12 Elephant

◎She clearly remembered that lions generally wouldn't hunt elephants unless food was scarce.◎

It was effortless to get it. Qiao Jinnian didn't even know why the baboon leader came to her with the flint.

She had never seen flint before, so she took the baboon leader with her and went to find some dry grass, the very dry kind, to see if it could be ignited.

He colliding two pieces of flint violently, with a clang clang sound, small sparks fell on the hay. Qiao Jinnian moved closer and blew gently at the hay. After blowing for a while, smoke actually came out of the haystack!

Seeing the smoke, the animals started to get nervous because they had seen big fires on the grassland. Big fires are terrible and can burn down a large area of ​​grassland.

Qiao Jinnian also thought of this, so he found a pile of stones nearby and surrounded the pile of hay into a circle to prevent sparks from flying out. After all, it was the dry season.

To ensure safety, she looked around. This place was not far from the river. Even if there was a fire, she could find water to put out the fire. She picked up some stones from the river and came over to reinforce the small fire.

But Ryan saw the fire and came over and bit her clothes, trying to pull her back.

"This is fire, I want to eat!" Qiao Jinnian knew he was worried about her, so she waved at him repeatedly, got up, rubbed his mane, pointed at the fire, and said, imitating the way of eating, "Eat!"

Ryan ignored her and still tried to pull her back. With a "swish", a piece of Qiao Jinnian's hospital gown was torn and the back of the gown was torn.

Qiao Jinnian: "..."

She had no choice but to hold her stomach and said pitifully, "I'm hungry, I'm hungry, I need to eat!"

Ryan tilted his head to look at her, then looked down at her holding her stomach. Although he still didn't understand, he didn't stop her. He just watched from a distance. After all, animals are naturally afraid of fire.

The baboon leader was very smart. It seemed that after he ate roasted ostrich eggs last time, Qiao Jinnian taught him how to smash the eggs with stones. He thought that Qiao Jinnian must know how to use this kind of stone.

Now, he watched her build a fire with stones, and there was fear in his eyes, but he also looked like he admired her.

The baboon leader is responsible for leading the other baboons to find food. The leader's words are very effective and the other baboons must obey him.

Last time, because of the grassland fire, the baboons almost rebelled, but their leader took them to eat a meal of roasted ostrich eggs, and they recognized the leader's leadership ability again.

Follow whoever can find food.

Qiao Jinnian had no meat on hand and no way to grill it, so he wanted to go to the river to catch fish to eat, but as soon as he got close to the river, Ryan followed him.

Ryan didn't even react to the visit of these baboons. It turned out that he had smelled the familiar smell a long time ago and ignored it.

"Fish!" Qiao Jinnian said to Ryan, pointing to a big fish in the pond.

Because it was the dry season, the river was a little dry, and there was actually a fish in the mud pond by the river, burrowing into the soil on the shore.

Because her goal was clear, Ryan could easily understand what she meant. He jumped into the mud pond and bit the fish in his mouth with a move.

Before Qiao Jinnian could stop him, he jumped up again, mainly because he was worried that he would be covered in mud and difficult to clean up.

The baboon leader kept watching them catching fish. They were omnivores and had eaten fish before, so they could tell at a glance that they were catching fish to eat.

Qiao Jinnian rubbed Ryan's mane and patted the mud off his body, but the more he patted, the dirtier it became. He thought he could only wait until it was completely dry before patting it off.

She found a tree branch. Qiao Jinnian had never grilled fish in the wild. All her knowledge came from videos. Not to mention going to the wild, she spent most of her time in the hospital smelling the smell of disinfectant.

Sighing, Qiao Jinnian had no choice but to carefully recall how to deal with the fish.

The fish had died long ago after being bitten by Ryan. She used the stone she used as a dagger to cut open the fish's belly and threw away everything in the belly without thinking. She also scraped off the fish's scales, but it was not clean at all and she even scratched her hand.

She stuck the fish on a tree branch and started grilling it without any seasoning, but her mouth started to salivate automatically.

It's a pity that, apart from her poor health, she has never been short of food. She has been here for several months and has not eaten a single bite of meat. She eats fruits all day long and has forgotten what normal food should taste like.

It was her first time grilling fish, and she was a little unskilled. It was not until she smelled the burnt smell that she suddenly realized that she had grilled it for too long, so she quickly turned it over and continued grilling.

Ryan didn't know what she was doing, he just thought she was playing there, so he kept an eye on her and would pull her away if she was in danger.

As the fish was cooked, it smelled burnt and looked ugly, but this was Qiao Jinnian's first time trying grilled fish. It was better than those bloody meats and much better than eating fruits all day. So he couldn't wait to put it to his mouth and took a bite with his mouth that only had six teeth. He couldn't chew it, but fortunately the fish was tender and he could swallow it without chewing it.

I don’t know exactly how many months old this body is, but children can start eating once their teeth start growing, so she can start eating these things now.

