It been year

Big Ear put his hand down to the floor his palm pressing it hard, lifting his leg in the air: a handstand.

The waterfall looks beautiful so deciding to train there.

His face facing the ground:

His palms are like his feet, walking in the water. Holding up his leg in the air. This will require a lot of strength and shoulder control.

Thus, he use the nighttime to train his shoulder mobility: for about ten to thirty minutes.

I could see veins all over his arm.

His face was red, his eyes were closing tight. finally couldn't help it, his feet landed to the ground.

Splash splash splash!

Big ear eyes blink as he feels his heart: beating slowly and hard. his two palms on the ground, supporting his tired body.

Its hand feels the flowing water. Looking up, he saw the waterfall: water crashing down. Hitting the surface below, spreading through the rock surface.

Big ear could feel the water: flowing and soaking its hand.

Moved his finger for a few moments.

"My hands…"

….

I saw Big Ear, moving his body.

Performing footwork along with his hands.

He moves his hand, waving in and out: closed to his chest. His mouth will open and close. His breath goes out and in with every move he makes. One movement performs after another; his movements are like flowing tides.

It has been six week

Extending his four limbs, allowing more space to grow muscle.

He grew taller about one inch.

"Howl Howl!"

Night sound roaming in the forest.

Big ear in his room: It is dark and difficult to see.

Big Ear closes his eyes while facing the wall. His hand is placed on the ground, and then lifts his leg in the air as his head looks at the floor; Big ear feels his eye 5 or 6 inches from the floor: quite a close distance.

He pushes his shoulders up and down, training a great deal of shoulder muscle and control. Training the shoulder is a fast way to improve handstand stability and longer duration.

Shoulder muscle, back muscle, wrist stretching. Mobility and durability.

It has been six months, and a selection was held.

Big Ear thought it a good way to see his current strength, although he didn't have much confidence in passing the test.

In the forest, nine kid standing in a straight line: their eye were filled with confidence. After experiencing the previous selection, the kids understood many things and their weaknesses. training hard for many weeks, now feeling ready.

Big Ear picks up a large rock: it size of a soccer ball. His task was to hold the rock for 4 hours.

The instructor has them do tasks while holding it: such as running, lifting the rock in the air, throwing it, and catching it.

It would require a lot of arm strength.

"Hu..Huhu.."

Big ear breathes heavily, his two hands pressing on his two knees to support his back. He took a peek and saw the participant. Most of them can't keep up and look exhausted. Some were lying on the ground.

"Instructor. I..I.. can't keep going." Big Ear said, looking up; He saw the instructor's face. Such a serious face and his beard hmmm… quite long.

The instructor placed his hand on his shoulder and yelled "What! did I hear you wrongly!"

"Oh..nono...I can keep going." Big ear looking embarrassed.

Seeing this, even the kids who lying on the ground force themselves to get up.

The sun was bright, and the tree looked bright too.

I saw Big ear, he was running while hugging a rock tightly in his chest.

"Huh..huh."

There is a trail road in the forest. Following the trail, he saw the moving tree but not moving

Big ear felt thirsty; his lip was dry, mouth open wide as his chest pumped him hard.

Covered with sweat but still had a mile to run.

Big ear feels his hand can't move anymore.

"Huh..huhuhu…water."Big ear said weakly.

Four participants are running behind Big Ear.

They all look thirsty.

"Me too." Serval kids cried out. Many were exhausted and couldn't go on anymore.

Rushing toward the campfire; where a bucket of water was prepared.

A boy uses his hand to block the other kid's head while drowning him in the bucket.

"Let me have some."

"Hey stop..almost no more."

"Wuwu.." Kids were crying.

Seeing this, Big Ear feels bitter.

He rushes back to the trail. He remembers there is a pond.

It should be hiding near that bush and tree. After serval minutes, Big Ear collapses to the floor. Lying on a tree trunk as he looks at the sun. He couldn't move anymore but the pond was only a few yards away.

His lip was dry, belly was growling for food.

