Chapter 9: Dogs and Tigers
Miss Lin and I took guns and flashlights and went along the road to find the missing uncle.
I tried all the way to think about where the uncle might be separated from us, but after thinking for a long time, I didn't have a clue, after all, in the whole process of moving forward, we didn't encounter any forks in the road or anything like that, the vines in the forest are staggered, the terrain is complex, in addition to relying on tools to open the way, it is unlikely that they will be forced to find a way.
Miss Lin said: "Don't worry too much, that uncle may have broken his foot halfway, and then he couldn't speak, so he fell behind before he knew it." β
I nodded and said, "Well, I hope so." β
After coming to the creek, the stream is still tinkling, and there is no sign of any human or animal activity by the stream, from here to the boulder camp, about half an hour's journey, we have done a simple trimming here before, I am not sure that the uncle is still not there at that time, but there should be a high probability that he is leaving the team, but where did the people go?
As I was pondering, suddenly a black shadow flashed through the forest not far away at an incredible speed, and I was 100% sure that my eyes were not flowering, but the thing that flashed was so fast that I couldn't even make out a rough outline.
I asked Miss Lin, "See?" β
Miss Lin nodded, and the gun she was carrying was also dialed to her chest, and I said, "What is that?" So fast? β
Miss Lin shook her head, "I didn't see it clearly, maybe it was some kind of animal on this island, right?" β
Before she finished speaking, the black shadow flashed in front of our eyes again, like a ghost coming and going without a trace, and I thought to myself that this Nima can't be a ghost, right? But fortunately, there is Miss Lin, a sharpshooter, and she is really a ghost and sent it to reincarnate as a human.
I whispered to Miss Lin: "After a while, that ghost thing will come out again, you will give it a shot, whether it is a human or a ghost, and then talk quietly after hitting it first." β
Miss Lin said with some embarrassment: "I'm okay to shoot still, but I'm not sure about moving objects, especially things that are so fast." β
At this moment, not far from the upstream of the creek, a figure suddenly came out of the water, splashing in all directions, we were paying attention to the black shadow in the forest, frightened by this sudden sound almost did not jump, I looked around, out of the water is not someone else, it is the uncle who has not seen before.
The uncle didn't know if it was a ghost possession, or a delirium, but a few sped up in front of us.
Miss Lin is estimated to be well-informed, and she has no awareness of dodging, but just raised the muzzle of the gun to prevent accidents.
The uncle didn't seem to think anything was wrong, and climbed ashore with his bare buttocks.
I cautiously asked, "Uncle, what are you doing here?" What about swimming fitness? β
The uncle, who had not spoken, actually smiled slightly and said: "This island ghost is uncomfortable in the hot weather, old man, I went down to take a bath, don't you say it's really comfortable, do you want to go down and try it?" β
My heart was furious at this time, what did this uncle go through? Look, he behaves like an ordinary person, but I don't know what I'm afraid of.
I asked, "Uncle, why are you separated from us?" And where are your clothes? How did you speak? β
The uncle shook his head with a smile, then walked behind a big tree and took out his clothes, and said as he put them on, "I'm not dumb either. It's just that I was shipwrecked before, and all the people in the family were unfortunately killed except me, and I have lived this old bone for a lifetime, but it was a white-haired person who sent a black-haired person, and I couldn't bear it for a while, so I didn't want to say anything. When the big guy was here to repair before, I leaned against the tree and squinted for a while, but I didn't expect that when I opened my eyes, you were all gone, I was just about to look for you, but I didn't expect a ghost thing to suddenly pounce out, and I didn't stand firm and planted in the water. However, old man, I grew up by the sea since I was a child, and this kind of small ditch is not possible to do anything to me, but I was stimulated by the river, and I suddenly figured out that what should have happened has happened, even if I lose my old bones, I can't change anything, it's better to live well. When I got ashore, my clothes were soaking wet, so I simply took them off and left them to dry, and then went into the water again to swim happily. β
I said, "Uncle, but you didn't want to go to us at the first time, but went down to swim and exercise again, which is a bit unreasonable, right?" Besides, the black shadow that pounced on you didn't do anything to you later? Don't you tell me that it's always on the shore admiring your athletic body and graceful swimming style? β
I don't know what to expect or what will happen on this strange island, and after this uncle and us have been separated for a while, the changes are so great that I have to think about it more.
The uncle said, "I want to go to you, but the problem is that I don't know which direction to look for, I think that if you still have a little conscience, after finding that I am gone, you will definitely return the same way, rather than I go around blindly, it is better to stay where I am and wait for you." As for the shadow, I honestly didn't see it again, it swooped down on me so suddenly that I didn't even know what it was. β
Puff puff! Said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, the black shadow swished out of the forest, the nose hula non-stop, now we can see its true face, it turned out to be an animal similar to a tiger.
I saw that it had yellow hair all over its body, black stripes around it, thick and powerful limbs, and bright claws shining with a dazzling cold light, but this thing was a little smaller than a tiger, but much larger than an ordinary domestic dog, all in all, a species I had never seen before.
Miss Lin picked up the gun, ready to shoot at any time, and I said on the side: "Don't shoot yet, this guy may just want to scare us away, if he wants to attack us, it is estimated that we will go to the Virgin Mary to report at its speed." "Of course, this is only one reason, and the other reason is that I am afraid that if Miss Lin misses a shot and provokes that thing, it will be troublesome.
I led Miss Lin and Uncle Lin, smiling flatteringly and waving my hand, while retreating, the thing just stood there and stared at us, and had no intention of catching up.
When we couldn't see the shadow of the thing, the three of us finally breathed a sigh of relief and strode back to the boulder camp.
When we came back, everyone was very happy, and we told us about the whole experience, and everyone was amazed, they didn't expect that there were such strange animals on this island.
I said, "That thing doesn't look like a tiger, and a dog doesn't look like a dog, so I'll call it a dog tiger after I see it." Although it didn't attack us this time, I don't know if it's because it's the first time I've seen a human, and I'm not sure in my heart, so it's hard to say next time. β
Uncle Song nodded in agreement, "Well, and according to this view, it should go to the stream to drink, we have to be careful when we go to the stream in the future, at least we can't go alone." β
After experiencing this period of getting along, and experiencing the kidnapping of pirates, a group of people who were originally strangers gradually became acquainted, and everyone may have their own life tracks before this, but a shipwreck made the originally parallel tracks intersect, and it may even be difficult to part from now on.
I use the few clichΓ©s in my stomach to inspire everyone, since there is no way to choose the distance, then we can only go through thick and thin, no matter what the final result is, we must live bravely, this is not to steal life, but to respect life, death can eliminate everything, but it should never be the only harbor. There are always thousands of beginnings and thousands of ups and downs in a story, but every time an old chapter is turned over, a new page begins.