Cucumber, who was at that time enjoying his midday nap, woke up suddenly and said,“ What do you need help with?”
Sulli answered,“ My sister is dying! Tell me the secret of long life so that I can save her!”
Cucumber lay back on his armchair and considered it. He did not want to tell Sulli the secret, but not telling him would be cruel. So, Cucumber said,“ Fine. The secret is a type of artichoke that kind of looks like a mistletoe plant. To get to it, you need to cross... THE SEA.”
Now, to us humans maybe the sea may be easy to travel. However, for small animals like Sulli or Cucumber, the sea was a huge expanse that was impossible to travel. That may explain why Sulli then went,“ THE SEA?”
Cucumber nodded his head.
I think that if Sulli was a smart opossum, he may have asked Cucumber how he had gotten the artichoke. But, Sulli was always a little scatterbrained. He didn’ t ask and went home in despair. He wanted to revive his sister, but his head kept filling with images of tsunamis and whirpools that were fabled to be in the sea.
When the disappointed opossum arrived home, he was greeted vigorously.“ SURPRISE!” He looked around and