63 Quagmire
Qiao Jinnian hugged her brother's head, rubbed it vigorously, and said to him, "Sister will definitely help you, but you can't bully him. If he bullies you, sister will chase him away, okay? Awooo?"
But they were just thinking about it. After all, even if they could climb trees, they couldn't catch birds because they flew fast and were difficult to catch.
At night, when Qiao Jinnian was fast asleep, Ryan beside her suddenly got up and caught a thief.
The little thief meowed, but the sound was vague, as if there was something in his mouth, which woke Qiao Jinnian up.
Looking at it this way, isn't this the black-footed cat we caught last time?
It may not be that one. After all, that one was only seen on the other side of the river, and this one is in the north. But Qiao Jinnian couldn't tell whether it was one or the other, because they all looked similar.
The black-footed cat seemed to know her. Even though it was bitten by the lion, it was not afraid at all and even meowed at her.
Ryan didn't want to bite him to death. In fact, Qiao Jinnian had already discovered that Ryan was never interested in food that was not on his menu. Besides, they had all seen this cat last time.
Qiao Jinnian walked over and took the kitten from Ryan's mouth, but found that his mouth was bulging and a piece of feather was exposed on the outside.
Could it be that he just had dinner?
The kitten opened its mouth, and inside was the white alarm bird, which had been bitten to death by it.
So, he was coming to tell her that he had dealt with the alarm bird? But why?
Qiao Jinnian felt very strange. Could it really be the black-footed cat that she caught last time? But why was he following her?
Qiao Jinnian knew that this kind of cat could walk dozens of kilometers after eating a meal without getting tired, and its hunting skills were very advanced. When she accidentally caught a glimpse of the guinea fowl she raised, she suddenly realized that this cat thought she was very powerful and could carry prey with her.
She didn't understand, but Qiao Jinnian didn't care. This cat was very cute. Let him do whatever he wanted. He could cook for himself anyway.
So, she closed his cat mouth again and said, "Eat quickly, dear, meow——"
The kitten then returned to the ground and began to enjoy its food.
Seeing that the kitten had eaten the alarm bird, Sister Sa was also very kind to the kitten. This is a very powerful cat that specializes in catching various birds.
The kittens are nocturnal animals, but they actually slept in Qiao Jinnian's quilt during the day, which made the little ones very angry. This is their sister's bed, why should an alien species occupy it?
You know, after the four of them grew up a little, they never slept in their sister's bed again. The four little ones decided to work together to drive this annoying little species out of the lion group.
So, after trying to drive Qiangzi away last time, this was the second time they joined forces to drive the kitten away.
However, the black-footed cat is not Qiangzi. Qiangzi is a poor lame cub abandoned by his mother. He is small and a little uneasy, so he will take the initiative to give up his position.
However, although this kitten is small, it is indeed an adult cat.
So, when Qiao Jinnian was cooking for herself, she saw a group of four lions led by Sa Dadan starting to besiege the kitten.
The little kitten was not afraid at all. It was disturbed by the lions and was in a bad mood. It started to pant at the lions: "Ha, ha——"
This was a warning sound, and the four of them were not afraid, so the five of them started fighting.
Qiao Jinnian had never seen a black-footed cat fight a sub-adult lion.
However, she didn't want to see it at all, so she immediately ran over and yelled at a few of them: "Roar--"
Hearing their sister's furious voice, the fourth little one hesitated. At this time, the kitten jumped high and hit him in the face with a big slap.
Sa Dadan was stunned by the beating. He looked at the tiny species on the ground in disbelief. He didn't expect that this animal had such strong jumping ability and attack power.
"Roar, woo, woo, woo--" Sa Dabing was also angry. Not only was he yelled at by his sister, but he was also beaten by the little species. He really wanted to go up and bite the species to death, but he was afraid that his sister would get angry. He was really torn.
Qiao Jinnian felt helpless because her brother was wronged. She picked up the kitten and said to him, "These are my brother and sister. Don't fight with them, or I'll drive you away. Meow—"
Regardless of whether he understood or not, Qiao Jinnian yelled at his younger brother and sister again: "Roar, roar——"
Walking over, Qiao Jinnian hugged her brother's head, rubbed it vigorously, and said to him, "Sister will definitely help you, but you can't bully him. If he bullies you, sister will chase him away, okay? Ouch?"
Sa Dadan seemed to be convinced. In fact, as long as his sister came over to hug him, he knew he was comforted. He threw himself into his sister's arms and even started to act coquettishly: "Oh, woo, woo, woo——"
Qiao Jinnian: “…” No, is there any male lion with a Mohawk acting like a spoiled child like this?
Well, speaking of which, these two younger brothers will be going out to gain experience in another year. Qiao Jinnian suddenly felt that she should indulge them more. Seeing the short and handsome boy with big eyes staring at her, she simply hugged the other brother with a Mohawk hairstyle and rubbed him.
