Chapter 684: Twenty-first day: by a strange riverbank

Twenty-first day: by a strange riverbank

Twenty-first day: by a strange riverbank

In a strange place, I encountered a strange river.

This river is beautiful, and its sound is also pleasant,

How I wish I knew its name.

I walked back and forth by the riverbank, asking everywhere for its name. But no one could tell me.

I pondered: why must I know its name? Liking it is enough――――――

The morning time passed quickly while I was pondering and liking it.

At this moment, the singing river also kept flowing away.

Is it passing like this? No! 'The waves whisper, laugh, and play to each other,' they do not mourn the passing, nor care about it, nor sigh over it; they are still singing.

'Come back, departed river! Come back, departed time!' By the extremely still riverbank, facing the gradually receding river, I shouted――――'If one day this desolate riverbank gradually becomes covered with splendid flowers; if this sea turns into mulberry fields, will your beautiful singing still remain for me?'

The desolate riverbank, no one could hear my voice.

Actually, I have long known that I am merely a passionate pupa, using all my lifetime's effort to try to break free of the shell that binds me.

This departed river, just like those departed years: my efforts, which they do not heed, continue to ceaselessly pass away…………..