He looked far to the right, and the high wire fence stretched out in the sunlight. He was happy because he didn’t know what was ahead, so he could walk along the wire fence to see how it was an adventure. Mr. Ritz told the story of explorers like Christophe Columbus, Amerigo Vespasi in history class. These people’s strange experiences and interesting lives were deeply impressed on Bruno’s mind. He hoped to be like them when he grew up, but Bruno had one last thing to do before sending them. The investigation is that bench. Bruno has been looking at this bench from a distance for months. It is called a bench with a nameplate, but he never knows what the nameplate says. Look left and right to make sure that no one runs over and reads the nameplate. This is a small bronze medal. Bruno gently read it to commemorate the completion.
Bruno hesitated to go to the camp together. He continued to pronounce June 1994 wrongly as usual.
He stretched out his hand and touched the bronze medal, feeling cold, so he drew his fingers back and took a deep breath. He tried not to think about one thing during his adventure, that is, his father and mother warned him several times not to go in this direction and not to go near the wire fence camp, especially to ban adventure activities together.
Chapter 10 The little boy on the other side of the wire
It takes more time to walk along the wire fence than in Bruno’s period. The wire has been extending for several miles in the distance. Bruno walked and looked back from time to time. His house became smaller and smaller, and finally disappeared out of sight. He didn’t see anyone or find a place to go in, so he felt depressed. Although the wire was so long that the chimney of the hut gradually disappeared behind him, in fact, the wire either blocked him one by one.
Bruno walked cheerfully for an hour and felt a little hungry. He thought it was almost time to go back for today’s adventure. However, at this time, there was a small spot in the distance. Bruno narrowed his eyes and tried to see what it was. He remembered that he had read that a man had been lost in the desert for several days and could not find food and water, so he now hallucinated that he felt that he had seen a great restaurant’s huge fountain, but when he wanted to eat and drink, everything disappeared. Now Bruno wondered if he had suffered the same situation.
He thought about thinking about his footsteps, but he took him step by step to approach the distant dot, which gradually became a spot and then a small piece. Soon the small piece became a shadow, but finally when Bruno continued to approach, he found that it was not a dot, a small piece or a shadow, but a person.
Actually, it was a little boy.
Bruno read it and told him that explorers never know what he will find. In most cases, they find things that are already unknown, such as other times in the American continent, they find things that have not been discovered, such as a dead mouse behind a cupboard.
The little boy belongs to the first kind of things, which are already there but unknown, waiting to be discovered.
Bruno slowed down when he saw the dot turn into a speck, a small piece into a shadow and a little boy. Although they were separated by a wire, Bruno also knew that strangers should be treated with caution, approached him carefully and walked on. Soon they were face to face.
Hello, Bruno said
Hello, said the little boy
The little boy is shorter than Bruno, sitting on the ground with a sad expression. He wears barbed wire, striped clothes and a striped hat. He has no shoes or socks, and his feet are dirty. His arm is wearing a star badge.
Insert a six-pointed star pattern here
When Bruno first approached the little boy, he sat cross-legged and stared at the dirt. After a while, he looked up and Bruno saw his face. It was a strange face. His skin was almost gray, but Bruno had never seen a gray color. He had big eyes, caramel color and white parts. When the little boy looked at him, Bruno could see all the sadness in those eyes.
Bruno has never seen a more melancholy and bony boy in his life. He thinks he should talk to him.
I’m on an expedition, he said
Really? said the little boy
It’s been almost two hours
Strictly speaking, this is not true. Bruno has been away for more than an hour, but he wants to exaggerate a little bit, which is not a lie and will make him look more adventurous.
Did you find anything? the boy asked
rarely
The roots are gone.
Well, I found you. After a while, Bruno said
He stared at the boy and wanted to ask him why he was so sad, but he hesitated for a moment because he thought it might be reckless. He knew that sad people don’t want to be disturbed, and they would talk for months at a time, but now Bruno wants to keep silent and wait patiently. He has discovered in this expedition that he should seize this opportunity because he is talking with people over the barbed wire.
Bruno sat cross-legged on this side of the wire like a little boy. He wished he had brought some chocolate or snacks, but the boy could share them with him.
I live on this side of the wire, Bruno said
Really? I saw the house from a distance, but I didn’t see you.
My room is on the second floor. Bruno said I can see the wire from the room. By the way, my name is Bruno.
My name is himl, said the little boy.
Bruno blinked and didn’t catch what you just said your name was, he asked.
Himl boy said it seems to be the most common name in the world. What’s your name?
Bruno Bruno replied
I’ve never heard such a name, himl said
I’ve never heard your name Bruno said himl. He thought about himl. He repeated me. It pronounced himl like a gust of wind.
Bruno himl nodded happily. Yes, I think I have your name, too. It’s like a person holding himself to keep warm.
I’ve never met a man named himl, Bruno said.
On this side of the wire, many little boys named himl said there might be a thousand. I want a unique name.
I’ve never met anyone named Bruno. Bruno said, of course, except myself. I think maybe this is the only one.
You’re lucky, himl said.
I think how old are you? Bruno asked
Himl thought for a moment and bowed his head and fiddled with his fingers as if he were counting nine years old. He said that my birthday was April 15th, 1934.
Bruno stared at him in surprise. What did you say? He asked.