114 Lessons
◎ "Awoo, woo, woo——" The little lion was strangled by the throat. It was so scared that it made a sound of begging for mercy. The voice was out of tune and the whole body began to tremble with fear. It was a fear of death and a fear of the adult male.◎
This time, Qiao Jinnian was really extra careful. He held his breath and wanted to teach these little lions a good lesson.
Unfortunately, the color of the hemp rope on her body was not easy to detect, but her exposed hairless arms were too conspicuous and could be seen by the antelope's peripheral vision.
Then, the antelope flew away from the river bank in an instant.
Qiao Jinnian: "..."
She felt a little frustrated. She had only watched her father the lion do this hunting method every day, and he was successful almost every time, but she had never tried it.
After returning to her father, Qiao Jinnian hugged his head, feeling a little unhappy and thinking that she was so useless.
Hey, actually she didn't know why she wanted to train these guys to hunt. Was it because her love was too overflowing?
He can't even support himself, how can you be so nosy!
She lay under her father's mane, and the two selves in her heart began to fight. One side told her to give up, thinking that she just liked to meddle in other people's affairs, and that she could not survive well in nature like this.
But another part of me felt that at least these were my father's brothers, born of the same mother. Should I just watch them starve to death, the most depressing way of dying?
Perhaps sensing that the cub was unhappy, the lion father lowered his head and licked her face and head to comfort her.
I don’t know what the lion father was thinking. The next time he went hunting, he actually growled at the four little ones: “Roar——”
This was a roar inviting them to cooperate in hunting. The four little ones thought they had made a mistake. Why would the lion invite them to hunt?
But they still ran up happily.
They don't know that the lion in front of them is their older brother who was born several generations ago. I'm afraid the lion father himself is not aware of this complicated relationship. Even biological parents will become competitors with their cubs when they grow up.
Raising and protecting cubs is an instinctive ability of animals. But when these lions leave their former tribes, this bond seems to become weaker.
That's why Qiao Jinnian was unwilling to let his father teach them. After all, his father would not care about other lions at all.
But today, Dad is going to take these little lions hunting.
The father walked in front with vigorous steps, distinguishing the smells around him from time to time, and brought the cubs and the four little ones to an open place.
Qiao Jinnian suspected that his father was unwilling to hunt in the valley because he was a little impatient. That kind of hunting was too inefficient, and he still preferred to run freely in open areas.
They followed the trail all the way and finally found some antelopes and giraffes.
Dad naturally gave up on the giraffe first. If it were a few years ago, he might have been able to kill an adult giraffe alone, but that was for a male lion in its prime.
But that kind of thing is also extremely risky and not cost-effective.
Now, he has to take the four little ones hunting together, and it is even more impossible for him to hunt giraffes, otherwise he will be kicked to death in minutes.
This antelope is neither too big nor too small, just right for the four little ones to practice hunting.
So, the lion father said to the four little ones behind him: "Roar——"
It means letting them watch from the sidelines.
He was a lion, and under the cover of night, he kept his body close to the ground, with strong concealment ability, and did not make any sound.
When it was about 5 meters away from the prey, it suddenly kicked its two strong hind legs hard, flew up in three or two steps, jumped up, flew onto the back of the antelope, stood on the antelope, lowered its head and began to bite.
Qiao Jinnian felt strange. Usually, her father would use that extremely difficult flying throat-locking skill. Why was he stepping on the back of an antelope today?
Soon, after Dad took a few bites, the antelope started to bleat in pain and ran forward. However, because it was carrying a huge creature on its back, it could not run at all and was struggling to fall.
At this time, the four little ones finally reacted. Oh my God, there will be no problem if they take action at this time.
I have to say that animals have very keen intuition. The four little ones learned to bite different parts of the antelope's body and hang on it with gravity without any instruction.
With five lions around, the antelope had no chance of moving forward. It soon fell to the ground with a bang.
Seeing that the fight was almost over, the lion father jumped aside the moment the antelope fell down, and turned around to watch the four little lions fighting with the seriously injured antelope.
But they didn't know how to bite the antelope's throat, they just bit all over its body.
No matter what, this antelope is beyond saving. Now Qiao Jinnian finally understands why the lion father did not use the throat-locking technique. This was purely to help the four little ones regain some confidence.
If they are constantly frustrated, they will not dare to hunt, will be afraid of prey, will lack self-confidence, and will be even less likely to catch prey.
It seems that this antelope was completely bitten to death by the four little ones, so they will feel that they can finally catch the prey and will be more active next time.
In fact, the lion father behind the scenes is the biggest contributor.
The antelope was finally tortured to death by the four teenagers, and the four little lions lay directly on the antelope's body and prepared to feast on it.