Maybe because he is too thirsty, he now hallucinating: and starts to hear many voices.

"Here drink ." I saw a figure walk toward me. But my version was blurry can't remember who it was.

...

"an.." Big ear yawns loudly as he stretches his back. He blinked his eye remembering he almost died. Where was he, looking around he some kid standing in a straight line. This time there are two groups of lines: one on the left and one on the right.

"Big ear go to the right." The instructor called.

Feeling confused but still do anyway.

The big ear group consists of five people.

"You four pass can go back home."

Nodding, the four kid walk back on their own.

Huh? What happening? Did I pass?

Big couldn't help but think anxiously. To think he couldn't even pass the first test, he couldn't help but remember how did big eye and big nose passed it.

The thinking was it was easy but doing it was harder than expected.

"Sigh..forget it. If you hold 1 more hour..pass!" The instructor looks at them. although disappointed, but still do it anyway.

Most of them only only for two hours but the instructor needs more to pass, deciding to lower the requirement.

Nodding, they each told themselves to hold just a bit longer.

Big ear grits his hand tightly; he doesn't want to lose in the first test.

Picking up the rock again, they began to hold it in the air. Their leg were bent, could feel the weight of the rock.

Big ear's hand feels uncomfortable holding the rock: his hand feels pain and difficulty holding it. His finger pressed the rock, difficult to hold on any longer.

He throws the rock in the air and then watches it fall.

"Ssh."

He grits his teeth, trying to endure the pain: his fingers are numb and trembling.

The sunset appeared, and I saw a big ear bending his leg while holding the rock in his head: with two hands supporting it, making it difficult to fall.

The ponytail boy hugging the rock while bending his leg.

"Lift your leg."

The instructor looks at a small fatty who bending with one hand holding the rock; it rests on his left shoulder, allowing his right arm to rest.

The instructor fell into deep thought.

Surprisingly, eight people passed including four who retook the selection.

It was nighttime, I heard the owl howling, the grass moving, and insects eating.

Big ear upper body is naked. He sitting on a stone bench, looking at his toes. I saw his big toe was purple. His back could feel the cold wind.

"Sister, tomorrow I don't …mm…want to go." He said but with a pause in his sentence.

A plain-clothes girl is standing behind a big ear.

She grabs his brother's hair, with her other hand holding a sharp rock and cutting his long hair off.

"Ssh..it hurt." The big ear could not help but hiss in pain.

She put down the sharp rock and began to pull his hair.

After his hair was cut, I was shocked to see there was a large skin cracked: some dried blood leaked and mixed between the cracked skin.

Seeing his brother injured, she couldn't help but feel a little scared but still applied the herbal oil, rubbing gently on his head, then covering it with three large green leaves. He never except to use the strange leaves he got from Big Eye right now.

"You chose. not me…you the one who wants to go but doesn't want to go.."

"Sister I thought I was about to die." Remembering the scene that the rock falling; It hit right on his head.

"I'm scared…. don't want to die." He looked at his hand: his fingers were filled with bruises and bumps.

The plainclothes girl sighed in sadness as bent her knee, looking at his little brother, she pressed her forehead to his.

Feels a hard forehead and is uncomfortable but his eyes meet his sister.

She closes her eyes as she explains the truth of life.

"dying is not scary but the pain or how I'll die…in the end we only can help ourselves…after all others can not help us."

Big Ear's eyes were red, holding back his tears but only feeling more pain: his heart but more emotional.

They remain motionless, but from time to time they walk around in the courtyard, sometimes sitting together to view the moon sometimes just a rock or ant who crosses the road.

The leaves fall from hour and hour but the two siblings still talking nonstop. The sun rose, and the bird chirped happily.

"Go…I have to work now." She said as she pushed him out of the courtyard.

...

Big Ear took something out of his pocket: It's rolled into a ball. Big ear unwraps it and he hold it in the air. After shaking a few times, he looks satisfied: wearing his brown shirt but it is still dirty from yesterday.

feeling the warm air and bright sun, he looks much more comfortable. He extended his arm and stretched in the air.

