Standing outside the cave entrance, Grandfather admired the green-carpeted hills, but Lin hated the cave. He had come here today only because of Grandfather.
Grandfather preferred to use guano, the waste matter of bats, to fertilize (施肥) his crops. But he was too weak to do the whole job. He could gather the guano and bring it out of the cave in the basket, but he needed Lin to carry it home in the wooden cart.
Grandfather took a shovel (铲子) and flashlight from the cart. "Change your mind and come inside with me?" he asked Lin. "It won't happen again, Lin," Grandfather promised. "Last time it was my mistake. We shouldn't have waited until nearly dusk (黄昏) to go inside. I know that the bats fly out of the cave at dusk." That was exactly what had happened on the Terrible Day of the Bats. As Lin had stood at the cave entrance, a crowd of black bats had erupted from it. Lin had been terrified.
"Bats hurt no one," Grandfather had said. "Besides, you scared them as much as they did you."
But nothing could make Lin forget the horror he had felt in that black cloud of bats. "I can't go in there," he told Grandfather now.
"OK," Grandfather said. As he started into the cave, he called over his shoulder, "I'll be out in no time." Lin parked the cart and glanced at the shovel and flashlight inside it. His shovel and flashlight. He had used them before. Now they only reminded him of his fear.
Lin turned his back on the cart and walked down to the river. Grandfather would call when he was finished. Until then, Lin would put as much distance as possible between himself and the cave.
Lin watched two little birds splashing about at the edge of the river. He enjoyed the peaceful view over the vast river surface. Then Lin realized that Grandfather's "no time" had turned into a long time.
Lin hurried up the hill toward the cave. The cart was still there. Grandfather was still inside. Something had gone wrong.
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Lin looked around but found no one he could turn to for help.
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In the dark cave, Lin gathered his courage and yelled again, "Grandfather!"
