WHAT IS RIGHT
Once the snow melted all the life, it started to flow normally. This did not apply to a certain peacock who tried to meditate in the middle of a small clearing, under the watchful eye of the Master. He was sitting on the ground and despite his eyes closed he could feel the presence of the anteater in front of him. He felt anxiety growing. It wore it from within. According to him, standing still and doing nothing amounted to wasting time and this was unacceptable! Especially in view of its glorious escape plans! "Follow the rhythm of nature: its secret is patience", said the Master, who was also busy relaxing in an attempt to influence the student. "I never thought I could ever see a miracle!" An exclamation caused Shen to open his eyes and turned to see Lang Min staring at him in amusement. "An albino peacock?" He asked, bored "No! You who are calm to meditate! You've never stopped since you arrived! "She explained as she sat down next to him. Shen suddenly felt uncomfortable. The females of his species had always laughed at him and avoided him so he had no idea how to behave! "Do you want to meditate too?" Asked the amused peacock "No, I would like to see this prodigy for a while longer!" And nothing. Meditation was impossible with her next, a little but sure! "First train your mind, then your body!" The Master said that he had not moved a comma. "I've heard rumors! I know that many of the cats will join you, you know Shen? "With that revelation Lang Min again succeeded in diverting the peacock from his good intentions to meditate. In the days following their release he had told many of his decision to train, but, even though he hoped to ignite someone's interest, no one had shown much interest ... apparently he was wrong! "Well! The group exercise is a very important step to rediscover one's strength! "Jingjing said, finally opening his eyes. "You have to learn to work in a team! You are used to being obeyed, now you will learn to listen! "The Master continued to say.
"Look, sunflowers!" Lang Min said, full of joy, saving Shen from other observations of the old anteater. "They're just flowers!" He watched the peacock looking at them with disgust. Those plants had what he had always wanted: the colors! That's why he never liked them! "They remind me of home! A neighbor cultivated them in his garden you know? He was always very kind! He taught me many things ... "said the peahen. Shen saw his gaze darken and could not help asking a question "Do you miss yours?" He asked cautiously. "For nothing! But my dear neighbor Jong, very much! "Lang Min said with a sad look. "Such as? But why? You're not abnormal! "He pointed out Shen. "Sometimes you don't need to be different in appearance!" She admitted turning her head to avoid meeting his gaze. "Why? My life was hell because of this! "Shen said, trying to shake the waters. He wanted to find out what was under those strange statements! He had known her for a long time, but before he trusted her he wanted to know everything. She looked at him uncertainly. The peacock sighed "Lang Min can you tell me! I swear I won't say a word to anyone! "It was absurd. Never in his life would Shen think he could talk like that to a female of his kind! Although, come to think of it, it was the first time since he arrived that they conversed without shouting at each other or making fun ... But Lang Min was special and different at the same time! It was stronger than he thought and this peacock liked it. Perhaps they were more like each other than they thought! "My mother left home when I was born. I don't know the reason behind this choice, but my father has always blamed me for it! But over time our relationship has improved. He started looking for a good party for me since I reached the right age. For the first time he was so happy and proud ... but I felt these feelings fade away after every suitor I sent away! Each of them had always and only the pure interest of the wealth that my consistent dowry would have brought! He didn't care about me for those greedy ones! But ... my father accused me of being the cause of continuous failures! The situation has degenerated to the point that we had to move because no male wanted to have anything to do with me! And because of me we had become the laughing stock of the village! "Lang Min said with a step away from tears" For this Shen ... I know what it means to be considered a disgrace! "She concluded, starting to cry silently.
"What are you doing here?" The peacock asked more and more curiously. "I ran away one night! I couldn't take it anymore! I thought I could manage on my own because I'm an adult ... instead! ... I saw them capture Shu! Then it was the first time I saw her, but when they found me they took me too! I don't know why! "Lang Min said putting his head in his wings.
"Then will I also become his servant?" "Yes, but only after helping to expand the species!"
