So she dissolved a little white powder in half a glass of water, took it to the puppet, and gently said to him:
"Drink it and it will be fine in a few days."
Pi Nuo Joe looked at the glass, curled his lips and asked like crying:
"Sweet or bitter?"
"Bitter, but it can cure your disease."
"I don't drink bitter."
"Listen to me and drink it."
"I don't want to drink bitter."
"Drink it, and I will give you a marble candy to make you sweet."
"Where are the marbles?"
The fairy said, and took out one from the golden box containing sugar.
"I want to eat marbles first, and then drink this damn bitter water ..."
"Is it settled?"
"Deal ..."
The fairy gave him marbles, and Pi Nuo Joe broke them off and ate them, licking his lips and saying:
"Sugar is medicine! ..... I will take medicine every day. "
"Now you do as promised. Drink this medicine and it will cure you. "
Pi Nuo Joe reluctantly took the cup, put his nose in it, then put it in his mouth, put his nose in it again, and finally said:
"It's too bitter! Too bitter! I can't drink. "
"You haven't tasted it. How can it be said that it is too bitter? "
"I want to come out! I smell something. I want to eat one more marble first ... and then drink the potion! ……"
The fairy was as patient as a good mother, put a candy in his mouth and gave him a new cup.
"I can't drink potions like this!" The puppet said that he made thousands of faces,
"Why?"
"Because the pillow on my foot is in my way."
The fairy took his pillow.
"no! So I still can't drink ... "
"What's bothering you again?"
"The door was ajar, which got in my way."
The fairy went to close the door.
"Anyway," cried Pi Nuo Joe, "this damn potion is bitter. I don't want to drink, drink, drink, drink ... "
"My child, you will regret it ..."
"I don't care ..."
"You are very ill ..."
"I don't care ..."
"You have a high fever and will die in a few hours ..."
"I don't care ..."
"Aren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid of death? ..... I would rather die than drink this unlucky potion. "
Just then, the door opened and four rabbits came in, black as ink, with a small coffin on their shoulders.
What are you doing here? Pi Nuo Joe sat up in bed in fear and shouted.
"We'll carry you," said the biggest rabbit.
"Behind my back? ..... but I'm not dead yet! ……"
"I'm not dead, but you won't drink water to reduce fever. You only have a few minutes to live! ……"
"Oh, my fairy! Oh, oh, my fairy! " The puppet then shouted, "Give me the cup quickly … Do something good, hurry up, because I don't want to die, no, no, no … I don't want to die …"
He took the cup in his hands and drank the medicine in one gulp.
"impossible!" The rabbits said, "We made a trip for nothing this time."
They lifted the coffin again, chattered between their teeth and walked out of the room.
Really, a few minutes later, Pi Nuo Joe has jumped out of bed. Because you know, puppets are blessed, rarely get sick, and get well very quickly.
The fairy saw him running around the house, neat and happy, like a rooster that just crowed, and said to him:
"You see, my potion really didn't cure you?"
"Others will say! It kept me alive! ……"
"But why did you drink the potion just now, so left and so right?"
"Our children are like this! We are more afraid of drinking potions than getting sick. "
"I don't harm to take a bath! ..... Children should know that taking good medicine in time can cure a serious illness and even die ... "
"oh! I won't be so left and right next time! I want to remember those black rabbits carrying coffins ... then I'll grab the cup and drink it at once! ……"
"Now come here and tell me how you got into the hands of those murderers."
"It's the way it is. The puppet master, the fire eater, gave me some gold coins and said to me,' Come, take them back to your father!' But I met a fox and a cat on the road. They're all fine. They said to me,' Do you want to turn these gold coins into one thousand or two thousand? Come with us, and we will take you to Wonderland. I said,' Let's go.' They said,' Let's have a rest at the Red Shrimp Hotel and go there after midnight.' When I woke up, they had already left. They're gone. So I went alone. It's terribly dark at night. On the way, I met two murderers with charcoal pockets. They said to me,' Take out your money.' I said,' I have no money.' Because I hid those four gold coins in my mouth. A murderer tried to put his hand into my mouth. I bit off his hand and spit it out. It's not a spitable hand, it's a cat's paw. Two murderers chased me. I ran like hell. Finally, they caught me, hung me on a tree in this forest, hung me around my neck, and said,' We will come back tomorrow, and then you will die, your mouth will open, and we will take out the gold coins you hid under your tongue. "
"Where have you put these four gold coins now?" The fairy asked him.
"I lost it!" Pi Nuo Joe replied that he was lying because the money was in his pocket.
When he tells a lie, his already long nose will grow two fingers.
"Where did you lose it?"
"It's in the Woods around here."
As soon as this second lie is told, the nose is longer.
"If you lose them in the nearby Woods," said the fairy, "let's go and get them back. Because things are lost in the nearby Woods, they can be found back. "
"Ah, now I remember it clearly," replied the puppet in panic. "I didn't lose these four gold coins, but I accidentally swallowed them when I was drinking your potion just now."
When the third lie came out, my nose suddenly became like this, and poor Pi Nuo Joe couldn't even turn his head. Turn your head like this, and your nose will touch the bed and window glass; Turn your head that way and your nose will touch the wall and door; As soon as the head is lifted, the nose is in danger of getting stuck in one eye of the fairy.
The fairy looked at him and smiled.
"What are you laughing at?" The puppet asked her. Seeing how long his nose had become, he was completely transfixed and anxious.
"I laughed at your lying."
"How do you know I lied?"
"My child, a lie can be caught at once, because there are two changes when you lie. One is that your legs are shorter, and the other is that your nose is longer. "
Pi Nuo Joe was ashamed and wanted to sneak out of the room. But I can't. His nose is so long that he can't even get out of the door.