Chapter 6: Prelude to the Blizzard
The people of the Goshawk tribe have been watching the backlit back of Maiatten cross the rainbow bridge and walk to the highest point of the roadway, and the figure slowly turns from a whole body to a half body until it disappears into the sunlight. I also watched the figure of Etta until it disappeared into the sunlight, and then left the bridge one after another, and the one who should go home went home, and the one who should be busy went home.
Wangmu was still crying, and Uger and another woman helped her back into the house.
Regit said to Ugg to take good care of her, she had a baby in her belly.
As the hunters walked, they asked Regit suspiciously, if there was any crystal grass in the world? Can the old boss really find the Crystal Grass?
Regett replied, "Since there is the name crystal grass, there should be this plant." Just stay in the valley and listen to the legends, and don't look for it yourself, how can you know what is going on? ”
"It's too confusing." One hunter said, "Since there is crystal grass, and the snowy field is so big, who knows which direction it is?" ”
Another hunter said, "If you know the direction, how can you say it's searching?" ”
Tiktor sprang out from behind a hut, his eyes widened, and with a smirk on his face, he said to Regett in a sarcastic tone, "Congratulations, Lord Chief." ”
Regett didn't like Tyktor because the old leader didn't like him, and because Tictor was treacherous, insidious, arrogant, and never took the old leader seriously, and went against the old leader everywhere, and sometimes played tricks on the hunters. For example, Maiatten does not allow the hunt of mammoths, and Tiktor prefers it. Maiatten did not allow the saber-toothed tiger to be hunted, and Tiktor forced several hunters to round up an injured tigress, only to lose the life of one hunter instead of catching it.
Why didn't the old chief let the hunt for animals such as earth pistols, mammoths, saber-toothed tigers, lions, etc.? He has his own version of it. Maiatten believes that in the snowy region, the largest animals are the earth and mammoth, they are not only strong, but also mild, including lions and cheetahs, there is no way to take them as adults, if they are well raised and trained, they will definitely serve human beings in the future. Based on the saber-toothed tiger and the lion, Maiateng has a set of rhetoric. He said that in the snowy regions, the bison and pronghorn are so large and multiply so fast that they eat the little grass that they can show, and some even uproot the grass, so that it is more difficult for smaller, more mobile animals like flat-headed pigs and badgers to forage for food, and they may starve to death. Without these smaller animals for the dire wolf to eat, the dire wolf would sooner or later wipe out the human race.
Yes, nature creates everything to be mutually reinforcing, all to balance the ecology and promote the development of the earth. Survival of the fittest is a law of nature, and there is nothing that should and should not be. If any aspect is out of balance, the biggest culprit is humanity! Because, from the day human beings stood up and walked, their brains were enlarged, they evolved the fastest, they had visual thinking, and they could create inventions, so they believed from the beginning that they were the dictators of the earth!
Human beings believe that everything in the universe belongs to them, so animals are all afraid of humans and hate them! Although some animals are friendly with humans, they are willing to be slaves and used by humans, which is all human beings depriving them of their natural wildness, which is their helpless move!
Regett knew in his heart that if he was "polite" to Tyktor as soon as he took office, in the future, Tyktor would definitely gain an inch, put him out of the way, take away the ivory scimitar, and bury the goshawk tribe.
Regit did not answer Tictor. He deliberately waved the ivory scimitar in his hand and said, "The old leader's order cannot be violated, and if you violate it, you will suffer!" ”
Yes, the congenital and the heavenly, the acquired and the heavenly! This is the law that nature has told mankind, and no one can stop it. Hindering will be punished as it deserves,
Tiktor looked at the backs of Regitt and the hunters, and said to himself, "I see how long you can be proud." Bah! ”
Ever since Maiateng's departure, Wangmu has become increasingly emaciated and bedridden. Ugg was always there for her. The kind women brought her food and fruits, and comforted her by the way. Wangmu thanked them from the bottom of his heart.
Wangmu didn't hurt Etta in vain. On the day of Maiaten's departure, Etta had been sending Maiatten far away, and when Maiatten was about to climb over a small snowy mountain, he stopped, looked back at the snowy area where the goshawk tribe hunters often hunted, and waved to Etta to let it stay, and Etta stopped, like the people of the tribe watched Maiateng cross the small snowy mountain. Since that night, Etta has been perched and accompanied outside the Wangmu house.
Humans have human intelligence, animals have animal spirituality!
Seeing that Etta was shivering in the cold wind and freezing pitifully, Ug told Wangmu about it, but Wangmu could not persuade Etta to leave. Ugg put his mouth to Etta's ear and said a language that Wangmu didn't even understand, and Etta circled his nose, shook his head, and squealed softly.