At that moment Mei's words took on a real meaning! Even if, on second thought, it was better for her! Capturing it, the humans really gave her the chance to start a new life! "Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened" Jingjing's voice made them both look up "It wasn't a coincidence that your capture! Did you find a family here, am I right? "Master asked. Lang Min smiled "Yes! It's true! "He answered. "And they won't force you to marry anyone! So apparently, for you, it's better to stay behind these four walls than outside! "The peacock said just to say something. It was frustrating! He had always had the situations perfectly under control and now he felt lost because he had no idea how to act and what to say in such a situation! Then something absurd happened, she wrapped a wing around Shen resting her head against his shoulder. He responded by welcoming her into the embrace, believing that he needed comfort and not wanting to be so selfish as not to give it to him. It was fortunate that the Master had gone back to meditating, so he didn't notice anything and Shen was finally able to relax while, for the first time, comforting someone who felt a pain very similar to his! Many minutes later it was Lang Min who spoke first. Watching him amused, he said, "You have sensuality, you have style, you have intelligence ..." Shen smiled and puffed out her chest proudly. It was the first compliment he gave him! "... you have beauty, you have charm, you have a big heart, and I ... I was the wrong person! I'm so sorry! "And nothing! The spell was broken! Although, the genuine laughter of Lang Min who followed this tease managed to make him laugh too.
For the first time, someone had even managed to distract Jingjing from meditation. Seeing those two young people, after months of battles and provocations, laughing together, one thought came to his mind "Love is like the wind, you can't see it but you can feel it!"
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In the weeks that followed, the Maestro's students increased visibly. Fortunately it was not long before the rudiments of hand-to-hand struggle began to be learned. All the young peacocks joined the training and Shen was happy to teach his defense and distraction moves to his friends and brothers. Shifts were made to check that humans did not notice anything and to everyone's surprise the plan worked great. The ignorance of humans would have given them an advantage! Incredibly, in the end, even the older peacocks decided to learn to defend themselves by taking part in group training. Shen learned to land the opponent without causing him any kind of injury, just bruises. In addition to the felines, he also managed to defeat the powerful Ning who was the strongest among the cattle, gaining much fame as he had become one of the strongest warriors along with Mei, Xu, Hua and Ning. "The athletic value of Kung Fu is found in the education and refinement of movements that must still be fluid, soft and elegant in their fast and often complex succession of movements in which the centrality and balance of the body are fundamental!" Jingjing said as he showed a frontal whipped kick to Kang, Wei and Zhuang. Meanwhile, near the main square Sheng, Xian, Xing, Jiang, Jun, Chong, Shuang along with Xiao, Xian's new girlfriend and Ting Chong's girlfriend watched Shen as he showed them how to throw sticks at a scarecrow that served as a enemy. No need to hurt humans, but sending them into the world of dreams with a well-aimed blow on their heads would have reduced their numbers rather quickly. After a little practice Xian decided to give voice to everyone's thoughts "Shen, is it true that you are good at building things?" He asked "It depends what you want!" "Brother, you have a beautiful sword ..." "It's called Guan dao!" He interrupted and corrected Shen "... would you be able to build weapons for us too?" Chong asked, ignoring his comment.
"What kind of weapons?" Shen asked suddenly, curious. "Well everyone has a different idea about their weapon!" Jiang explained "Yes, we would like something unique and personal! What distinguishes us! "Shuang said that until then he had remained silent. "Once free they could attack the bandits! So having something to defend against would be very useful! "Xian said. "I am born and live in a round house, I take so many forms but you can't touch me and if you don't tell me, no one else can know me, who am I?" Sheng asked that he had failed to refrain from proposing an enigma. "The thought!" Xian answered automatically. "In your case, the negative one! Why, of all the inhabitants of China, should bandits attack us? "Sheng asked annoyed. "It's called caution! That is prudence in the acts and in the behavior also called circumspection! "Xian replied angrily" I know what it is! "Sheng screamed" No, instead! "He countered the other. "Okay!" Shen shouted, attracting the attention of the two litigants. "Come to my lab so I can sketch what you have in mind! But you two will think of a way to convince Rose to provide us with all the material we need for this job! "
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"I would tear those bipeds out of them!" Xu said, leaving deep traces in the wood with his claws to better understand the concept. "Remember that these beautiful thoughts of yours will remain so since we are not allowed to hurt any human!" She specified as she trained in a melee with Mei. The tiger threw a kick that bounced (elastic) flying against the leopard, hitting it in full. But Mei possessed, in addition to strength, also a lot of resistance and got up almost immediately after taking that terrible blow. He answered immediately with a double flying kick that was easily avoided by you. Mei threw herself into a sitting position, placing both her front paws on the ground to end the move with a parade of leg and a low sweep, causing the tiger that found itself displaced by the leopard's move while still on the ground to fall to the ground on its back. "Cursed!" Comment As she grabbed Mei's paw and helped her to her feet. "Once you avoided my attack you focused on your next move, so you lowered your guard and gave me the space to allow me to show off my skills on the ground!" Mei explained shaking her tail with enthusiasm for the victory as soon as obtained. "Those who fight can lose, those who do not fight have already lost" said the Master approaching the two cats. "Master!" Mei and Lei said in chorus, greeting Kung Fu. The greeting is a sign of respect for all Kung Fu practitioners. A sign of mutual loyalty for Masters or athletes, it is essentially a sign of belonging that binds all kung fu practitioners. It was a ritual form because it started and ended every fight or the lesson itself. It also constituted a moment of transition, both of preparation for combat, and of returning to calm after the assault, therefore also a sign of self-control. But essentially it represented the union of the Yin, that is the closed hand and of the Yang that would be the open hand that are balanced respectively with the palm (Yang) on the left and the fist (Yin) on the right exactly like all things: peace and war, strength and weakness, earth and sky, sun and moon. The Master confronted Xu who immediately became nervous. The panther could not have the same calmness as Jingjing and every time they approached he felt like he was suffocating from that feeling of the other, which still did not belong to him.
