Chapter 005: Discovering the Fish Hole
Judging from the sound of them walking forward, they are coming towards the tree hole, and it is estimated that the wild boars have not yet noticed that there are so many people and other animals here, and of course they do not know the power of people and dogs.
The dog and the little wolf had long known that the wild boar herd was coming, and they all pricked up their ears and sat up, staring at the door of the tree hole, ready to go out at any time at the beckoning of their master.
My father secretly estimated that there were about seven or eight of these wild boars, and if they rushed in and squeezed into such a small tree hole, and it was night, everyone could not see it, and it was very likely that they would be injured by the sharp fangs of the wild boars, and the only way was to avoid them from coming in.
So, he quietly told the children to hurry up and block the entrance to the cave with firewood and wood.
Everyone also worked together and piled up all the things that could be used at the door, so that they were relieved.
At this time, the father still did not dare to be careless, checked the contents of everyone's hands again, and deliberately pushed the fire towards the door of the cave, and only waited for the wild boar to rush in.
The wild boars got closer and closer to the tree hole, as if they heard the aroma of everyone finishing their meal in front of them, and they did not stop all the way, but strode directly towards the tree hole.
The hearts of the three cubs were raised to their throats, and all the dogs and wolves were all hairy and grinning, showing expressions of fear in nervousness.
I heard a boom, and one of the wild boars in front arched to the pyre at the entrance of the cave, and arched the firewood straight into the hole.
The eldest son took the steel drill from his father's hand, and stabbed it out from between the firewood with a single lunge.
I only heard a "snort", and the red steel drill passed through the firewood, as if it had touched something outside and blocked it, followed by an exclamation of "ah" from the wild boar outside the cave, and then the other wild boars also jumped and ran away.
But it didn't take long. The wild boars came back to see what was going on, as if they had forgotten what had been hurt, or wanted to come over again to see what was going on.
When he came to the front, he didn't dare to arch his mouth this time, but squeezed it obliquely with his body, and this time the eldest son did not hesitate to poke out with the steel drill. The wild boar outside the cave screamed again and ran away, and before he had gone far, he heard an animal fall to the ground with a "clang", gasping for breath.
Judging from the blackened length of the steel drill head that was withdrawn, everyone estimated that the steel drill had poked into the guy's stomach just now, and he should not have gone far before he fell to the ground.
Two holes in a row went wrong, and the other wild boars turned around and ran, and they didn't know where they had gone.
knew that the group of wild boars had run away, but everyone didn't dare to rush out of the hole at this time to pick up the wild boar that had fallen to the ground just now.
Outside the cave, there is a black rumbling, and the situation is unknown. You can't take this risk at all, and it's not too late to go out tomorrow, even if you don't have this, everyone will still have food tomorrow morning, and it's better to stay in the tree hole safely.
Everyone knew that the danger was gradually gone, so they all relaxed and prepared to arrange for them to take turns to sleep and rest.
As usual, the father slept first, and the children stood on the first shift. Six dogs and two wolf cubs were arranged to stand guard, and the rest of the dogs and wolf cubs rested. Every half an hour, there is a shift of duty, and people are the same as dogs and wolves.
After a busy day, and after a tense confrontation just now, my father was a little out of energy, so he fell asleep, of course, and it had to be so. Otherwise, if you haven't fallen asleep here, it will be your turn to work on the next shift, isn't it a waste of time, and you may fall asleep and delay things when you stand on the next shift.
When my father fell asleep, he began to dream. When I was in a dream, I faintly heard something outside, and I got up and asked the children what had happened.
The children whispered to him that there seemed to be some animal eating outside the cave, probably eating the wild boar that had fallen outside the cave, and they were eating with relish, and they could hear the animal bite off the boar's bones.
Hearing this voice, my father was so frightened that he didn't know what kind of animal was outside the cave.
It shouldn't be a small animal that can bite off a bone, at least it should be a leopard or a tiger or something like that, or a saber-toothed tiger, or a brown bear or something, anyway, it's a very dangerous thing, and everyone doesn't know what to do for a while.