Qiao Jinnian was now annoyed. They really had no manners at all. Didn't they know that the lion father was teaching them how to hunt? Was that polite? Back then, when Grandma helped them hunt, they pushed her away. Now the lion father was just a strange lion to them, and yet, they dared to act so unruly in front of a lion.
Dad didn’t mind, but Qiao Jinnian was very angry. What a bunch of unruly little lions!
So, Qiao Jinnian will teach them what it means to respect elders today!
She took the spear and poked the four little ones' butts. She poked them once but didn't dare to poke them hard. After all, it would be difficult to deal with them if they were injured.
Who knew that the lion who was eating had such a bad temper that he rushed over with blood all over his face, opened his mouth wide, and wanted to bite her to death.
She was not afraid of the little lion. It was just a three-year-old lion. Who hadn't raised a little lion? Although Qiao Jinnian was young, she was still an elder of the lion group.
Just as he was about to continue teaching his daughter a lesson with the spear, the lion father refused to do so. If a daughter dared to bite him, he must not want to live, right?
The last time, the pack of hyenas that dared to steal his daughter's prey had been wiped out!
So, the little lion, who bared his teeth and turned around to bite Qiao Jinnian, was instantly bitten on the neck by the lion father.
"Awoo, woo, woo--" The little lion had his throat strangled. He was so scared that he made sounds for mercy, but his voice was out of tune. He was so scared that his whole body began to tremble. It was a fear of death and fear of an adult lion, which he could not control.
Of course, if the lion father really wanted to bite him to death, he probably wouldn't even be able to make a sound to beg for mercy. Now he was almost scared to death, biting his mouth and making a threatening sound of "whoosh whoosh" in his throat.
Not only this little lion, the other three brothers also wilted instantly. Oh my god, it's so scary!
They didn’t dare to do it anymore, never again. So, the three little lions didn’t dare to eat anymore. They were trembling and began to retreat, fearing that they would be implicated and strangled by the lion.
Seeing them retreat, the lion father loosened his canine teeth and growled a few times in a stern warning: "Roar, roar--"
Qiao Jinnian pointed at the prey and said to his father: "Awoo——"
The lion father looked up at her and knew that she was establishing rules for the little lion, just like how Sister Sa taught the little lions pre-meal etiquette in the lion group.
Although he didn't care about this and they didn't belong to the same lion group now, the little lion was indeed lawless, so he lay on the ground first and started eating.
After the lion father had eaten his fill, he bit off a leg for his daughter and asked her to grill the meat. Then he left and let the four little ones go eat.
The four little ones were scared silly. There was no male lion in their lion group at all, so they lacked understanding of the role of the male lion. Now they knew that they could not eat the prey first. They had to give it to the male lion and the strange two-legged beast first, and they could eat it last.
The lion father was a little impatient. He only had a good temper when dealing with Qiao Jinnian. He would not bother to care about these little lions who had nothing to do with him unless he saw that the cubs wanted to train them.
While grilling meat for herself, Qiao Jinnian was thinking about this matter in her mind, thinking that her father might leave here soon. After all, her patience was almost running out. If these lions could not learn to hunt in a short period of time, then they would have to fend for themselves and no one could take care of them.
However, she still wanted to go see her grandmother. It would be great if her grandmother could hunt by herself. If she couldn't catch any prey, she would help her grandmother a few times, but that was all she could do.
Whether it was towards the four little lions or towards grandma, she did this for the sake of the lion father, but if all this made the lion father feel irritated, then she would completely ignore it.
After eating, Qiao Jinnian put the remaining dried meat in a hemp rope bag and stored it. This was his food for several days.
The next day, the little lions practiced hunting in the valley on their own. Qiao Jinnian and the lion father set out again to visit grandma.
Now, she only needs to point to the desert area and the lion father will know what she is going to do.
However, this time, they did not find grandma near the rock. Come to think of it, it is impossible for her to stay in the same place all the time.
Qiao Jinnian was a little worried, afraid that her grandmother had passed away. She and Lion Dad searched around the area and walked around several times, but Lion Dad could no longer smell any scent, which meant that her grandmother had gone too far away.
So, the father and daughter had to go back. Every lion has its own path to take. Perhaps when lions get older, they want to find a quiet place, accept the fact of aging, and don’t want to be disturbed by other lions.
However, Qiao Jinnian hoped that she would wait until her father the lion was too old to walk and would not leave alone, as she would be very anxious if she did, and she did not want to lose track of him.
Since she couldn't find her grandmother, Qiao Jinnian looked at the four little ones sleeping at the foot of the mountain and decided to give them another month. After a month, she would have to leave the valley with her father.
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