"Holding back anger is like holding a burning coal. With the intent of throwing it to someone else, you stay the one who is burning, "said the Master without interrupting eye contact. "You say you hate humans, but you don't. You hate to be seen as weak and they have discovered this fragility of yours, showing it when they locked you in a cage! "He said the thorny anteater with all the calm of the world. As if he were talking about how much sugar to put in tea. "It may be true ..." Xu began to reply "... but they treated us like objects! To satisfy their curiosity and their fun! Our desire to feel resentment is normal! "He protested expressing the thought of many of the felines. Maybe all. "You will not be punished because of your anger. It will be your anger itself that will punish you "the Master answered with extreme wisdom, not at all touched by the raging fury that came from Xu. Kuen went to the aid of his dear friend "Master, we will not harm humans once they have escaped! Is this not enough? We must also lose the little dignity that has remained and ... forgive them? "He said full of hatred" If we forgive them it is as if we accepted everything they did to us over the years! The chains, the tortures, the hunger we suffered because of them! "Kuen continued to say, hoping to make the elderly understand his point of view. "It is easy to believe that each of us is a wave and forget that we are also the ocean" said the Master with a disappointed look on his face "They are living beings just like us! If they had been other animals to imprison you you would have felt the same identical hatred! It is not because they are human beings that you hate them. You go against a mentality! You oppose slavery! "The Master explained. "My students remember: the weak is never able to forgive because forgiveness is a characteristic of the strong!" The anteater concluded before leaving, perhaps to meditate.
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It was late afternoon, but Rose decided to visit the twins. Lately he had ignored them preferring history lessons to the usual pranks and felt guilty for ignoring his dear friends. Once the school was over, she found herself immersed in homework because there was only one month left for the Easter holidays. But he had managed to organize himself in such a way as to stay at least an hour in the reserve, escaping the watchful eye of his father. Once he reached the gate he opened it and ran at breakneck speed through the large grassy expanse that appeared before her. As soon as he reached the trees he checked the chronometer and saw that he had taken fifteen seconds as usual. This meant he would have lost if it was a match against Hong. Those two were much faster than they appeared. Despite their long and heavy tails they moved with extreme agility and speed. She was surprised when she didn't find them on the usual tree where they spent a lot of time studying the various plans for their jokes. He began to wander around following the sounds he heard, but they were too far away to understand where they came from. Suddenly he saw Hua who was perched on a high branch, thanks to the white of his feathers it was quite easy to spot it. As soon as she noticed his presence, I raised my neck to the maximum by raising the feathers on it and appearing rather funny, before launching a verse that caused poor Rose to jump at least two meters. Shortly after he heard the sound of footsteps coming closer and closer and saw everyone, really everybody, given the exorbitant number, emerge from the thick vegetation and head for their homes. Hong and Yong approached her with the expression "We were doing something we shouldn't have done!" "Whatever you were doing, I want to take part too!" The girl said with conviction crossing her arms over her chest. "That is, would you like to learn Kung Fu?" Hong asked in amazement only to receive a tripping on the part of his brother who made him end up in the air. Rose reacted to this news by dropping her arms at her sides and gaping. They were ... what were they doing? Had he understood correctly? But after the initial surprise he replied with absolute certainty "Yes!" Life, in fact, is a struggle and perhaps if he had learned something he could even have started to live it for real!
Here's another one!
Forgiving is often difficult, but perhaps the Master will succeed in making many people change their mind.
Who knows?
Laura-98M