Chanting for the god Apollo

2. The past of Pilatus

George picked one of his sheep and helped it up. He watched his grown-up adopted daughter weeping but did not step forward to appease him, because he knew he could not give her what she wanted. He said, "Yes. Yes, my dear Susan."

His delicate and fair complexion is like years of snow on Mount Olympus, his eyes are like a green lake embedded in the mountains and forests, and his long blond hair is tied behind him by a thin rubber band , but there are still a few strands of hair left on the forehead.He is as handsome as a god, but gentle like an ordinary father.

Susan finally couldn't bear to stand up, Ruyan threw herself into the other's arms like a forest, and cried bitterly: "Father."

George patted her on the shoulder, reassuring her gently.

Susan cried for a long time before she calmed down. When she raised her head, she heard bleating.Looking over, I found that it was the sheep that I shaved just now. Because it was half shaved, it lost its balance and couldn't stand up, so I could only keep lying on its side until she finished crying. When she saw it, it bleated even more vigorously , indicating that Susan, who had finished crying, would come back quickly and continue to shave him.

Susan got up quickly and ran over to continue her unfinished business. While helping the other party change direction, she asked her father, "Dad, are you a vampire? Just like Dr. Karen in Twilight."

George called another sheep, asked him to lie down on his side, and then raised his scissors. When he heard Susan's question, he replied gently, "No."

Susan whispered: "I don't think so either."

"Then Dad, did you drink the water from the Fountain of Youth?" she asked again.

George smiled: "No."

Susan said, "Why is that?"

George was a little dazed for a while, and he said, "This is a very long story, do you want to know it?"

Susan nodded, "I think so."

George touched the lamb under his hand, and the lamb bleated, and his thoughts suddenly drifted to a long, long time ago.

In Greece before BC, when he was still young and blind from birth, he could only walk the streets and rely on reciting to others for a living.On that day, he was singing the story of Apollo in a village. When he finished a volume and felt a little thirsty, someone offered him water. The other person was covered with the fragrance of fresh grass and sunshine. the taste of.

Pilatus thought, just as the sun fell on a vast, endless field, with green grass and flocks scattered here and there, and then there was a young and handsome man lying on a stone with his eyes closed. , humming a brisk tune.

He smiled and said, "Thank you."

The other party asked: "Are you blind?"

Pilatus replied, "Yes."

The other party asked again: "Then why do you sing praises to the light?"

Pilatus said, "Because I love the light."

"You are so strange, you have never seen the light but you say you love him." The other party said again: "Can I ask you three questions?"

Pilatus felt strange, but he still said "yes".He thought this was a child from a wealthy family in the city, who went to the countryside to make fun of him, a blind passerby, when he was bored.

The other party asked: "I heard you say that Apollo's lips are like flowers. Have you ever seen flowers?"

Startled, Pilatus replied, "I don't."

The other party said: "Then you have deceived the gods and blasphemed the light."

Pilatus didn't understand what the other party meant, but he still explained: "I have never seen a flower, but she is the most beautiful thing in the world, and I think the God of Light is nothing more than that."

The other party said: "You didn't answer clearly, how can you do that?"

Pilatus said with a smile: "I have touched it. It is soft and cottony. It has bones and meridians that are completely different from mine. I couldn't help but kiss her. Our skin touches skin, and I feel I saw another life confronting me. I also smelled her. She was shy and brave, gentle and passionate, and she was not stingy with letting anyone smell her fragrance, even a blind person. Even blind people have a sharper sense of smell, Every flower has its own scent, just like everyone, I marked her by scent, my first flower. By the way, I also know her color, I was told that she is red, that Red is really the most beautiful color in the world."

The crowd applauded Pilatus' answer, and Pilatus smiled and thanked the source of the sound, knowing that he had gained a lot of money.

The man abandoned the second question he originally wanted to ask, and asked curiously, "Does everyone have their own taste? Can you tell the difference between people?"

"Yes, I can even smell the difference between a mother and a maiden," said Pilatus.

The man said: "I want to try."

Pilatus agreed, and the man led a woman out of the crowd.The woman looked at the man who was as handsome as a god in front of her, blushed and let him pull him over.

Pilatus leaned close to the other party's neck, sniffed it lightly, and couldn't help laughing: "This is Boyce, she has just become a mother, and I recognize her smell, which can't be counted."

Everyone applauded the blind bard again, he guessed right.

Pilatus smiled and said: "I have stayed here for several days, and I have almost recognized all the people here, and I know a lot about them. Let me smell them, and I can know who they are without having to go to Guess whether they are mothers or not, it seems that you can't test me, unless you go to other places."

