There was a little kitten who especially liked listening to stories.Every day, besides going out to catch mice, its favorite thing to do was to sit beside its grandmother and listen to her tell all kinds of interesting stories.
One night, the kitten came to Granny to tell stories again.Granny cleared her throat and began to say, “Once upon a time, there was a silver-white moon in the sky, and on it lived a little white rabbit …….”
Before Granny could finish, the kitten excitedly interjected, “I like this rabbit!I want to be friends with it.”
Granny was a little upset when she heard this and said, “How can you be friends with a rabbit on the moon?Can you fly to the sky?”
But the kitten didn’t care about that, it was really fascinated by the story.From that day on, it began to think about the white rabbit on the moon every day, so much so that it couldn’t sleep.
Seeing that the kitten was so serious, Grandma had to keep on making things up: “I’ve heard that sometimes the moon will sneak down to the ground and take a bath in the pond.If you can find the real moon in the pond, you may be able to see the little white rabbit.”
“But how can I find the real moon?”The kitten asked.
Grandma smiled and said, “You can try throwing stones at the moon in the pond.If the moon breaks, it’s fake; if it doesn’t break, it means the real moon is taking a bath.”
The kitten nodded and found this method quite interesting.It decided to go to the pond every day to try it out.
From that day on, the kitten went to the pond every night.It stood on the bank and looked at the full moon on the water, then picked up a small stone and threw it hard.
Every time the stone fell into the water, the surface of the water rippled, and the moon shattered into specks of light.But the kitten was not discouraged at all. He practiced swimming while throwing the stones, thinking: If I really find the real moon someday, I will be able to swim there to see it!
Many days passed in this way, and the kitten kept on.Finally, one day, it threw a rock as usual.But this time it was different – the moon on the surface of the water didn’t break!
The kitten was so excited that it immediately jumped into the pond and swam desperately in the direction of the moon.The closer it got, the clearer it saw that it was really a tiny moon, and there was a white rabbit standing on it!
The kitten shouted happily, “Hello, little white rabbit!I’ve come to make friends with you!”
The white rabbit was friendly too, and he greeted the kitten with a smile and showed him everything on the moon.They spent a happy week talking, singing, and playing together.
But as time went on, the kitten realized that it wasn’t as much fun on the moon as it thought it would be.There were no mice to catch, no fish to eat, and only carrots and greens to eat every day.The white rabbit was quite happy because it grew its own carrots every day.
The kitten gradually felt a little lonely. It missed its grandmother’s cooking, the sunshine on the ground and the wind blowing in the grass.So it decided to go home and visit.
It so happened that the moon came to bathe in the pond again that night.The kitten said goodbye to the white rabbit and slid down the moonlight back to the ground.
When he got home, the kitten told his grandmother about the experience.Grandmother laughed so hard that tears came to her eyes when she heard it.She touched the kitten’s wet fur and hugged it tightly.
After that, the kitten never thought of going to live on the moon again.But it always remembered the kind white rabbit.Every once in a while, it would still go to the pond and throw a few stones into the water.
If it found the moon broken, then it would go home and sleep; but if the moon was not broken, it would run home, carry a small bag of mushrooms and greens on its back, and give them to its old friend, the White Rabbit on the Moon.
They met on the moon in the pond and talked and sang and had a good time.
Whenever night falls and the moonlight shines on the water, people in the distance will see this scene: a cute little cat, sitting quietly by the pond, as if waiting for someone to appear.
Maybe you have seen such a scene too?Have you also dreamed of meeting a friend on the moon?
This story tells how a fanciful kitten realizes its wish to become friends with a white rabbit on the moon through its own efforts.Although in the end it realized that the moon was not suitable for it, it learned to cherish the family and friendship in real life.
Through the kitten’s experience, we can also understand one truth: sometimes dreams are beautiful and reality is important.And true friends, no matter how far apart they are, their hearts are always connected.