Although it was a little burnt, it still tasted okay and didn't have the fishy smell of fish. Maybe her taste buds were no longer sensitive anymore.

After grilling the fish, Qiao Jinnian immediately thought of letting Ryan taste it, so she took the grilled fish and said to Ryan, "Ryan, would you like to try the grilled fish?"

Her behavior happened so often that Ryan was no longer surprised. He immediately looked away and licked the corner of his mouth with his tongue to show that he had no interest in this strange thing.

So she held up the fish again and asked the baboon leader, "Will you eat it?"

The baboon leader was already hungry and remembered the roasted ostrich eggs he had eaten before. He became eager to try it and grabbed the roasted fish and started eating.

He took away all the fish, but Qiao Jinnian was not angry. She just sat aside and watched him eat.

Unexpectedly, he didn't finish eating and handed the fish back, asking her to eat it too.

Qiao Jinnian waved his hands repeatedly, pointing at the baboons watching, and said, "You eat it, and they can have a taste too."

Baboons eat everything, and fruit is the first on their menu, but they also eat meat. They have never eaten roasted food, so they think this is very strange.

The fish was quickly divided among the baboons, and each baboon only took a bite.

With the flint, Qiao Jinnian felt more at ease. This meant that she could eat barbecue whenever she wanted in the future, and even cook things, which required a container.

The animals stayed away because they were afraid of the fire. Qiao Jinnian had no choice but to put out the fire first, and then found a large leaf to cover the stone pestle to ensure that there was no oxygen in the fire to continue burning.

Ryan carried Qiao Jinnian on his back to drink milk. When the baboons saw that all the ostriches were here, they simply settled here. The grassland here had water and trees, and was as good as the grassland to their south.

Perhaps after the rainy season next year, the grasslands in the south will return to their original state, and at that time, these home-loving animals will move back, but this year they seem to have found a good place to temporarily spend the dry season.

Perhaps it was because Qiao Jinnian showed great kindness to the baboon leader, which is a rare situation among animals. The baboon leader also liked to come and play with this cub. Now seeing that she could roast meat and use fire, he thought she was very powerful.

Baboons naturally admire their more powerful leader, and now the leader admires Qiao Jinnian very much. In an instant, all the previous unpleasantness disappeared.

Now, Qiao Jinnian couldn't even recognize which baboon had captured him, because every baboon looked alike, just like an ostrich, each one was alike, and it was impossible to tell the male from the female.

On this day, the lioness leader led the lion group out hunting. The prey here was becoming less and less. Most of the herbivores had crossed the river and went to the more northern areas, while the river lion group remained here.

This time, they came to invite Ryan to go hunting together. They must have set their eyes on a bigger prey, otherwise they usually hunted on their own. Wildebeests and gazelles were no problem for this lion group.

Only when they caught giraffes last time would they take the initiative to come forward and invite us.

Ryan wanted to hide Qiao Jinnian without saying a word and then go hunting, but when he looked up at the baboons jumping around in the trees looking for food, and then at the ostriches eating grass on the grass not far away, he gave up and let her play there by herself.

However, Qiao Jinnian was really curious about what large animal they were going to catch today?

So she waved to the leader baboon, signaling him to catch her and put her up in the tree so that she could go and take a peek.

The baboon leader was really smart and actually put her on a tree branch.

Lying tightly on the tree trunk, Qiao Jinnian held the trunk carefully and looked towards the grassland in the distance.

They ran to a place quite far away and were almost invisible. Only a few golden lion figures could be seen on the withered grassland.

However, the animal they were going to hunt was clearly visible, because they were actually going to hunt an elephant!

Qiao Jinnian was stunned. She clearly remembered that lions usually would not hunt elephants unless there was a shortage of food.

Oh, no, maybe they really are short of food now, so they can only hunt these giant animals that they usually dare not move.

Last time it was a giraffe, this time it is an elephant. However, elephants are different from giraffes. Elephants have great attack power and can basically kill a lion by just sitting on it.

Qiao Jinnian couldn't help but worry about Ryan.

Because Ryan went to help, all strategic deployments were decided by the lioness leader.

This is an elephant mother with two baby elephants. The three of them are drinking water by the river.

It's no wonder that the lioness leader set her eyes on this target. If it was a group of elephants, they would definitely not take the initiative to provoke them. I heard that elephants are very vengeful, and the entire lion group might be wiped out.

But now, there are no elephants around, only the mother elephant is the main fighting force.

When the mother elephant turned around and finally saw the lions, the lions had already spontaneously split into two groups. One group of lions attacked the elephants head-on, and Ryan was one of the lions who attacked head-on. This was an act to confuse the elephants.

Although the mother elephant was not afraid of the lions, she could not confront them head-on, so she took her baby elephant and ran away.

However, one baby elephant hid under its mother's body, and the other one was two steps slower. During these two steps, the lioness leader flanked it from the side and pounced on it. The baby elephant was bitten on the neck and was quickly dragged into the grass.

"Moo—" The mother elephant raised her trunk, howled madly, and rushed towards the lions...