After expressing the emotion in his heart, Vladimir suddenly asked Zhang Zi'an: "Do you think there is a god in the world?"

"Well...... Sometimes I think there is, sometimes I don't, sometimes I think I should, sometimes I don't think it matters. Zhang Zi'an replied truthfully, in fact, this is the common mentality of most people.

He remembered the makers of the Pet Hunter game, and added, "I think there might be something higher in the underworld, but it doesn't have to be a god." ”

Vladimir smiled and did not speak.

Zhang Zi'an didn't know whether it was right or wrong for him to encourage it, but he felt that its efforts did pay off, and the scattered stray cats initially united and concentrated on big things.

"Speaking of nature, you just asked the kitten why he couldn't get down on his own after climbing the tree, right?" he pulled the conversation back to the original question.

"Well, so I don't think it's afraid of heights, but if it's afraid of heights, how can it climb so high?" Vladimir nodded with a strong curiosity, "Is this similar to the nature of a cat that only meows at people?"

Not everyone has ever owned a cat, and most of those who have had a cat have only one cat, and even if they have more than two cats, they rarely pay attention to the interaction between cats, especially when the cat owner is not present. To put it simply, when there are no humans present, cats basically don't meow at each other, because there is no need to sell cuteness to each other, and even if they do, there will be no food to deliver......

Meowing is almost like some kind of skill that cats have evolved specifically to please humans, and I have to admit that this evolution is undoubtedly super successful, and it is probably Darwin's conspiracy to make humans willingly become shovelers.

"Wait a minute. ”

Zhang Zi'an returned to the store and saw that the clerks had also finished eating and were taking stock of the goods and packing up the items, he went up to the storage room on the second floor and found a folding ladder to carry it down.

The clerks were a little puzzled to see him carrying the ladder outside, and he truthfully explained that there was a kitten trapped in the tree.

He carried the ladder back to the bottom of the tree, propped it up, shook it to make sure it was secure, climbed to the top of the ladder, brushed away the branches and leaves that were in the way, and stretched out his hand to the yellow and white kitten.

The kitten was a little scared, after all, it was a stray cat, and it had not been in close contact with people, and there was no mother cat to teach it how to deal with humans. It shrank up and tried to dodge, but there was nowhere to hide between the narrow branches, and finally Zhang Zi'an grabbed its armpits with both hands and hugged it down.

"Why can it go up the tree but not down? Look closely at its claws. ”

Zhang Zi'an lifted one of its front paws for Vladimir to see.

"The claws of felines, as well as those of other animals, are mostly hook-shaped and bent towards the palm, for the purpose of hunting, to prevent the prey from escaping, and to immobilize the body when climbing and jumping," he gestured to him. ”

Vladimir raised one of his front paws again, looked down, and nodded in agreement.

"With such paws, it is very convenient to climb up trees, so the kitten can easily climb to high places, even though it may not have climbed trees before at all...... But when it wants to come down from the tree, there's a problem. Zhang Zi'an pouted at Shu Nunu, "Vladimir, you can try it yourself, practice is the only criterion for testing the truth." ”

Without thinking, Vladimir jumped to the edge of the tree, reached out his claws and climbed up the tree with two clicks.

"Come down now. Zhang Zi'an emphasized, "Be careful, don't use jumping, but slowly climb down the tree." ”

Vladimir was immediately keenly aware of the problem.

It also often jumps over trees and walls to climb high, but it relies on its body to be flexible, and always climbs to the highest point and jumps down directly, if it is too high, it borrows its strength from a slightly lower place and jumps down like jumping steps. With its fiery temper, there has never been a precedent for it to go down slowly.

At this point, it tried to climb slowly down from the tree, and felt awkward in several positions.

Zhang Zi'an reminded under the tree: "You are climbing up with your head and feet, and if you want to climb down, you still have to go down with your head and feet, backwards, only in this way can your claws pick up the trunk and bark." ”

Vladimir turned around as he was told, as if he had recorded the action of climbing the tree and then played it upside down, and slowly climbed backwards down the tree.

"It's awkward. It said uncomfortably, "It's better to jump off and be comfortable." ”

"Of course, but a kitten like this wouldn't dare jump directly. Zhang Zi'an put the yellow and white kitten on the ground, and when he was carrying the ladder just now, he put a can of cat food in his pocket by the way, opened it and pushed it in front of it.

The yellow and white kitten wanted to run, but when he smelled the smell of fish in the cat's can, he couldn't help but come over, and after smelling it, he put his face into the canned food and snorted and started eating.

