68 fire
◎After all, no matter how hungry you are, nothing is as terrifying as a fire.◎
There was a big fire on the grassland. The animals were suddenly panicked and some were dizzy, not knowing where to run. Some passed through their own lion group and continued to run west. Some saw a puddle here and stayed there to drink water. Some turned around and started running towards the south.
Qiao Jinnian quickly climbed up the high rock and looked at the grassland in the distance. He found that the fire was still spreading across the entire grassland and showed no sign of stopping.
However, the white rhinos on the grassland had thick skin and flesh. When they saw the fire, they ran forward and tried to put out the fire with their thick hooves.
Several white rhinos rushed towards the fire, but the fire was obviously too fierce to be stopped by the efforts of a few white rhinos.
Finally, even the white rhinos gave up and ran south.
Of course, in addition to those running towards the south, there were also many animals that were in a panic and fled nearby, running towards the grasslands further north.
The northern grasslands were too small and crowded with herbivores, making them unsuitable for gathering. Therefore, Qiao Jinnian quickly made a decision that his lion group must run south. After all, there was the largest river there. Even if the water flow in the entire grassland dried up, there would still be water there, and the fire would definitely end there.
So, Qiao Jinnian quickly ran down the rock and yelled at Ryan: "Roar--"
After she finished roaring, amid the chaotic sounds of animals fleeing, she did not try to roar again, but stretched out her hand and pointed towards the south.
All the family members understood what she meant, and Ryan did not refuse. He shouted at her: "Roar--"
This is what the lion father meant for her to ride on.
Qiao Jinnian also knew that now was not the time to show off, so without hesitation, she jumped onto her father's back.
Ryan roared at the other lions in the pride and then led the way towards the south.
In the face of disaster, animals will only pay attention to the family members they care about most, so Ryan can only take care of the safety of his own cubs, and the other members have to fend for themselves.
Of course, Sister Sa will also take care of the safety of her four cubs. Fortunately, they are all over two years old and can save themselves.
After half a year of growth, Stripes has grown up too. There is no need to worry. The jackal and the flathead are both adult animals and can escape on their own. Only Qiangzi is still a cub.
However, he was a strong cub and would not wait for other animals to rescue him. His desire to survive was very strong, so he just followed Ryan closely to make sure he did not fall too far behind.
The lion group was running desperately towards the south. Fortunately, the fire spread from the northeast, so the south was not surrounded by the fire. The whole family successfully broke through the fire. After a long journey, they finally got away from the fire. Then they slowed down and began to run towards the river in the south.
However, not all lion groups are as lucky as his own. The lion group next door was a temporarily reorganized family. When the disaster struck, the two male lions only cared about their two brothers and escaped, abandoning the entire group.
The lionesses and their cubs started to run away, but animals are naturally afraid of fire. The lionesses bravely broke through the line of fire and jumped over, but the cubs were scared. Only three of them jumped over, and the other two did not dare to jump.
While she was hesitating, the mother lioness saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger, so she had no choice but to jump back again, pick up her own cub with her mouth, and jump over again. There was another cub, and the mother lioness had to repeat the same action again.
However, this time, the lioness mother was not so lucky. Her fur was burned by the fire and she was injured.
The mother lioness was injured and her facial expression was painful as she blinked her eyes and opened her mouth as if looking around. Fortunately, her cubs were in front of her, so she endured the pain and fled to the north with her cubs.
The baboon group was also frightened by the fire and split into two teams. One team fled to the north in panic, and the other team saw their leader in panic and followed the leader's direction to run to the south.
But a few were left at the scene, running around like headless flies, and a little baboon was forgotten on a tree branch, looking at the surrounding trees in confusion as they began to be ignited by the passing fire.
Fortunately, the little baboon's mother escaped from the sea of fire, only to find that her cub was not on her back. She rushed into the sea of fire again, yelling at the little baboon in the tree.
With the support of its mother, the little baboon bravely opened its arms and jumped towards its mother, directly into her arms.
The mother and son continued to follow the direction the leader left.
The giraffes were tall and had long legs, and they used their height advantage to easily cross the sea of fire and disperse in both directions.
Of course, there are also birds in the sky, and they have the leisure to fly while looking for insects roasted by fire on the tree branches to eat. Perhaps roasted insects are more fragrant.
At this time, only the vultures circling high in the sky are not afraid of the fire, because they are birds, and the coming of the fire means that a large number of animals will be burned to death, which will make them delicious meals.
The fire burned fiercely, visibly deforming the air. Wherever the flames spread, no grass grew. The flames devoured everything. The air was filled with the smell of burning animal carcasses and thick smoke, telling us that something terrible was happening on the grassland.