Ugg said to the Wangm translator: "It says it should stay here. Reluctant to leave. ”
In desperation, Wangmu and Uger made a bunk for Etta outside, and Etta stood happily, flapping her ears, swinging her long nose and shaking her body, and her four big feet took turns to lift up—this was a mammoth dance, a dance in which they celebrated success.
It was overcast, the wind was strong, the temperature plummeted, and the flow of water in the Mammoth Valley decreased rapidly, and began to freeze from both sides of the bank to the middle. The Rainbow Bridge appears much higher, and the downstream water bridge is exposed.
It's getting late. Looking up at the sky, it was dark and oppressive, without a trace of the light of the stars. Looking around, it was white. All the animals and trees became black spots and shadows, and the steep wall behind the house looked even more solemn. The herbivores that live in the Mammoth River Valley puffed out their bellies one by one, and came down the roadway and back over the Rainbow Bridge.
Their late arrival marks a change in the weather, neither snowfall nor at least a storm.
Ugg was sitting with Wangmu by the fire in the house, roasting and talking. They heard a noise outside. Wangmu said that it was Etta who had returned. Ugg went out to take a look, and sure enough, it was. She touched Etta's ear and spoke to it in a language that only Etta could understand. The meaning is probably that the weather has changed, it is too cold here, and it is persuaded to go back to the cave for the night. Etta didn't react, and while kneeling on the ground on her two front legs, she fell sideways and lay on her side on the pyre. Ugg spoke, wiping Etta's eyes and going back to the house.
"Damn it, it's going to be windy." Ugg closed the door and said to Wangm.
"That's a matter of heaven." "Come and make a fire." ”
Wangmu seemed to have a calm face, but in fact, she was worried about Mai Aden's current situation, how is Teng now? Has he found a safe place to rest?
After all, people's hearts are long, and if people outside don't come back for a day, the family will worry about it for a day. It doesn't matter if they're enjoying or sinning.
Uger saw through Wangmu's mind and said, "Aren't you worried about Mai Aten? Hehe, he's now found a cave to sleep in. ”
Wangmu glanced at Uger: "You can find something nice to tell me." ”
Ugg shuddered and said, "I'm still worried about us here!" Storms bring heavy snow, small animals don't go to the snowy area, beasts of prey attack the river valley in search of food, and you are about to give birth...... Oh my God, disaster is coming. ”
Wangmu looked at the nervous "strange-faced witch" in front of him, who was both familiar and unfamiliar, and thought to himself, how could she know everything? Could it be that she has a spirituality beyond the ordinary? Is it the incarnation of God?
In the middle of the night, the wind picked up. The wind blows a whistle. Wangmu was awakened. She instinctively touched Ugg, who was sleeping next to her, and as a result, the quilt was empty underneath. "Uger. Uger. Wanmu cried out, and sat up vigilantly—Ugg wasn't there!
Wearing a quilt, Wangmu wanted to go out to see where Uger had gone. When she hurried to the door, she saw that the two wooden sticks on the top door of Ug had not moved at all before going to bed last night, and Wang Mu couldn't help but get goosebumps all over her body, her face was uncomfortably stretched, and her hair stood on end. She felt her heart beat so hard that it felt like it was about to pop out of her mouth. She quickly turned and ran to the floor, but her legs were too weak to hold her up—and Wangmu fainted with fright.
The fire in the pond was blazing, and the temperature in the house was warmer. The wind was still whistling, and the houses were shaking gently.
Wangmu dreamed that she was breastfeeding her child, and the son of the dead little mammoth, Etta, broke into the house and said, Let's go together. Wangmu said, no, I still have children. The little mammoth said, "The child is in the care of my mother, let's go to Maiateng." So saying, he rolled her up with his nose and put her on her teeth. Wangmu struggled, cried, let me down, my child......
Wangmu woke up from her dream, she sat up with a "whoosh", and saw that Ugg was sitting beside her, about to reach out and touch her face. Wangmu glared with a creepy and screamed "Don't touch me, don't come here" and crawled to the side.
"Wangmu, what's wrong with you?" Ugg said, "It's me." I'm Uger. ”
Wangmu surrounded himself with a quilt and looked at Uger in a trance: "You, where did you go just now?" ”
"I asked Etta to move to the sheltered side." Ugg said seriously.
"The door is always open, how did you get in? I didn't hear a sound. Wangmu was still terrified.
"Hehe, am I still going to be able to change?" "It's that you're so weak, you're hallucinating, you're having nightmares all the time. ”
Hearing what Uger said, although Wangmu was skeptical, her heart calmed down. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I've been feeling like my child is kicking me lately, maybe it's about to give birth." ”
Ugg said, "You're honored. To be able to give birth to a child is not in vain to be a woman and go on a trip in the world. ”