"But how do you know?" asked Vladimir.

He smiled: "After all, I run a pet shop, this is common sense, and I have seen many such cats, climbing up to high places but trapped, will not come down on their own, if there is no mother cat to teach them." ”

The yellow-and-white kitten was probably separated from its mother very early, and before her mother could teach her how to climb and climb trees, she had to slowly explore it on her own as she wandered, or when she grew up, she simply jumped off like Vladimir.

After climbing to a high place, people know that they should climb down the same way with their heads and feet, but cats are not used to retreating, and even when they come down from a high place, they always want to go head and feet, but the shape of their claws determines that they can only move their heads and feet and slowly move their buttocks down, otherwise they will not be able to hook the bark.

The yellow and white kitten wanted to climb down the tree, but found that its claws could not hook the tree and always had to slide down, and it did not dare to jump, so it was trapped in the tree.

Zhang Zi'an stared into the distance and recalled: "When I was a child, my parents told me a story that a long, long time ago, cats were the most powerful animals in the forest, and even tigers that were much larger than cats had to learn from cats the skills of foraging, fighting, and survival. The cat is rigorous in learning and teaching, and the tiger is also very serious in learning, and has learned almost all the skills of cats. The tiger has bad intentions, and after learning the skill, he wants to dominate the forest, and even wants to eat the cat, but the cat is actually on guard, and deliberately does not teach the tiger how to climb the tree, and when the tiger comes to eat it, it climbs to a very high tree, making the tiger stare under the tree. Later, people also made up a postscript based on this story, the cat teaches the tiger - to keep a hand. ”

The story has been widely circulated, and there are various versions of it, but the main plot is the same.

Vladimir listened attentively and with great interest.

Zhang Zi'an smiled and said: "When I heard this story, I thought it was incredible, what is so difficult about going up the tree, why do you have to teach the cat? The cat can go up, but the tiger with such a big man can't go up? But in fact, it really needs to be taught, otherwise you may be trapped after going up, even the tiger of the king of all beasts, after all, the tiger is also a feline." The person who made up this story is not just making it up, at least he has carefully observed life. ”

Vladimir suddenly said, "Very interesting story." In the future, when I encounter a cat trapped in a high place, I can show them how to climb down without having to go back to you to carry the ladder. ”

"Master!"

"Manager, we're done packing up and going home first! ”

The clerks finished their work for the day, found that Zhang Zi'an had not returned, walked out of the store, saw him standing under a tree a little farther away, and shouted to him.

"Got it, be careful on the road. Zhang Zian also waved in response.

The clerks left together, and sent Lu Yiyun back to the rental house as usual, and the remaining three went back to the school dormitory together.

Vladimir turned his head to look at the distance of the street and said to Zhang Zi'an: "It's not early, you go back first, I still have something to do, just leave me a window crack as usual." ”

"Okay, you should also be careful, don't be reckless, if you encounter something that can't be done, you can come back to us for help. Zhang Zi'an is still quite worried about whether it will encounter the cat god statue alone at night, even if it is full of confidence, but after all, the cat god statue is not easy to deal with.

It smiled slightly, "Don't worry, death doesn't belong to meowists." ”

With that, it took a brisk step and turned to leave.

"By the way, one more thing. Zhang Zi'an raised his voice slightly, and said to its back: "Vladimir, if you want to do something, just let it go! Even if you make any mistakes, everyone and I will try our best to help you make up for it!"

Vladimir paused, did not look back, but raised one of his front paws to indicate that he understood.

"Also, try to come back early if possible. Zhang Zian finally added.

This time, it was noncommittal, without pausing, and ran straight into the darkness in the distance.

I don't know when, Lao Cha appeared next to Zhang Zi'an, squinting at Vladimir's distant back with his beard, and said slowly: "Sure enough, it is a generation of new cats replacing old cats, and the old man can only save a few cats even if he fights for his life, and with the help of Pegas, he can only save thousands of cats at most, but Vladimir can save thousands of cats...... In this era, there is no need for chivalry. ”

Zhang Zi'an said with a smile: "Old man Cha, you are too modest, there is no need for chivalry in this world, but the spirit of chivalry is eternal, only with chivalry, everyone is a chivalrous." ”

Lao Cha nodded with satisfaction, leisurely.

Vladimir came to a sudden halt as he ran out of sight, turning in the twilight shadows, the sound wafting in the distance.

"I think you're wrong, there is no god in this world! Even if a god appears in front of me, I will let him taste the iron fist of meowism!"