...…

The instructor pointed at a mountain.

"two hours….bring the flag here."

A group of kids camping near a forest with the instructor.

There are about eight people but each has the potential to pass.

A twin is looking at each other, discussing something.

A tall boy waved his hand as he called out his friend's name.

"Big teeth..I here."

Big teeth row his eye as he looks at the mountain. There he saw 8 flags put in there: obviously, the instructor thought everyone could pass.

Big teeth rotated his shoulder then his elbow and wrist: looking excited.

Big Ear watches the other participants who are all cheerful and excited. Thinking back, he couldn't figure out where their confidence came from. After all, they barely pass the first test. Only four truly pass. big ear not include looking very depressed.

A small fatty who holding a branch and a rock in his hand trying to show it to Big Ear but Big Ear keeps turning his head.

Feeling annoyed, he looked at the mountain for a moment then looked at the forest that covers the mountain.

"Gulp.." a monkey eats the whole beach as he climbs up a jungle tree where many monkeys hiding.

"Huhu…Huhu…huuuu." A monkey pointy below.

"Ezzzzz." a small monkey shrieked, running up very fast: using his long arm to grab a branch and slipping over.

"Hu Hu ah Hu?"

Then small monkey points at the Big Ear figure.

I see him climbing up the tree. When he was halfway up, He felt he couldn't go any further. Looking down, he realized he 6 feet away from the ground.

I hear the buzzing sound; several bees pass by.

He hides his body behind the tree but takes a sneak peek with his tilted head.

After a few seconds, he sighed in relief when he saw the bees leave.

Big Ear jumps down and picks up a small branch drawing an arrow: on the soil.

He drew the direction he saw when viewing from the tree; although he was only halfway up; he saw ten or twenty trees away from the mountain.

To get accurate directions without mistakes, he decided it was a good idea to Climb up again but this time he viewed the arrow he drew and tried to make a connection with the Mountains.

"So confusing, is it even straight or right?"

After several minutes Big Ear, couldn't care less if the arrow was accurate or not, just went on directly by his instinct and memory.

The monkeys watch him leave: blinking their large and brown eyes.

They feel the human so amazing that he could try but stupid that don't know where to go.

...

He stops near a tree. From his view, I saw a thousand feet mountains, although small but very steep and difficult to climb.

Big Ear places his hand, and touches the rock: It is hard and

He grabs a rock with one of his hands and then tries to pull his right leg up to a rock near his belly. He then tries to push himself up. But it is too steep and difficult to climb. After several tries, Big Ear feels exhausted.

"Err…"

The big ear was lying on the ground and not knowing what to do.

He closed his eyes but when he reopened, he looked stunned.

A goat? What is he doing here?

He noticed a small white goat who touching the wall of the mountains with his feet.

observing the mountain goat, he then saw him hop and hop.

He leaps over many feet and is already 100 feet above the ground.

Big ear gasp. Did he just defy the gravity, it almost looks like he climbing vertically.

His feet don't have toes but are hard and sturdy, his legs are skinny: and lack muscle. But how did he jump very high?

But most importantly, it was so steep so how did he not fall!?

Big Ear's eyes were too lazy to open, his dry lip made him look exhausted, and started to look for water.

After several rounds of scouting, he found a pond and drank it: not caring if it was fresh.

...

Big ear sitting down, looking at the mountain: It looks so high. Big Ear noticed there was a route, walking up; he noticed he was about 100 feet from the ground. He decided to climb from here since it is less steep.

After a period of time, I saw the animals finishing their hunt, and going home. Some like frogs jump into the pond. some fly to the bird nest.

"Arrrr…" trying to hold on but couldn't.

Big Ear was Climbing very smoothing but when up to 400 feet, he felt the wall had too little crack where his finger or his entire hand to put. Not to mention some are very far making it difficult to reach. Plus his hands and feet are not long.

Big Ear felt his survival instinct was activated, he struggled and struggled pushing his entire body up.

I saw his fingers were bleeding in the cracks.

Big Ear's hand slipped because of the pain.

