Short Story (1/2)

Written by: Zi Xinyu

Translated by: timebun

Raws:

The so-called bird of good and evil, is actually neither good nor evil

Moreover, it doesn't even understand what is good and what is evil

It is simply a little bird that was raised by a God

Prologue

A memory came to me in a flash; I re like this

”If I gave you the chance to become a human, would you want to?”

Back then, I simply smiled and said, ”I don't want to beco freely in the skies That's perfect for me”

As things changed with the passage of time, all of a sudden, I really wanted to become a human just once Thus, I asked the God, ”Can I still have another chance to become a human?”

However, the God shook his head, ”You've already ave you a chance now, you wouldn't live past a single day”

”That's fine, even half a day is fine I just want to be a hu eyes, I pleaded earnestly

The God sighed, ”Then I'll give you a single day's ti to do with it?”

I smiled, but stayed silent

One day was enough

Part 1

I was a little bird as raised by a God

I was born with the God's divine blessings

My feathers are a gorgeous sky blue, with traces of snohite

Thus, ever since I was born, I've been envied by most of my kind

Because I could choose ave me

”If I gave you the chance to become a human, would you want to?”

I remember that I replied his question with one of my own

”Is there any difference between humans and us birds?”

He sence, and they have great ability That's why all animals are afraid of them”

I stared in astonish, ”Then what about birds?”

The God's s as he said, ”Birds are simple, but they're free”

”Then I don't want that chance, I just want to continue being a free bird”

Back then, I had a pure nature I just thought that if I were to becos

Then why not be a carefree little bird?

I watched the God nod, seeht

And since that time, I really became a happy little bird

Part 2

I was a little bird who just learned how to fly

From the side of a very kind God, I fleards the forest for the first time

He said that I belonged to nature

Thus, he left

When I first saw the sky, it was blue and really, really big

I siher and even further, and thus, I ended up flying really, really far

I copied my fellow birds' actions and landed on the balcony of a human

They were stealing and eating the rice grains set out to dry in the sun I also hid in a corner and sneakily ate the grains,my fill

When night fell, I followed them and flew back to the forest

When there was nothing to do, I learned how to catch little worside my fellows

Part 3

I was a happy little bird

The first time I saw a human, my companions and I were so scared that we flew really, really far away

They said that humans are bad, that they would catch little birds to play with

I was really scared

Because I loved the blue skies, loved flying with s, and loved my freedom

But humans weren't that bad

I watched a little girl who had long, long hair; she aving at me

Dazed, I landed on a branch far away from her, out of her reach I didn't understand what she was doing

She grabbed a bunch of rice grains and tossed them, and they landed not far from me

She pointed there, s a word

That was a great, great temptation for me

I wanted to eat those grains, but I was afraid that she would capture me

I saw that irl still continued to smile as she watched me

She didn'tfor me to move closer

She hadn'twhile

I thought, that o over

Part 4

Humans really are kind

I carefully hopped a few steps forward, but she didn't le move

Thus, I scooped up a mouthful in my beak and fleay, but she still didn't move

I hopped forward again and ate a fewme fly off in panic

However, I saw that she had thrown more rice over

I stopped being scared, and after finishi+ng all the grains on the ground, she still tossed another bunch of grains to me

What a kind little girl

She was the first human I met

I thought, that humans were kind

Part 5

After that, I would stop at that balcony every day

When the little girl saw rains to eat

Slowly, I lost my fear of her

Sometimes, I would even land very, very close to her

She never tried to catch me

When she watched me, she was always full of smiles

Her body was tiny, compared to other hus

She had aher to throw some food for me to eat

I didn't understand what they talked about

I only knew that that girl would always giveto eat

Part 6

I was a lazy little bird

After I found someone to feed irl

Although I could still find food on my own, I would always look for her from time to time

She would give rains to eat

She would keep s at me, always

As tiot used to her

I wasn't afraid of her anymore

I thought, that humans weren't so scary after all

Part 7

After that, I saw that little girl's fa and small, out of their door

After that, I never saw her again on that balcony

My companions said that the little human had moved away

I asked, ”What do youaway?”

They said, ”That means they'll never come back”

That made me feel terrible

Was it because they had nothing left to eat after I ate all the grains in her home?