Episode 888: The Kingdom of Misplaced Time (4)

Chapter 2: Carriage 3: The Forest Where Snacks Rain Down The doors were two giant clam shells, and they smelled of coconut oil when they opened. There were no seats in Carriage 3. It was a forest. The tree trunks were deep brown, feeling like warm chocolate; the leaves were translucent mint leaves that rustled when the wind blew. And the things growing on those trees— "Dad," Dou Dou's voice trembled, the most excited kind of tremble in his life. "The trees… they're growing instant noodles." Bag after bag hung from the branches: Koala's March, O'Rice, Pocky, Calbee snacks, all suspended by thin threads of sugar, like ornaments on a Christmas tree. A gentle breeze blew, and a bag of O'Rice fell right onto Dou Dou's head. "This doesn't make sense," Xiao Kui said. She had already pulled out her notebook and was writing, "Fantasy Economics 101: Unknown Origin." "Let's eat first," Dou Dou said. "No," Chen Jiande grabbed his son's wrist, speaking in a very fatherly tone. "You can't eat things of unknown origin." "But they grew on trees." "If they grew on trees, you definitely can't eat them." (To be continued)