At the same time, he saw two shadows above his head: standing on a thin branch.

"Twin brother?.."

Two kids who look about 7 years old looking at the big ears below.

Big ear noticed the branch, quickly grabbed it with his less injured hand.

"Phew."

Just in time or else he might fall, why is the test so dangerous???

"Help pls.." Big Ear's hands were too tired from climbing and now only one hand holding onto the branch.

If it wasn't for his lightweight body, it would be impossible to hold on to the branch for even one second.

"Brother…let him fall" one of them giggles.

The other brother nodded as he moved away from the branch and climbed on the rock wall.

Big Ear feels despair and his feet can't touch any rock: too far. He couldn't even rest like this.

Just when his hand felt loose, he felt something grappling him.

I saw a hand grab his shirt, throwing him up.

"Ahhhhh!" Bi ear screams but manages to catch on to a rock: one hand holding it on then another. He uses his feet to stick in the cracks. He finally can rest since his leg landed on a crack, allowing his hand to rest before climbing.

After several minutes, he began to climb but felt pain in his palm and fingertip: the blood was already stuck inside his nail.

The small fatty climbs beside him. Big Ear feels grateful as he is the one who just saved him but is surprised at how strong he is.

As he just got back to climbing, he noticed the two twins from before.

"Huh?"

He noticed the twin: climbing very fast and about 100 or 200 feet distance away.

The small fatty says "Brother, Don't and you can't beat them. They were raised by one of the ten warriors. They may not look strong but…." He looks hesitant as he says some secret.

Ignoring his warning, Big Ear began climbing up the mountain.

"I say…brother you can't catch them…they very fast."

Big Ear doesn't believe it. His hand climbs and climbs. Moving his leg to the right side of his position. He climbed toward the right side; he saw a small road up the mountain.

"It should be enough.."

He runs up the hill with little break. Looking up he saw two roads up.

Climbing for ten minutes, running for thirty minutes, and finally, climbing to the top of the mountain.

His hand pulls himself up.

He breathes in heavily, trying to catch his breath.

He looked down from the sun and saw two figures standing in front of him.

"Oh…you very fast." One of the twins says.

"Brother don't waste time anymore…" the other twin says.

The twins each grab a flag as Big Ear watches them dumbfounded.

"How… weren't they still climbing." Big couldn't believe his eyes. Even though he took a shortcut, he still couldn't catch up.

Was climbing faster than running? It should be easier to run and should be faster..right? So how is that possible?

"Huh..huh…finally I'm up." The small fatty uses his hand, pushing his fat body up to the surface.

Huh? Not knowing what happening pretended he did not notice anything. The twins ignore him, walking toward the cliff.

"Worthy of the fastest among the ten strong men." the fatty praising in admiration.

The fastest?..

...

Climbing down was harder than climbing up.

Big Ear realized he would not have enough time. He tries his best but climbing down is very dangerous. His feet press on the small rock but slip.

Sometimes, I saw some rock fall but no sound.

"Chirp..chirp chirp." two birds flapped their wing and flew to the other side of the branch.

Big Ear hops down when he is only 3 feet away from the ground level.

Using the trail he left behind, he quickly got back to the camp. He walks out of the bush, along with the small fatty who trying to catch his breath.

"Huh…huh…wait for me." The small fatty said but tiredly.

Big Ear ignores him, walking toward the tent. Along the way, he saw the instructor but seemed to be scolding someone.

He yelled, "Why are you so late!"

The ponytail boy scratched his head, looking embarrassed.

There two kids stood behind the instructor; they looked very familiar.

"Heh." The twin noticed Big Ear but smirked at him.

Big Ear turns his head toward the tent.

The tent looks small but enough for three people to live in.

The big ear feels uncomfortable. he rubs his arm as his head looks down. The small fatty shakes his head, patting Big Ear's shoulder.

....

At home, he sitting on the same stone bench: looking up at the sky. Watching the star, His eyes show determination.

From his previous experience, he realized he needed to train his climbing skills.

Six months pass…..