Chapter 9: The Badger Incident
I remember one year when we found a badger in the melon field.
It was a hot afternoon, and we were cooling off in the melon shed. Suddenly, I saw a small black shadow moving in the melon field. I looked carefully and saw it was a badger, stealing our watermelons.
I shouted, "Run Tu, there's a badger!"
Run Tu jumped up and said, "Chase it!"
We chased the badger, running all the way to the riverside. The badger jumped into the river and swam to the other side. We stood by the river, watching it run away.
Run Tu said, "Tomorrow we'll come to catch it again."
The next day, we went to the melon field early to wait for the badger. We waited and waited, waited all day, but it didn't come. We were very disappointed, but there was nothing we could do.
Now when I think of this incident, I still smile. At that time, we were so innocent, so happy.