Piglet And Fox
Ding Ding didn’t expect that his dad would not only lock up the shop tightly but also put a big lock on the house! Ding Ding jumped up and down in anger, “This is ridiculous! I can’t even get into my own house!”
Hili Hulu pointed and said, “There’s a note over there!”
They walked over to take a look, and it read:
“Ding Ding: Go play at Hili Hulu’s house. He’s honest and won’t bully you. Have dinner at his house. If you’re good, I’ll give you ten dollars when I come back!”
Hili Hulu then showed how “honest” he was. He looked up at the high wall and said, “Climb over there! Come on, I’ll give you a boost!”
The little fox stepped on the little pig’s shoulders, gave his head a push, and nimbly climbed over the wall. He quickly threw down a rope and pulled the little pig up as well.
Getting into the house was much more difficult. Two layers of solid security doors were tightly locked, and the windows had thick iron bars. The little pig comforted his friend, “Don’t worry, it’s alright!”
He had the little fox help lift a cement slab in the yard.
Ding Ding peeked in; it was pitch dark and smelled terrible. He pinched his nose and said, “It’s so dark! And it stinks…”
Hili Hulu nonchalantly said, “We can wash up afterward! I’ll go in and open the security door for you.”
The little pig took off his clothes and pants, handed them to the little fox, and said, “Wait by the security door!”
It wasn’t long before both security doors were open.
But the little pig was covered in black mud and stinking. The little fox shouted, “Go wash up! Go wash up! You stink!”
The little pig washed thoroughly, got dressed, and cleaned the kitchen floor—it was the entry point he had used. The little fox was impressed by his friend for the first time: What a talent! If it were him, no matter how hard he tried, he wouldn’t have been able to get in. Now, his room was his again!
He opened the refrigerator and took out a lot of delicious food to treat his friend, and he also brought out his high-end toys.
The two of them had a great time.
After getting bored of playing, Ding Ding led Hili Hulu to his dad’s room.
Hili Hulu had never seen a safe before and tilted his head to look. The little fox suddenly had a mischievous idea, thinking: What’s the big deal about getting slapped? He said, “There’s money inside. But it can’t be opened! If you can open it, I’ll pay you back right away!”
The little pig shook his head hard, “That’s not right!”
The little fox said, “What’s wrong with it? The safe belongs to my family, and I’m asking you to help me open it!”
The little pig said, “It’s your dad’s. If he locked it, it means he doesn’t want you to open it.”
The little fox said, “Wrong! That’s to prevent thieves from opening it. My dad told me, ‘Ding Ding, I lock the safe to keep thieves out. You can open it anytime. Okay, now I’ll tell you the combination!’ And then he told me the combination. See? Doesn’t that mean I can open it anytime?”
The little pig didn’t understand, “What’s a ‘combination’?”
“It means you set a number yourself, like 3858. Only you know it, and you don’t tell anyone else. You turn the knob to 3, 8, 5, 8, and then pull the safe door, and it opens. But if others don’t know the number, no matter how they pull, they can’t open it!” The little pig found it very interesting. He asked, “Didn’t your dad tell you the combination? Why can’t you open it?”
Oh dear, why did he have to say “can’t open”? The little fox’s eyes shifted as he said, “Actually, I can open it. I said that to keep you from knowing my combination.”
The little pig said, “You open it, I’ll close my eyes!”
“I’m afraid you’ll peek.”
“Then I’ll go into that room!”
The little fox had to come up with another idea. Hili Hulu loved helping others, so if he said…
So the little fox said, “Actually, it’s not that I don’t want you to know the combination. You’re my good friend and very honest. If I tell you not to tell anyone, you definitely won’t. I can’t open it because I can’t turn the knob; it’s probably rusty from not being used for a long time…”
Anyway, he had to make the little pig do something foolish so he could have a good laugh.
Sure enough, the little pig said, “I’m stronger than you; let me try! —Which one?”
The little fox pointed, “The one on the left!”
The little pig walked up and turned the shiny knob. The little fox jumped away in fear—he was afraid the slap might hit him too.
The little pig turned it and said, “It’s very smooth, not rusty at all!”
The little fox was stunned. The safe didn’t react at all, let alone slap the little pig!
What’s going on? Is it broken?
He wanted to go over and enter the combination to open the safe right away. But suddenly, he remembered the two hard slaps he had received last time and couldn’t forget the pain.
“Okay!” he said, still standing far away. “I’ll call out the combination, and you turn the knob to match the numbers! Start with the left one!”
“Both have to be turned?”
“Yes, it’s a double combination!” The little fox began calling out the numbers. He said “5,” and the little pig turned to “5”; he said “7,” and the little pig turned to “7.” When both knobs were set, the safe door opened with a “clang” before the little fox could pull it!
Wow, so much money inside!
The little fox ran over, frantically grabbing and tossing the shiny money, making a “clatter, clatter” sound.
The little pig stood there in a daze. He had never seen so much money before!
Then, the little fox counted some out and placed it on the floor, saying to the little pig, “This is the 37 dollars from under your dad’s mattress! Hurry up and put it back, or he’ll definitely give you a beating!”
Seeing the little pig still dazed, he grabbed handfuls of money and stuffed them into his pockets. After that, he took two more dollars and said, “This is the money I owe you—one borrowed, two returned!”
The little pig worried for his friend, “Won’t your dad beat you for doing this?”
The little fox said, “No worries! Just look—can you tell any money is missing? As long as we don’t touch the bills, my dad doesn’t count the coins!”
Saying this, he continued to stuff handfuls into his pockets, adding, “It’s strange; how come I never get caught…”
In his excitement, he blurted out the story about the safe slapping him. The little pig exclaimed, “So you said it was rusty to make it slap me?”
The little fox laughed, “Exactly! But I don’t know why my dad would make such a mistake! The first thing he does when he leaves the room is check if the safe can slap people!”
The little pig didn’t understand, “What about when he opens it himself?”
The little fox pointed, “See that locked metal box on the wall? To open the safe, he first opens the metal box to cut the power! My dad’s so smart, he buried the wires underground, so no one can find them to cut the power!”
Suddenly, the little pig understood something, “Oh, I might have cut the power! When I was crawling through the tunnel, a string got tangled around my leg. It was so dark inside, I couldn’t see, so I yanked it hard, and it broke…”
The little fox jumped up and shouted, “Oh no, that was the wire! My dad will definitely find out I opened his safe! We have to fix the wire!”
4. The Outcome
The outcome wasn’t very good.
Because, as the two little fellows looked up, they saw the fox shopkeeper silently standing by the door, glaring at them fiercely.
I don’t have the heart to tell you what happened next.
Thank you for reading! ” Sitestorys “
