a whale!"

"So ......" the bunny subconsciously took a step back, pinched his nose and said, "So you were pulled out by a whale?"

"Hahahaha, I ended up being spewed out of the whale's nostrils!"

"Where are the nostrils that big, you must be lying to me." The little rabbit skimmed his mouth, a face of disbelief.

"No, no, you were actually swallowed by a whale, so scary!" Only then did the little rabbit react to how dangerous the little fox had just said things were.

The little rabbit was shivering with fear and wrapped up in his little quilt.

"Thank you for the hot soup." The little fox got up and patted his body, "I should go, the sea is calling me."

"I want to go out and see ...... too," whispered the little rabbit.

"Yes, I can take you with me!"

"But ...... but the whales are so scary." The little rabbit drooped his ears, "We rabbits are very timid, I usually do not dare to leave the house."

"So ah, then there is no way ......" the little fox ready to go.

After taking two steps and finding that he couldn't walk, he turned his head and looked, and it turned out that the little rabbit was pulling the little fox's tail and looking at him pitifully.

"Ahem, I do have a way, just do not know if you are willing to ......" said the little fox spoke.

"What? Move the house to the boat!" The little rabbit was stunned.

"There is nothing impossible, we just need to rent a big shovel, shovel your house to the boat." The little fox also just said casually, hoping that the little rabbit could know what to do.

"Good! I believe you!" The little rabbit was really longing for the sea too much.

"No, little rabbit, don't you think about it?" The top of the little fox's head began to sweat.

"I believe you!"

"The sea is dangerous! There are terrible whales!"

"I ...... I'm not afraid!"

"Why do you believe me so much?"

"Because if I don't believe you, there will be no next episode ......"

"Huh?" The little fox scratched his head is very confused, fox for short.

The little rabbit actually wanted to say that if I did not seize this opportunity, you and I will not have a future story.

The little fox and the little rabbit got the big shovel and shoveled the house onto the boat.

I swear, the little fox's boat sank at least thirty centimeters! It broke the little fox's heart.

"Set sail and set sail!" The little fox and the little rabbit set off!

Little rabbit along the way curious, a while to fish jumped up small fish, a while to catch the seagulls parked in the boat.

A group of dolphins found a house moving in the sea, are curious to follow.

They followed the boat jumping for joy, greeting with the little rabbit and fox.

"Yikes, what a sight!" The little rabbit also responded by dancing his hands to the group of dolphins.

Tired of playing, the little rabbit sat by the window of the room and looked at the distant sea horizon.

The sun was slowly setting, and the fragments of the setting sun were scattered on the sea level with sparkling waves.

"Little fox, look!" The little rabbit suddenly shouted.

The little fox followed the direction of the little rabbit's finger and saw a cluster of star-spangled jellyfish, like a group of tiny elves, wandering in the coral reef.

"I didn't lie to you, did I? Isn't it beautiful?"

"Mmm!" The little rabbit smiled and nodded his head vigorously.

The little fox took out a fishing net, caught some jellyfish, put them into a delicate glass lampshade, filled it with water and hung it under the eaves.

For a moment, the stars shone, reflecting on the faces of the little fox and the little rabbit.

At this time, they realized that each other's face was red.

"Little rabbit, I ......" the little fox was too nervous to speak.

"Little fox, do you have something to say to me?" The little rabbit was also embarrassed all of a sudden.

"Little rabbit, I ...... I'm too nervous to say anything now, you, look behind you ......"

The little rabbit turned his head to see a huge whale rushing over with its mouth wide open!

"Wow!" The little rabbit was so frightened that he jumped high at once.

"Quick, hide in the house!" The little rabbit rushed into the house.

"Pull pull me, I can't walk! Damn ......" The little fox was so scared that his legs went weak.

The little rabbit rushed out again and pulled the little fox in.

In fact, the little fox simply did not have the adventure of being swallowed by the whale, are the little fox bragging made up.

So the whale really appeared, the little fox instead of scared legs and feet weak.

"It's okay it's okay! Little fox, our house is strong! It's very strong! Hahaha!"

The words just fell, the whale swallowed a bite of the boat, of course, must also include the boat house.

"It's so dark! We've been swallowed by the whale!" The little fox wilted at once.

"It's okay, it's okay! Little fox, our house has a light! Turn it on and it lights up! Ha ha ha!"

The little rabbit went to turn on the light, but found that it didn't light up no matter how he switched it on and off.

"Bunny, we only shoveled the house over, but we didn't connect the wires ......" explained the little fox.

"Ah!" The little rabbit covered his head with both hands, "So that's it!"

Slowly, the little fox instead calm down, there is no panic at the beginning.

"Little rabbit, don't be afraid, at least we're still alive, aren't we?" The little fox came over and patted the little rabbit.

"Oooh, I relied too much on this house, and now I'm trapped in the house instead."

"Then let's walk out, shall we? Out the door, maybe we still have a chance!"

"But, at least we are still in this house and are safe, after we go out we are not sure of anything, oooh ......"

"But, didn't we get out? Just like in the beginning." The little fox hugged the little rabbit.

Little fox's embrace is very warm, like a warm stove in the winter, boiling pot of water gurgling and smoking hot, the little rabbit stopped crying.

"Let's go!"

"Okay, I trust you!"

The little fox and the little rabbit held hands and opened the door to the room.

A brilliant glow emanated from a delicate glass lampshade, a jellyfish boat lamp made by Little Fox!

"Although we are in a terrible situation, but it is really beautiful!" The little rabbit's eyes were filled with little stars.

"As long as there is still light in our eyes, we will definitely be able to get out!"

"Mmm!" The little rabbit believed in the little fox, just as he had believed in him righteously at first.

"Rumble! Rumble!" The boat rocked violently.

"Get into the house!" The little fox shoved the jellyfish boat light to the little rabbit, pushed her into the house, and took control of the boat outside himself.

"Danger, little fox!"

"Trust me!"

The violent rocking of the room gradually smoothed out.

"Little rabbit, open your eyes and look!" The little fox seemed excited.

The little rabbit slowly opened his eyes.

They were now on the whale's fountain!

They were spewing out of the whale's nostrils!

The little rabbit was so excited that he opened the door, the boat was surrounded by rainbows, the endless sea was still so rippling, and for a moment, all his worries disappeared.

"You are now a real adventurer! Little fox, you can now proudly tell others that you once came out of the belly of a whale!"

"It's all because of you and your house." The little fox scratched his head in embarrassment.

"No. ...... It's our house." The little rabbit was flushed.

The fountain gradually subsided, and the boat returned smoothly to the sea.

If one day you see a house built on a boat, please don't be surprised that there is still a little fox and a little rabbit living there.

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Stephane Perez

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