Seeing Tom's appearance and the uncontrollable ecstasy in his eyes when he looked at the group of ducks next to the creek, William could not guess that Tom was eavesdropping on the animals' conversation.
William stood quietly, but his heart became more and more eager for this ability.
Soon, Tom stepped forward and was about to rush towards the duck.
As he took a few steps, his remaining sense stopped him.
He looked back at William, opened his mouth, and tried to speak several times, but could not utter a complete word.
William couldn't help but smile in his heart, but put on a puzzled expression on his face and asked, "Tom, look at you like this, have you discovered anything?"
"Yes...no..." Tom admitted and then denied!
"Is it true or not? Tom, be brave and say it out loud if you discover something! No one will blame you at this time! Only you can save yourself!" William said "encouragingly".
"Okay, Mr. Zorro!" Tom was deeply moved when he saw William thinking about himself so much!
He didn't want to deceive William, but he didn't dare to tell William the truth.
Tom is in a dilemma.
One stupid thing is enough. When William looks at Tom like this, why can't he see the problem with him?
He shook his head in his mind and said again.
"Tom, I noticed you were looking at these ducks? Do you think these ducks are thieves? What a funny joke! Do you want to use this joke to relieve your nervousness? I have to say, this is a good idea."
"You don't seem to think so? Do you really think these ducks are thieves! Oh my god! Tom, don't be like this! Don't be defeated by frustration!"
"Well, unless these ducks eat the queen's ring!"
William looked at Tom's silent appearance, chattering endlessly, and at the end of the sentence, he slapped his forehead, feeling a little self-defeating.
William's last words inspired Tom. His eyes flashed brightly, and he didn't know how to demonstrate. An idea appeared in his mind.
As soon as William finished speaking, Tom continued what he said.
"Why isn't it like this, Master Zorro?" Tom couldn't hide the excitement in his eyes. He looked at William, "Do you think, if a duck accidentally swallowed Her Royal Highness the Queen's most cherished ring, there would be nothing wrong with this scene.
No one or any animal found it, and then it swaggered away like a well-fed gentleman, walking on the water that lay flat like a mirror, and came to other places."
"No one knows this!" Tom looked at William, "But under your sharp eyes, Lord Zorro, all secret loopholes will be discovered by you."
"Are you serious? Tom! There are so many ducks here! And it's not necessarily that they were swallowed by ducks!" At this time, it was William who came to persuade Tom.
"Of course, Master Zorro! You said that one cannot give up disappointment!" Tom excitedly grabbed William's hand and said.
Although William could shake off Tom's hand with a slight wave, William just smiled faintly and let Tom hold his hand.
"You're right! Tom, go ahead and do what you want. I'm behind you!"
"Thank you, Lord Zorro! I'm not familiar with you, but you helped me so much! Thank you!" Tom bowed to William.
"Go!" William waved his hand with a "kind smile"!
Tom wiped the corners of his red eyes, then turned around suddenly and walked towards the ducks.
Tom came closer and closer.
The ducks, who were originally chatting quietly, also became commotion.
When Tom walked into the safe zone of the ducks' hearts, the ducks could no longer sit still. They stood up one by one, strode two duck legs, and were about to run towards the creek.
go.
As soon as Tom saw it, he started running with his hands waving, and with quick eyes and hands, he caught one of the fat ducks in his hands.
After getting the fat duck, Tom was immediately happy. Suddenly he seemed to think of something, frowned, looked around, and caught another duck.
Tom grabbed two ducks and came to William.
William asked with a smile, "Tom, this is the duck you think may have eaten the Queen's emerald ring? Don't catch them because they look fatter."
Tom was a little embarrassed and said, "No, Master Zorro... I am... I am... I saw that they were moving slowly, yes, they were moving slowly. I thought that after eating the Queen's ring, they would definitely...
It's a little uncomfortable, yes, it's a little uncomfortable, and these two ducks are the slowest ones I saw just now, so I think they are the most likely ones."
Tom was a little stammering at first, but later he spoke very smoothly, as if he believed it as he spoke.
For such a childish reason, William actually nodded seriously, "What you said makes sense. Then touch the duck's belly and see if there is a ring?"
William's nod made Tom secretly relieved. Hearing William's words, he smiled and said, "Master Zorro, how come you can still touch the things you have eaten?"
"What should we do?"
William's look made Tom feel very happy, and he said proudly, "Master Zorro, come with me, I'll let the people in the kitchen handle it!"
William nodded and followed Tom.
The two of them arrived at the smoky kitchen.
A fat old man with red pimples on his face was directing others to work in the kitchen.
When he saw Tom coming with two ducks, he laughed loudly, "Tom, is this your last supper?"
"Shut up! Old Mike, otherwise, I will stuff a duck into your upper mouth and another duck into your lower hole!"
"Okay! Okay! Whatever the dead say has the most weight! What do you say?" The fat old man called Old Mike chuckled, looking like he was gloating about his misfortune.
Tom gave old Mike a vicious look.
Old Mike still doesn't show restraint.
Tom had nothing to do with him, so he turned to William and whispered, "This is old Mike, the king's cook."
"Yes! William nodded, indicating that he understood.
Tom then walked up to Old Mike with two ducks and said, "Kill these two fat ducks! One of them will be given to you!"
In fact, these ducks are the property of the king.
But if people like Tom want it, it's not impossible, as long as they pay the king enough money.
What Tom meant by this was that he was going to buy these two ducks and give them to Old Mike to handle, and one of them would be used as payment.
Old Mike suddenly smiled with only a slit left in his eyes. He took the two ducks, weighed them separately, and then said, "This guy worked hard to make himself fat. He has been waiting to go into the oven."
"This guy has lost a little weight, but it doesn't matter, it still tastes good when grilled!"
As he spoke, Old Mike chopped off the heads of the two ducks, and then began to remove the internal organs of the two ducks.
The thinner duck was processed quickly, but when Old Mike was removing the internal organs of the fatter duck, he unexpectedly found something hard.
Old Mike took it out, cleaned it and saw that it was a ring set with a huge emerald.