Dystopia 论乌托邦的反义词

Literature: Dystopia

Snake Catchers

There is a type of snake which is very mystical. They are colorful but

dangerous. If they touch plants, the plants will wither. Likewise, if they

bite human being, those people will not be cured. But if you frizzle these

snakes’

bodies, these dry bodies can be a kind of medicine. This medicine

can cure many kinds of diseases such as convulsions. Since the medicine is

so powerful, the emperor of this nation announces that if someone catches

these kinds of snakes and give them to the court, that person will not have

to pay taxes. The taxes are levied twice a year. Those residents would

rather catch these lethal snakes instead of paying taxes. This is because the

taxes of this nation are too high. Though this errand is very dangerous,

many people contend to catch the snakes. These lethal snakes cause the

death of a lot of people. Thus, the residents’

lives are filled with untold

suffering.

Once a reporter went to this poor country to observe how residents

lived there. The reporter acquainted a farmer called Jason. He told the

reporter that his family had caught these lethal

snakes instead of paying

taxes for three generations. The reporter asked Jason to visit elder

members of his family, Jason said sadly: “My father died becau

se of this

errand. Neither did my grandpa. ”

The reporter sympathized with Jason, so he inquired if he would like

to change the errand. Jason shook his head at

once and said: “Paying taxes

is unluckier than catching lethal snakes. If I did not do this errand, I will

poorer than now!” He explained that his family had lived there for over

sixty years. His family had a hard time during these years because they

always tried their best to catch as many snakes as they could. Although

Jason’s ancestors’ life was d

ifficult, they still lived better than their

neighborhood.

Jason looked around and told the reporter that his neighbors were

harassed by local government officials. He described how cruel those

government officials disturbed residents’ daily life.

The reporter got angry

with the government officials.

Jason took the reporter to his home and pointed at his neighbors’ fields

and said: “They have

given all their crops to those officials but still not

enough. The taxes are too high so that my neighbors went to my house to

beg a favor of me. I gave them some of my products and just kept a little

for my family.”

Jason picked up a piece of wither wheat then looked sadly at it.

“Those officials never save our products…… My neighbors’ livestock bark,

jump and run everywhere when these wicked government officials come.