The fox mother gave birth in May, so it's been more than a month already.

Xu Qiaoqiao gradually adapted to this Arctic fox family.

Except for that silly uncle who pops up every now and then.

Although female foxes also go out to forage, this task is usually left to the males, who are responsible for feeding the entire family. Each time they go out, they bring back several lemmings and occasionally some berries.

As temperatures gradually rise, the climate in Hudson Bay is undergoing significant changes. It's June now, and July will be here soon, when a new round of migration will begin.

"Gaga~ Gaga~"

The familiar voice rang out, and Xu Qiaoqiao jumped up without thinking, taking a big step to the side.

Suddenly, a gray fox leaped high into the air and then crashed headfirst into the ground, right where Xu Qiaoqiao had just been standing.

Seeing the silly fox stick its head into the ground, Xu Qiaoqiao didn't react. She just sat there and watched her silly uncle desperately trying to pull his head out.

here we go again.

This has happened countless times this week; he sneaks up on you every now and then. Just now, Xu Qiaoqiao didn't have time to react and he succeeded.

The guy plopped down on him, laughing heartily.

"Hehehehaha~hehehe~hahaha..."

Xu Qiaoqiao still can't forget that devilish laughter. In the end, it was her dear mother who rescued her and gave her a beating.

Arctic foxes are highly intelligent, but also very mischievous—this is the conclusion Xu Qiaoqiao has drawn over this period of time.

She was the quietest of all the fox cubs in their litter; the others were all troublemakers!

With a popping sound.

The uncle pulled his head out and shook his hair to clean the sand off his head.

Xu Qiaoqiao immediately took a few steps back.

The uncle smiled happily when he realized how quickly Xu Qiaoqiao had acted. He then brought the lemming he had just caught to his adorable little niece, whose furry ears twitched several times.

"Gaga~" Come over here and eat!

Xu Qiaoqiao felt relieved and walked over after hearing her uncle's call. She realized that for this family of Arctic foxes, mealtime was a time when they couldn't run wild, so her uncle was especially safe at this time.

Today her uncle picked a lot of berries for her, and he even knew to wrap them in leaves.

"Sniff!"

Uncle dug a small pit next to him, then proudly showed off the bag of berries wrapped in leaves to Xu Qiaoqiao.

See? Your uncle picked these especially for you. Aren't you touched?

He then pushed the bag of berries in front of Xu Qiaoqiao, smiled happily, his eyes crinkling. He didn't eat these kinds of things, but his lovely little niece loved them, and since he happened to come across some today, he picked some for her.

Looking at the pile of berries, Xu Qiaoqiao was still touched. Despite her playfulness and antics, her uncle still loved her very much, and compared to her brothers and sisters, she was the one he loved the most.

Of course, she was the one who caused the most trouble.

He'd caused trouble with other fox cubs before, but they'd quickly be made to cry, whimpering and calling for their mothers, only to be met with another round of beatings from their uncles.

"quack."

Xu Qiaoqiao called out softly, then leaned over and gently touched her uncle's cheek with her nose. "I forgive you for what happened just now!"

"Haha." Uncle's laughter was particularly mesmerizing. Actually, Xu Qiaoqiao thought it sounded a bit like a pig's squeal. Luckily, foxes don't understand human speech.

At night, Xu Qiaoqiao curled up and slept next to her mother fox.

The mother fox licked each of her cubs, and the cubs responded enthusiastically to their mother's love. Several male foxes slept on the outermost side, while the female foxes and several cubs slept inside.

Xu Qiaoqiao gently kissed her mother, saying, "Goodnight, Mom."

"quack."

Another beautiful day has quickly come to an end.

By the end of June, the temperature was rising higher and higher. The area where they lived was located on the outskirts of the Arctic Circle, so they could feel the arrival of summer.

However, for Arctic foxes, especially chameleon foxes, summer is a very special time, as it is their molting season.

Xu Qiaoqiao discovered something devastating: she noticed that her body hair had been falling out constantly for the past few days—while eating, sleeping, and doing everything.

This phenomenon didn't only happen to her; the mother fox also lost a lot of fur, as did the other white foxes, all of them, leaving them bald.

Xu Qiaoqiao fell silent. She pouted and looked at the unsightly black spots on her stomach, which looked terrible against the white hair.

She felt her dislike for summer was about to intensify even further.

So these past few days, Xu Qiaoqiao has been in a bad mood, and her appetite has also been poor.

After all, other Arctic foxes don't have such active minds as she does; they don't even care about beauty or ugliness, survival is the most important thing.

It's normal for a child's emotions to be unstable during their first molting season.

Arctic foxes shed their fur to better dissipate heat in the summer, and the rest is also for better protection during the summer.

As the snow melts in summer, the Arctic fox sheds its fur, and its color becomes similar to that of the rocks, allowing it to blend into its environment and protect itself from predators.

So, as dinnertime approached, the adult foxes went out to forage, leaving only a few cubs behind. They marked the area around the den to prevent other animals from harming the cubs.

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