The man said: "Okay, let's go somewhere else." He took Pilatus's hand, and Pilatus was completely stunned. This was the first time he was held by someone. These hands were thick and thick. Warm, soft and full of strength, the other party pulled him to run, the smell on his body almost lingered on Pilatus, making him feel as if he was wrapped in the sun and nestled in the grass.

Pilatus couldn't get angry, and said with a smile: "Where are you going?"

The man said: "Go to the examination room, follow me."

Pilatus ran for a long time with his sitar in his arms, but he didn't feel tired at all, as if he had infinite energy injected into his body.He even had the time to say, "Are you holding a weapon? I smell a weapon."

The man smiled and said, "Yes, I am carrying my silver bow and arrows and quiver, oh, and my golden sword is also on me. I am out to hunt."

Pilatus said: "Your hunting skills must be very powerful."

The man smiled and gave the other party an affirmative answer without humility: "You are right."

He stopped quickly and said, "Here we are, just stand here and wait for me."

He moved too fast and lost his breath. Pilatus was left in place. He felt carefully that the humidity and temperature of the air were completely different from before. He couldn't help but wondered where this man took me. ?

The other party came back soon, and there was a girl who came back with him. She seemed to be short of breath and sweating messily after running for a while. Before the man could speak, Pilatus had already said with a smile: "She is a beautiful girl." girl, and looking forward to love."

The man let go of the girl's hand, smiled and said to Pilatus, "You are right, you have won."

The girl didn't know why, but the man had already taken Pilatus by the hand and left.

Pilatus smiled briskly, and he explained: "Women who have given birth will have a milky smell because of breastfeeding. It happens that my nose is very sensitive, so I can tell it."

The man smiled and said in admiration: "So that's the case." He continued walking with Pilatus.

It's just that along the way, Pilatus felt that the humidity in the air was getting stronger and thinner, and he asked, "Have we gone up the mountain yet?"

The man looked at him carefully, then suddenly smiled and said, "Yes."

He continued: "We have a third problem."

Feeling everything around him, Pilatus felt that today's journey was extraordinarily wonderful. He thought to himself that it felt like being led by someone, which was completely different from groping around with a blind stick.Hearing the other party's question, he replied in a good mood: "Yes."

The other party asked: "Do you know what light looks like?"

Pilatus said, "I know, I touched him."

Apollo looked at the other party in disbelief, almost thinking that the other party already knew his identity, but soon he knew it was not.

Pilatus said, "The light shines on me all the time."

Apollo showed a very bright smile, his eyes carried the brightest light in the world, and then he told Pilatus mischievously: "It is already dusk, the sun is about to set, so there will be no sunshine. "

Pilatus gave a sly smile: "But I can't see it."

Apollo was taken aback.

Pilatus continued: "So as long as I think, the light shines on me all the time."

Apollo laughed. After laughing, he held Pilatus' hand and sat on the boulder by the lake. He held Pilatus' hand without letting go, and then slowly approached.

Feeling the approach of the other party, Pilatus closed his eyes.That breath is full of the natural masculinity of a man, but it is not strong, everything is just right.He felt the other party's kiss on his eyelids, and his heart was full of admiration and love. It turned out that being kissed felt so good:

Warm, humid, and bright—

The afterglow penetrated the thin eyelids and projected into the darkness.

Pilatus suddenly lost the ability to think, and doubts filled his brain: what is this, what is this.

Apollo was like a naughty boy who succeeded in a prank. His lips left Pilatus' eyes, and his body left the boulder. He called his own carriage, and then turned around and said to Pilatus with a smile: "Now you can Open your eyes and see if I'm right."

Pilatus opened his eyes. Under the afterglow of the setting sun, the man was unbelievably handsome. His silhouette was carved by light, and his strength and beauty were sourced from him; Going away from the sky, it is suitable for both movement and stillness.

Pilatus clearly saw the light, but his vision became narrower and narrower. With the disappearance of the opponent's back, he was finally "blind" again.

He knows that he has seen the light but lost it because you have captured all my eyes.From now on, there is nothing but you in my eyes.

……

Susan asked, "Pilatus knew who that man was?"

"He figured it out pretty quickly," George said.

……

Pilatus stood in a daze for a long while, and he came back to his senses after a long time. He sat back on the boulder they were sitting on just now, and touched his eyelids lightly, where the kiss of God just landed.He got up suddenly and ran to the lake to look at his eyes. The eyes of Pilatus were reflected in the lake, which was very close to the color of the lake. Pilatus said in a low voice, "The lake is blue, so I His eyes are blue too."

"No, it's a little green, blue-green. Your eyes are beautiful."

Pilatus looked around, the voice was very close but he couldn't see anyone, he replied: "Thank you, but who are you?"

"I am Klitil, and I am also the sunflower at your feet."

