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The little stone thought for a while and said, "Then I will carve a dragon and then a me. When you miss me, you can pick up the statue and look at me. When I miss you, I can pick up the statue and look at you. In this way, we can play together."

The dragon was still unhappy: "The statue can't talk, and it can't play with me."

Before Xiao Shitou went down the mountain, the man and the dragon still had not reached a consensus.

Dragons only need to sleep, but people have too many things to do every day.

Grandpa caught a little ewe in the mountains, and Xiao Shitou’s daily task changed from collecting grass for the pigs to watching the sheep graze.

The place where the little stone met the dragon changed from the crevice between the stones to a large lawn.

There are many hills in this area. Not far away is a small hillside with some shrubs and low woods. There is a flat top on the hill, so the villagers call it "Pingding Mountain".

Although the mountain is not high, villagers seldom go there, perhaps because the grass is short and the forest is sparse, and pheasants and rabbits are rare.

Little Stone is guarding the mountain and herding sheep.

Sheep eat grass, and the rope is made of straw. If you are not careful, it will be chewed by the sheep, so people are needed to watch over it at all times.

The dragon said, "Why are you tying up the sheep? Is this a new trap?"

Little Stone: "This is not a trap, this is feeding."

There were many questions in Long's mind: "Why raise lambs?"

Little Stone said: "Because sheep can produce milk, my brother can have enough to eat with the milk from sheep."

The dragon said, "I'll help you look after the sheep, and you can come home and play with me!"

Little Stone looked at the sheep, then at Baidie, and sighed: "No, if the sheep is lost, we can't find it back. We can talk here."

Long said, "Okay then."

Little Stone was still carving the wood. His hands became flexible and the small piece of wood turned over in his small hands, and it turned into a small dragon man with horns on his head.

When they met the next day, Xiao Shitou tied the sheep under a tree in front of the Dragon Temple and crawled into the crevice of the rock.

Long: "You're here! You're here so early today!"

Xiao Shitou placed the carved little dragon man on the stone platform and sat cross-legged on the stone.

The little stone said, "I have carved the wood and I will give it to you."

A white butterfly landed on the wood carving, as if observing something curiously.

Long: "This tastes weird."

Little Stone said, "I applied tung oil to prevent insects."

Long: "But wood turns to ashes after sleeping."

Little Stone: "When will you wake up?"

Long: "I don't know. A sapling can grow from the size of an arm to the size of a bowl."

Little Stone said, "Wow!" "Then you slept for a long time."

Dragon: "We dragons all need to sleep for a long time. Only by sleeping can we grow up."

Little Stone seemed to understand: "Then when you wake up from a nap, will I have grown up?"

The dragon shook his head. The dragon didn't know: "Then will you grow faster than the small tree at the door?"

Little Stone didn't know, and said vaguely: "Maybe."

Little Stone patted his butt and said, "I'm leaving now."

Dragon: "Do you want to go see the lambs grazing?"

Little Stone: "Yes, I won't come tomorrow. I have to go to school tomorrow."

Dragon: "What about the lamb?"

Little Stone: "My uncle will take good care of it."

"Butterfly" followed the small stone and flew to the flat-topped mountain.

Xiao Shitou didn't bring any wood carving tools today, but a thin piece of paper.

Long asked, "What is this?"

Little Stone patiently explained: "This is paper, this is words, and this is my name."

Long asked: "Isn't your name Little Stone?"

Little Stone: "This is a big name."

Long asked: "What is your full name?"

Little Stone pointed at the words on the paper and read them to Long word by word: "Jiang-Ke-"