It actually has many similarities with this painting.
"Because it is written in the Classic of Mountains and Seas that there is a mountain called Song, and there is a red snake called Yushe. There is a tree growing on the mountain called Fengmu. Fengmu is the shackles that Chiyou abandoned, and that is Fengmu."
Snakes were mentioned in the original text, so when the little girl was drawing, she simply incorporated the snake's idea into the tree.
"I see... Then what was your inspiration for the second painting? Why does it have four corners?"
Yu Ning pointed to the second picture, which looked very much like the fruit she picked last night. If the fruit had grown to maturity, it would probably be this big.
But the fruit last night had only one horn, while this painting had four. However, her nephew said that the fruit they encountered had three horns, which, when added together, matched the painting perfectly.
"On the Kunlun Hill, there is a beast that looks like a sheep but has four horns. It is called Tulou and eats people." The little girl recited the original text.
"Man-eating...souls, they match!" Yu Ning was shocked again. She pointed at the patterns on the sheep and asked, "What are these things that look like eyes?"
“It’s the pattern of a sheep, I actually created it myself… I thought that a man-eating beast like this couldn’t have a snow-white body like a real sheep, right?
It should have some patterns, what kind of patterns would they be? I originally wanted to use tiger stripes, but I thought it would be better to use sika deer patterns. "
The spots on a sika deer's body look somewhat similar to human eyes.
"Why must it be a sika deer?" Yu Ning continued to ask.
The girl lowered her eyes, rolled up the edge of her clothes with her fingers, and said timidly:
"The spots on the sika deer change color. I think Tuluo must be a little girl. Little girls should like to dress up and change clothes back and forth, just like us."
"Is it a female?" Yu Ning thought of the cub last night. It made a baby voice and it was impossible to tell whether it was a male or a female.
"Yes, sister, look, the character for 蝼 in 土蝼 has a 女 in it, so of course it's a girl."
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