Pilatus found her, sat down, made himself as tall as a flower, and said to Clearyr, "Thank you."

Cleartier said, "Thank me for what?"

Pilatus: "Thank you for telling me my eyes are blue-green."

Klittier moved the branches and leaves, and said, "You're welcome."

"What are you looking at?" Pilatus asked, noticing that the flower disk of the other party was always facing the other side.

Cleartier said sadly, "I'm looking at Apollo."

Pilatus asked curiously, "Clittier, why are you so sad?"

Cleartier replied: "Because love is silent and hopeless."

Pilatus asked, "Do you love Apollo?"

Klittier said: "Yes, but my love is not answered. I always look at him, but he never stops for me." She asked again: "Are you happy? You also fell in love with Apollo."

Pilatus quickly realized: "Is he Apollo?"

"Yes, the man who kissed your eyes is Apollo, the Apollo I have been looking for forever."

Pilatus said: "I am very happy. Love fills me with courage and motivation. I am going to find him, Klittier, do you know where Apollo is? Where should I go to find him?"

"He is everywhere, but like other main gods, he also lives in the court of Olympus." Klitir said.

Pilatus: "Where am I now?"

Klittier: "Apollo took you to the Temple of Delphi in the deep mountains of Parnassus. This is the navel of the world, where the eagles released by Zeus from the two poles meet."

"Then how far is it from Mount Olympus?"

Cleartier: "It's far away, and you can't enter Mount Olympus, which is a place that mortals cannot set foot in. You can wait here, and maybe Apollo will come again."

"Will Apollo come here often?"

Cleartier recalled: "No, occasionally, he only comes here occasionally."

"How long do I have to wait?"

"Maybe hundreds of years, maybe thousands of years," said Cleartier.

Pilatus said sadly: "But I only have a few decades to live."

Klittier fell silent.

Pilatus said: "I can't wait for him to come, I will go to him. Please tell me the way to Mount Olympus, Clitir."

Klittier didn't speak.

Pilatus could only wait, he waited until the moon came up and the stars appeared, and he waited until the sun rose in the sky again.He was thirsty and hungry, so he could only eat the dry food he brought; he was very tired, but he didn't dare to sleep, for fear that he would close his eyes and Klitir would leave.

On the seventh night, Klittier finally spoke: "You can't enter Olympus."

Pilatus: "I want to try, or I will spend the rest of my life waiting."

"Isn't it good to wait?"

Pilatus said: "A person's life is too short to wait. I can't live up to my love. I will definitely go to Mount Olympus, find Apollo and tell him: I love him."

"I love him too, but I am willing to watch over him forever."

"So you never took a step to chase him," Pilatus added.

Klittier didn't speak again, but this time she didn't stay silent for a long time, she said: "Yes, I have lost the courage to chase, so I will always watch where I am."

"What's your name?" Klittier asked.

"Pilatus," Pilatus replied.

"Pilatus, Pilatus," she said twice, and said, "Pilatus, I can tell you the way to Mount Olympus, but I want you to promise me one thing."

"what's up?"

The night covered Apollo's traces, and Klitir could no longer raise her head. She tactfully expressed her heart: "Klitir is a water fairy who has always loved Apollo, but she didn't get his favor, and she lost the courage to chase her. I can stay where I am and watch..."

"Pilatus, you have received a kiss from Apollo, if you will kiss me with your eyes, then I will show you the way to Olympus until you reach or fall on the way. "

……

Susan asked, "Did Pilatus agree?"

"He agreed, and touched Clearyer with his eyelashes." George said: "Clythy kept his promise and guided him in the direction. And told him that it was Themis who guarded Mount Olympus. The three daughters, the Three Goddesses of Time. If you can impress them, the gate of Mount Olympus will be opened for Pilatus."

Suzanne was completely distracted by the story, and she worried about Pilatus: "Did Pilatus find Olympus? Did he go in?"

George showed a very shallow smile, and then told Susan: "He found it. He spent his mortal life and finally walked up to Mount Olympus."

……

Pilatus, who swore an oath with Clitear to pursue love and Apollo, was youthful and energetic; but in the end, the man who climbed Mount Olympus was already gray-haired and sluggish.

He almost exhausted his whole life, but he finally accomplished the goal he made when he was a teenager and reached Mount Olympus.

However, standing in front of the cloud gate that blocked his meeting with Apollo were the three goddesses of time series: Eunomia - the goddess of order; Dike - the goddess of justice; Erene - the goddess of peace.Their divine power turned into billowing dark clouds, surrounding the heavenly gate leading to the divine court.

……

Susan was a little curious when she heard the old Pilatus. She asked, "Father, how did you obtain immortal life?"

George, or Pilatus looked at Susan with a smile and didn't answer immediately.