On a rainy day, the ground was soaked with water. A 10-year-old boy named "Tao" waded through the water into the rice field behind his house. He held a small fishing rod. Hoping to find something to cook for the family for dinner. He found bait and threw his hook into the water that flooded the rice fields. A few minutes later Tao's fishing rod trembled and he felt a fish on the hook.
when pulling up The fish was larger than usual. It is a shiny black tilapia. But what's even more strange is... That fish can talk!
“Help me,” a hoarse voice called out. Tao was so startled that he almost let the fishing rod slip out of his hand. Still not afraid, he carefully removed the hook from the fish's mouth.
"I won't hurt you. I just want a friend,” Nile Tilapia said in a low voice. Tao felt pity and asked, “Where do you come from? Why can you speak?"
The fish smiled mysteriously, “I don't know, but if you want to know, Come talk to me here every morning. Then you will know every secret.”
After that day, every morning, Tao would sneak his parents out to find that fish in the rice field behind the house. They chatted and had fun. The tilapia told strange stories about the water and what lay deep beneath the surface. Tao enjoyed meeting and talking with this fish. Until they forget time and their daily routine
One day, Tao's parents began to notice that their son was acting strangely. Not interested in studying or helping around the house like usual And likes to go out to the back of the house every morning. When I followed him to look, he saw Tao sitting alone. Laughing and talking about something But I didn't see that fish at all.
Parents are starting to worry. And decided to secretly look again the next day. In the early morning, the parents sneaked out to the back of the house and slowly found the tilapia. float out of the water This fish seems to have some mesmerizing power. So the two caught the tilapia and boiled it as food, hoping to put an end to this mystery.
the next morning Tao returned to the rice fields. Hope to see that fish again. But the rice fields were completely silent. The tilapia I used to talk to no longer appears. Tao felt sad and returned home to join his parents for breakfast.
Today's food is "fish soup." Parents serve it with intention. When he ate his first bite of fish soup Feel something in the taste It's too familiar. But he didn't say anything.
Since that day Tao began to behave strangely. He likes to swim in the fields behind the house for long periods of time. Some nights he wouldn't go home to sleep. Instead, I went to soak in the water in the middle of the night. His eyes became cold, as if he were not the same child.
Tao's parents began to fear that their son would never be the same person again. They began to suspect that it might be because of that tilapia—a fish with mysterious powers. which is now inside the son
On the night of heavy rain Mom and Dad woke up in the middle of the night. and found that Tao was not sleeping in the room They hurriedly went out to look for him. Found him standing in the middle of a rice field. Staring at the water with blank eyes As if waiting for something to come from the darkness of the water.
“Tao, come back!” Mother shouted in fear.
But the boy didn't respond. He stood there silently. before turning to smile at his parents one last time
Then slowly walked into the water...