A week later, looking at the dying eaglet, Wang Zheng looked at his brother-in-law with some distress and asked, "Uncle, is it dead?" ”

Wu Xiutao smiled, shook his head and touched his nephew's head and said, "Eagles are not ordinary chickens and geese, their lives are hard." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

After he finished speaking, he took a small piece of jerky from his pocket and walked over to Kitty Hawk.

"Hey, kid, it's hard for you, let's eat."

What Wu Xiutao was holding in his hand was the dried rat meat that he and Wang Zheng had caught in the apple orchard in the past few days. The two of them caught the rat with a mousetrap and then cut the meat into small pieces and dried it in the sun.

Just now, the little eagle was still forcing his eyes, and when he heard someone approaching, he opened his eyes weakly.

Wu Xiutao bent down and touched Xiaoying's drooping head, but the other party didn't move. After seven days of not eating a drop of water and no rest, the eaglet was exhausted.

This is the fifth time that Wu Xiutao has fed Kitty Hawk, and the first four times, Kitty didn't open his mouth. Eagles are self-respecting creatures that will easily accept human food, however, this time, it compromises.

It's so hungry.

Boiling falcons is a bit cruel, but it's the only way to have a falcon of your own.

The little eagle opened its mouth and swallowed the mouse jerky handed over by Wu Xiutao in one bite.

Wu Xiutao was very excited, turned back to Wang Zheng and said, "It has surrendered!" Nephew, come and feed it! ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he was also excited.

He also has a lot of rat jerky in his pocket, and he and his uncle have caught a dozen rats in total in the past few days, but the uncle says that these are far from enough.

Running to the eaglet, Wang Zheng was a little worried at first that the eaglet lying on the ground would jump up and peck him, but after feeding it a few bites, he was not afraid.

"Nephew, although this creature has been tossed by us for a week, but today I ate the rat meat you gave, and I recognized you as the master."

Hearing his uncle say that the little eagle in front of him now recognized himself as his master, Wang Zheng laughed with a smile.

"However, it will take three or two months to train this eagle well."

Wang Zheng couldn't wait to start training eagles.

"Uncle, when are we going to train eagles?"

Wu Xiutao has taught his nephew the method of eagle training in the past few days, and Wang Zheng is eager to practice it.

"Feed it some water, and tomorrow when it recovers its strength, it can be trained."

Wang Zheng hurriedly scooped some water with a scoop and let the eaglet drink it.

"It's asleep."

After eating and drinking, Kitty fell to the ground and closed her eyes.

"Will it peck us when it wakes up?" Wang Zheng's eyes stared at the little eagle and asked with a frown.

"No, it now regards you as its master, and it will never peck you in the future."

"Then it's quite loyal." Wang Zheng reached out to touch the smooth feathers of the eaglet.

"Yes, living beings are much easier to deal with than people, and it has recognized its master, and it will never change in the future."

Wang Zheng felt that what his uncle said was very reasonable.

That night, Wang Zheng and his uncle did not spend the night in the hut of the apple orchard. They locked the door and returned to their brother-in-law's house.

The next day, the two of them had breakfast early and went back to the cottage in the apple orchard.

When Xiaoying saw Wang Zheng again this time, it had long lost its initial arrogance, and it gave in and bowed its head like a defeated general. However, it has regained its previous strength and looks fairly refreshed.

Wu Xiutao tied a piece of raw cowhide around Wang Zheng's entire shoulder, protected it with raw cowhide to his wrists, and then handed over his leather gloves to Wang Zheng to bring.

"Let the eagle stand on your arm."

Wang Zheng bit his lower lip and nodded, bent down, crossed his arms, and placed them in front of the eagle, holding the nylon rope that tied the eagle with his other hand.

"Dude, jump up and stand on my arm." Wang Zheng's eyes were fixed on Xiao Ying's eyes, and his mouth kept repeating this sentence.

The eagle walked in a somewhat clumsy posture, with a figure-eight stride. It stared at Wang Zheng's eyes for a while, as if it was a little hesitant, or it couldn't understand what the other party meant.

"Jump up."

Wu Xiutao whistled, and then Wang Zheng tied the other end of the nylon rope to his other arm, and whistled as well.

The eagle finally made up its mind, flapped its wings, and jumped onto Wang Zheng's right arm.

Wang Zheng supported the little eagle with his forearm, stood up, and looked at his brother-in-law happily: "Uncle, it listens to me." ”

Wu Xiutao nodded and said, "Very good, your eagle is much smarter than my one." It took me a long time to whistle and it figured out what it meant, jumping on my arm. ”

When Wang Zheng heard this, he happily touched the feather of the eaglet on his arm, and then stuffed the mouse jerky in his pocket into a small piece of its mouth.

The eaglet ate the rat jerky, and as if grateful, stretched its neck and barked.

"Now train it to go down your arm."

Wang Zheng nodded, walked out of the house with the little eaglet, and walked to the open ground outside. He didn't dare to train eagles in a place full of apple trees, which could easily get tangled in the rope and strangle the eaglet's legs.

After coming to the open ground, Wang Zheng shook his arm forward, and said in his mouth: "Go!" ”

Then, when the eaglet received the order, he flew forward.

It is estimated that it still thinks that the people behind it have a kind intention to release it, and when it flies out, it is extremely excited and powerful. However, when the eagle flew out more than 20 meters, he felt that the thing on his leg was forced, and he fell to the ground again.

"Come back!"

Wang Zheng shouted a few times and came back, but the eagle looked up at the sky with great nostalgia, and that was its paradise. However, how can it do whatever it wants when it is bound by this nylon rope?

Seeing that the other party did not respond after shouting a few times, Wang Zheng ran to the little eagle, bent down, crossed his arms as he had just now, and pointed to his right arm to signal the little eagle to fly up.

Kitty probably thought of the taste of rat meat just now, and this time he jumped up quickly.

Then, according to his uncle's instructions just now, Wang Zheng hurriedly stuffed a piece of mouse meat into Xiaoying.

Wu Xiutao followed and said to Wang Zheng: "Now you can take the eagle home, train five or six times a day, each training for half an hour, after three months, when the eagle has formed a conditioned reflex, you can do whatever you want it to do." ”

After listening to his uncle's words, Wang Zheng smiled and nodded.

"Uncle, it's really hard to train eagles."

"However, after training the eagle, you will not be afraid of anything when you get to the old mountain loop, even if you encounter a wild wolf, you have to hide away when you see a person with an eagle." Laoshantao is a large piece of old mountain forest in the westernmost part of Dazhai Township, with a radius of two or three hundred miles, there are few villages, and wild beasts are infested everywhere.

As soon as he heard his uncle talk about Lao Shantao, Wang Zheng suddenly became interested again.

"Uncle, did you say that there are still wild wolves in the old mountain loop?"

Wu Xiutao nodded: "Yes." ”