Of course, after kneading both younger brothers, I couldn’t be partial to one over the other, so I held the shy little sister Sa and the soft little Sa paws in my arms and comforted them for a while.
The little kitten was stunned by this scene. He probably had never seen such a bizarre scene in his entire cat life. Such a big lion would act like a spoiled child, and to this weird two-legged beast?
The kitten couldn't stand it anymore. It hadn't slept all night, so it squinted its eyes and thought it would not be bothered by it. It went straight into Qiao Jinnian's bed again.
Although the water level here has been decreasing, it is not to the point where there is no water left.
But in other swamps, the animals are not so lucky.
On this day, Qiao Jinnian was practicing running with Xingxing. Because they had reached the edge of their territory, which was too small, they could only run in circles, round and round, as if they were running on a playground.
Even though the other side was bigger, she didn't dare go over there. There must be a lot of dangers there. If she went there, she wouldn't know how she died.
While I was running, I heard the sound of a flock of vultures flying overhead. As they flew, they made "ah, ah" sounds from their mouths.
Apparently, they must have seen the dead animal from high in the sky so they could enjoy the delicacy directly.
It all looked normal, there were battles everywhere, lives were being lost every day, vultures were flying in the sky, everything was normal.
But when a vast, dark mass of scavengers appears overhead, seemingly endless in number, that's quite unusual.
It was just a vulture, and Qiao Jinnian was not afraid because vultures generally would not attack standing animals, but when you were lying on the ground, they would think you were dying and would take the initiative to kill you so that they could enjoy their delicious food.
Qiao Jinnian was not careless. When he ran to the next lap, he specifically asked the lion father to run with him to see what was happening over there. Why were there so many animals like vultures and marabou storks?
Now Ryan is mainly responsible for protecting the territory. According to his personality, he will not take the initiative to look at the troubles in his territory, because this means that he may get into trouble.
However, Ryan has never been able to do anything with the cub. If he refuses her once, she will pester him a second time. So, he might as well not refuse her at the beginning. If he agrees directly, he won't be annoyed by her.
This is the survival philosophy that this middle-aged lion has slowly summed up - if you can't refuse, then don't refuse.
The four sub-adults, as well as Stripes and Qiangzi, the whole family has to go out, otherwise the territory will be taken over by other lion groups. As long as the family members are there, the territory will be lost. Of course, this is why Ryan doesn't care about this territory. If it were another male lion, he would have taken it back.
Carrying their cubs, the family crossed the entire mountain forest and came to a brand new swamp.
When seeing the scene in front of him, Qiao Jinnian almost thought that he had come to the wrong place. No, shouldn’t this be a swamp?
However, what appeared before our eyes was an entire completely dried-up swamp. At a glance, the swamp had turned into a quagmire, the kind with a hard surface that prevented animals from walking.
Therefore, there were countless hippos, wildebeests, zebras, buffaloes, giraffes, etc. at the scene, completely trapped in the quagmire and unable to move at all.
These are animals that did not leave the swamp in time and could not move when the water dried up.
At this time, they are not dead, but without food, they will slowly die in a few days. No wonder almost all the scavengers in the grassland gathered here.
Because they know that the animals here can't survive.
This was the second time Qiao Jinnian had seen an animal die tragically since the last time he saw a wildebeest die tragically in the river.
However, last time she was able to save the mother elephant because the elephant saved herself, so this time, she didn't think she had any ability to save them.
Is it all we can do but watch them die?
No, no, even if she had the ability to save these animals, did the vultures deserve to have no food?
Qiao Jinnian was defeated by her own thoughts and shook her head repeatedly. She could not go against the laws of nature. This was a world where the strong preyed on the weak and the fittest survived. Was she, a little human cub, thinking too much?
But seeing the tears streaming from the buffalo's eyes made her feel uneasy. Even if they were going to die, shouldn't they just die in the mouths of carnivores? How could they be stuck in the mud like this, unable to move, letting panic take over? This slow death was too horrible.
Closing her eyes, Qiao Jinnian felt that it would be better to leave here quickly, otherwise she would start to have wild thoughts. There were two little people fighting in her mind. On the one hand, she felt that the animals should not die like this, and on the other hand, she felt that the vultures had not done anything wrong, they were just waiting here to pick up the dead bodies to eat.
Just as she was struggling, she heard the sound of an elephant in the distance: "Moo——"
Qiao Jinnian watched from afar and always felt that this herd of elephants should be her old neighbors. But, did they also come to the northern grasslands for a tour every year?
At this time, the herd of elephants came near the swamp. Qiao Jinnian followed the elephants' line of sight and saw that there was another elephant stuck in the mud in the distance.
Under the leadership of the Elephant Queen, the elephants used the method that Qiao Jinnian had taught them, worked together, and used their trunks to point in one direction, determined to push the elephants out.
However, it was obviously not that easy this time, the elephant was in too deep!
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