379 Let's Get out of Here
The girl led Anna through the woods to an isolated cave. Anna followed the girl into the narrow cave and found that it was actually well- furnished.
The furniture there was all exquisite woodwork, with a bed, a table, a chair and a mirror. Anna noticed some wooden ducklings in the bathtub and assumed they were the ones Mike had carved that day.
Mike clearly loved his daughter, but Anna couldn't understand why the girl seemed to despise her father so much.
"My name is Tracy. What's yours?" said the girl. She didn't seem to be scared of Anna.
Anna was relieved that she still had a few more days, and she smiled and said, "I'm Anna. Thank you for saving me."
"You're very welcome. But | can only save you for the time being. After awhile, he'll still kill you. He's just one of Dragon's obedient dogs, and he will do whatever Dragon wants."
"He's your father, isn't he?" Anna froze.
"I wish that he's not," Tracy said, frowning, "He's not worthy of being my father or my mother's husband. He stood by and watched as those bastards abused my mother, but he didn't dare to say anything or do. anything about it!"
Hea that, Anna felt conflicted emotions and
for Tracy.
Then Tracy picked up two toys from the windowsill and said, "The little toys you gave me are awesome. When | opened them, I found these 378 Let's Get out of Here two things. What are these? | followed the instructions and made two monsters."
"They're not monsters; they're Bumblebee and Spider-Man," Anna said with a smile.
"What exactly are they?"
"They are both heroes. And..."
And Tracy listened intently as Anna told the story of the Marvel characters.
"How old were you when you came here?" After finishing telling the stories, Anna asked.
"About four or five. I don't remember," Tracy said blankly, "I'm going to have to leave here eventually anyway! But no one talks to me except for the box."
"Which box?"
Tracy proudly displayed her box to Anna and exclaimed, "I always talk to it when I'm bored. To be honest, I don't understand anything the box says. But I think you'll understand because you're from outside."
Anna smiled as she looked at the old radio. She had an idea and asked, "Where can you hear the box talking?"
Tracy pointed to the sky outside and said, "I can hear it when I climb to the top of West Mountain! Is this because the gods all live in higher places?" She referred to a hill to the northwest as "West Mountain."
"Do you always bring this radio to that mountain?" Anna asked.
Pointing to the box, Tracy said happily, "Oh, this thing is called a radio!"
Anna nodded her head. 378 Let's Get out of Here
Tracy continued, "After | climb to the top of the hill, I will press this button. Then the radio will start playing, But I can only hear it when the Weather is nice, and it won't talk when it rains."
Anna took her phone from her duvet pocket. When she woke up after she was taken to the island, her first thought was to get her phone, and she
was surprised they hadn't taken it away. She later discovered that it was because there was no signal there. And as she learned that there was a signal at the top of the mountain, Anna's eyes glowed.
"Tell me what it's like out there, will you?" Tracy said, waving her hand.
"No. Anna, stay here and talk to me, please. I can pretend I've been there if you tell me a little more about the outside world."
It was at that moment that Anna realized she had probably talked too much about the outside world the night before, leaving the girl with little interest in what was out there. Still, her eyes lit up when she saw the bread in Tracy's hand.
"Do you know what people eat out there?" she asked.
"What? Pheasant, steak, and bread?"
"Those are main dishes. Do you know about dessert?"
"I've heard the box mention it. What exactly is it? Is it tasty?"
"Try it," Anna said, pulling a bar of melted chocolate from her jacket pocket
Tracy refused to eat the chocolate after looking at it. She asked, "What is this? No, I'm not eating it! It looks like s**t!"
Anna said as she popped half of the chocolate into her mouth. "It tastes really nice. See, try some."
Tracy was finally persuaded. A few seconds later, Tracy ate the
chocolate quickly and even licked the wrapper. She said, "This is so good! Do you have any more chocolate?"
"Ifyou want more of this, get out of here with me, okay? There are things that are better than chocolate out there, such as burgers, donuts, cakes, lobster and so on."
Tracy asked curiously, "Wow! Are there really so much tasty food?
Anna said, "I'm not lying!" "But Mike lied to me! He keeps telling me that if | go outside, I'll starve to death. He doesn't want me to leave here." 378 Let's Get out of Here "You will indeed starve to death if you go out there by yourself. But if you come with me, I'll make sure you get to eat all of this." Tracy asked, her eyes brightening, "What are we waiting for? I'll show you the raft | built earlier.
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