The grassland was in chaos, but there were still some small animals that had lived in caves for a long time. They would go back to their caves for refuge, and the fire seemed to have little impact on them.
Amidst the noisy sounds of "chirp, chirp," "ahhhh," "coo coo coo," and "roar, roar," what should have been an ordinary day of the survival of the fittest has turned into a day where carnivores and herbivores are running for their lives together.
Just like in the rainy season, when it rains it is a time for all animals to stop fighting, when there is a prairie fire, it seems to be a time for all animals to stop fighting.
After all, no matter how hungry you are, nothing is as terrifying as a fire.
Qiao Jinnian and his family finally arrived at the largest river. There were also thousands of animals that had fled here. They all gathered here and dispersed along the river bank.
The fire, hunger and crazy running have consumed too much energy. Now it is the hottest season of the year on the grassland, and the river water level has dropped sharply, but the little water that remains has become a life-saving medicine for the animals.
All the animals spontaneously lowered their heads to lick the water in the river. Even the giraffes lowered their front bodies almost in a split position and tried hard to drink water.
Usually, when a group of lions appear by the river, the herbivores will leave on their own accord. However, today's situation is special, so everyone temporarily put aside their grudges and drank to forget their grudges.
Qiao Jinnian was also sitting by the river. Fortunately, there was still some water left in her cup, enough for her to drink today.
Looking back to the north, the fire there was still burning. If the fire came to this shore, all the animals would have to cross the river and go to the other side of the river for refuge.
Not only Qiao Jinnian looked back to the north, most of the animals were looking to the north, thinking about their next escape direction.
After everyone had a good rest, they couldn't help but line up in a row and quietly look at the big fire in the north. All the animals prayed in their hearts that the fire would go out quickly so that they could return home as soon as possible.
I don’t know if the prayers worked, or maybe the fire caused the rain.
The rain was not heavy, but it kept drizzling for most of the day, and the fire on the entire grassland was completely extinguished.
Although the animals were soaked, there was light in their eyes. It was great that the fire was finally out and they could go home.
However, when all the animals returned to their homes, they found them devastated, with trees and grass scorched and everything destroyed.
But they had no choice but to return here. After all, it was the dry season, the south was barren and there was little food.
In fact, for carnivores, it is easy to deal with herbivores everywhere, but those herbivores that rely on leaves and grass are in a miserable situation.
They looked towards the north with confused eyes and migrated further north.
Qiao Jinnian calculated the time. In fact, it was already the end of the dry season, so there was no need to migrate again. They would soon leave here and return to their home in the south.
Only the stripes and hares needed grass. Qiao Jinnian didn't know what they ate, but when she saw that there were still leaves on some taller trees that had not been burned, she climbed up the trees and broke off the leaves to see if they would eat them.
Unexpectedly, they still had food to eat, so Qiao Jinnian decided to return to this place and not move.
In recent days, the carnivores on this grassland have picked up many animal carcasses in vain. These are animals that did not have time to escape, or were injured and unable to get up, or were trampled to death, or ran too slowly and were burned to death.
In short, the carnivores ate roasted meat for several days and did not need to hunt for several days.
Thinking that the big lion might need some salt after eating cooked meat for a few days, Qiao Jinnian dissolved the salt water in a basin, put it on the ground, and let the animals in the house drink some of the salt water.
Normally they don't need to eat salt, and eating too much is not good for them, but now is a special period, so they still need to supplement some salt.
The animals all loved the salt and drank it happily. Whoever was thirsty would come over and lick it. No one looked down on anyone else, even if Stripes drank next to Ryan. This was probably why his own pride looked so strange to the other animals, because the territorial lions themselves were very strange.
A few days later, a single male elephant came and started ramming into the trees in the bushes around them. After knocking the trees down, he ate the leaves directly from the trees. But based on his body size and long nose, Qiao Jinnian felt that he could actually reach the top of the tree and there was no need to knock the tree down.
But she didn't dare to disturb the bull elephant. A mad bull elephant could be quite scary.
But he knocks down a tree every day, which is a bit scary. So, Qiao Jinnian came out of the bushes and stood on the highest rock to observe the elephant. If he really is a crazy male elephant, she may need to find some external help. She must drive him away in advance, otherwise what if he goes crazy and runs over to trample the members of her own lion group to death?
But the bull elephant suddenly turned around and faced her. She then discovered that a large section of the elephant's trunk had been burnt by the fire, and the middle of the trunk had become completely hollow, which was a horrible sight. In other words, the elephant had become disabled, and the back half of its trunk could not stand upright, making it impossible for it to reach the leaves on the top of the tree. That's how it was.
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