The Super Pickle: The Three Pickles and the Careless Hedgehog
That day, as the pickle was walking down the road, he remembered the incident where a spider had attacked him, which made him furious. He then decided to practice the Shaolin monks' iron head technique. Mimicking the monks, he ran towards a tree by the side of the road. However, he used too much force and fainted instantly after colliding with the tree. A hedgehog happened to pass by, found him unconscious, and carried him to the hospital.
While still unconscious, the pickle suddenly felt an intense pain all over his body and woke up. Upon opening his eyes, he realized that he was on the hedgehog's back and insisted on getting down to walk himself. Unexpectedly, the hedgehog refused, saying that his head was injured and falling again would be dangerous. Thus, the hedgehog insisted on carrying him back home. Unable to refuse the hedgehog’s kindness, the pickle endured the pain and allowed the hedgehog to carry him home.
As soon as the hedgehog left, the pickle couldn't help but cry out in pain due to the sharp pains all over his body. His mother, Mama Pancake, came over and was shocked to see that the pickle was covered in thorns. "Pickle, why are you full of thorns?" she exclaimed. "They're not mine; they belong to the hedgehog. Please help me remove them!" Mama Pancake grabbed a pair of tweezers and began pulling out the thorns. However, since the thorns were deeply embedded, every time Mama Pancake pulled one out, the pickle would scream in pain and jump. She couldn’t hold him still, so the process was slow. By midnight, they still hadn't finished. Exhausted, Mama Pancake complained while pulling: "Look at this careless hedgehog, I don't know if it was helping us or harming us."
"Mom, how can you say that? The hedgehog did it out of kindness. We should thank him tomorrow," said the pickle.
The next day, Pickle and Mama Pancake brought gifts to thank the hedgehog. When they entered the hedgehog's house, they found him lying in bed looking even more like a hedgehog because his spines were broken, bent, and drooping. Seeing this, the pickle felt extremely sad. He knew that the hedgehog's spines had broken off on his body, causing him to look this way.
The hedgehog's mother brought over a stool for the pickle and Mama Pancake to sit on. However, as soon as the pickle bent over, he jumped up because his swollen belly hurt when sitting on the stool. Seeing the pickle in such pain, the hedgehog's mother started scolding the hedgehog: "You careless hedgehog, knowing what you look like, you still aren't careful. You always mean well but end up doing harm, injuring yourself and others."
"Why did I have to carry young Pickle? It's because we both look ugly and are looked down upon by others. That's why I didn't hesitate to break my own spines to carry him."
"By the way, Pickle, why did you faint on the road?" the hedgehog's mother asked. "He wanted to practice the iron head technique but didn't know how, so he ended up knocking himself out," the hedgehog replied.
"My son, I thought you accidentally fell! Our family is too poor; otherwise, I would have sent you to learn martial arts no matter what," Mama Pancake said, wiping away her tears.
"I've already made up my mind. I'll buy a book and practice slowly after school from now on."
"As long as you're happy, my child, anything is fine," Mama Pancake said.