Childhood Fun Stories (Mountain)

Preface

Xinjiang is mountainous and the rugged mountains are likened to difficult barriers on the road of life. No matter how big or small the difficulties are, there is no difficulty in facing the giant mountains. The giant mountains are not invincible. We need to be strong and have the confidence to win. Standing on the top of a mountain, looking back at the difficulties I have gone through, the fluctuations in my heart are indescribable. (Excerpt from an essay written in the first semester of eighth grade in middle school)

I was born in Xinjiang and spent my entire childhood in Xinjiang. The first semester of eighth grade in middle school was my last semester. After the final exam, I returned to the mainland... It has been a long time now. I have almost forgotten what happened in Xinjiang, so I wanted to write something to record it. Written into a collection called Fun Stories from Childhood.

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Xinjiang is mountainous. Behind my house is a mountain, and behind the mountain are mountains. As a "wild child" whose parents seldom discipline me, it is natural that I often visit the mountains. I no longer remember the name of the mountain. The mountain is neither big nor small. In the eyes of children, it is huge.

Let me introduce you, my little friend. Liangliang, the parents knew each other when they were born. Yangyang and Liangliang were the same. At that time, the three of us were called the "three cheap guests", including Baobao, Dazhi, and the boss. The beautiful and wise Xiaotian...

Okay, let’s talk about today’s theme mountain. I like to go out to climb the mountain in the evening because I can see the sunset that I like. When the stars came out, we stupidly waited for the meteors to pass by and made a wish to grow up quickly...

Halfway up the mountain is our secret base. Here we have a barbecue. Sweet potatoes bought with pocket money, eggs stolen from home. After eating, we acted as "scientists" to observe the reactions of different objects after burning. The craziest time was to burn disposable batteries. There is a soft sand on the mountainside with no plants around. We wrestled and turned over on the soft sand. If the baby accidentally made the baby cry, he would take a handful of sand and throw it on the other person's head, and the other person would definitely cry too. We also dig holes, sometimes with tools and most of the time with our hands. When we find strange rocks, we are very happy and feel that we have dug out the wealth of the entire mountain. Sometimes we would catch grasshoppers and grasshoppers and compete to see who could catch more and bigger ones.

Scorpions are good things. We catch them at night, shine them with a purple light, and the scorpions will glow, and then carefully put them into the bottle with chopsticks. The scorpions that had been caught for a long time were given to my father to soak in wine and to my mother to fry. Once I was bitten by a small scorpion while sleeping, and then I burst into tears.

In the summer, I will go to the mountains to find a purple-blue flower and give it to my mother on Mother’s Day.

Winter is especially fun. You can climb up the mountain with something slippery, ski, and sit on it and slide from the top to the mountainside. It’s so exciting that you’ll scream in excitement. Then I was scolded by my parents when I got home.

Looking at the top of the mountain from the foot of the mountain is a scenery, which is beautiful in my eyes. When it gets hot in the summer, go to the top of the mountain to enjoy the breeze. Standing on the top of the mountain, you can look at your home at the foot of the mountain and the elementary school not far away. I am filled with emotions and cannot find a word or a poem to describe him. I like to go hiking when it snows in winter, climb to the mountainside, climb to the top of the mountain, different scenery, different scenery. Looking at the footprints left along the way, I thought that they would be buried in the snow soon...