At this moment, I heard the sound of "snorting" from outside the cave.
This sound is generally made by one animal scaring another.
Sure enough, I heard a very large animal running from far and near, stepping on branches along the way, making a "snap and scratch" sound.
Immediately afterward, there was the sound of two animals biting and rolling together.
The fight is accompanied by roars, wails and intimidation, and the "pop" sound of animals being thrown into a tree and falling to the ground, and the "pop" sound of animals being thrown into the air and then falling and hitting the animals below, is exciting and surprising.
The fight between the two animals is really lively and lively, and you can hear the three cubs in the tree hole nervous and anxious, and the dogs and wolves also have strange expressions, forgetting the dangerous situation they are in for a while.
The fight lasted for two or three bags of cigarettes, and finally stopped, and no more movement was heard, and there was no sound of animals eating meat, and I don't know what the outcome was, and it seemed that only tomorrow would know.
If both animals run away, it's never known what happened.
Nothing happened that night, and when the fighting stopped, the noise outside the cave also stopped, as if the sound of the fighting had scared away all the big and small insects and even the little ones.
The three cubs were happy and quiet, comfortably taking turns to sleep and rest, and the little ones were also relaxed, squinting their eyes and napping leisurely.
When I woke up in the morning, the sky was already slightly bright, and the cave was so quiet that only the chirping of whistle chickens remained, and the eldest son yawned, called a few dogs, and carried a bamboo tube to the waterhole to carry water.
The waterhole is still as clear as yesterday, and there are no animal footprints on the edge of the waterhole, except that there seem to be traces of two buttocks sitting on it. The children thought it was funny -- who would come and sit by the water? It seemed that the animals had been scared away by the two guys who were fighting last night, and they didn't even bother to drink water.
The eldest son looked left and right, but found nothing suspicious, and the dog did not appear to be in trouble, so he was relieved to stir up water in the pool, but as he played, he found that the water on the other side of the spring was a little muddy.
This change startled him, and he immediately took a few steps back, grabbed the killing knife, and prepared for defense, while shouting at the same time so that his father and second son in the tree hole not far away could hear.
The dog was concentrating on strolling around the waterhole, and suddenly saw the owner's series of movements, but was startled, thinking that some animal had suddenly come, and then also found the changes in the water, only to see the white foam in the water rolling, as if something was gushing out of the spring.
At this time, the father and the second son also took the guy, and came over with the dog and the little wolf, and asked what was going on, and when they saw that the eldest son was doing well, they were relieved.
When he came to the waterhole, he was dumbfounded when he saw the white foam rolling in the spring, and hurriedly took a few steps back, telling the dog and the little wolf to pay attention to the vigilance, and at the same time raise his knife and prepare for the fight.
After a while, the water in the pool was all muddy, and the tumbling white foam was already covering the entire pool.
It was also at this time that everyone saw clearly that what gushed out of the spring was a white fish the size of two fingers, and I thought it was white foam without looking carefully just now.
The fish followed the canal slowly, and the fish in the pool were very excited, jumping, jumping, and frolicking, as if they had never been so happy, and bouncing the water everywhere.
Seeing that there was no danger, everyone's nervous hearts also relaxed, and the second son even smiled and said that he didn't know if this fish could be eaten.
My father said I could give it a try, but I didn't know where these fish came from, so it was better to be careful. After the father finished speaking, he took some of the dogs back to the hollow of the tree.
At this time, it is not early, and he has to hurry to cook for everyone, and at the same time feed the dogs and wolves. After the father went back, the eldest son and the second son used a bamboo basket to hug the waterhole a few times, and then loaded a small half basket of fish and went back.
They wanted to taste the fresh fish and see how it tasted different from the fish they had eaten the night before.
When the children returned to the tree hole, their father had already gutted the longan chicken, wrapped the whole body of the longan chicken in thin mud, put it in the hot ashes under the fire, and boiled a pot of wild vegetable soup.
The children had never seen their father cook so quickly, they had only been delayed by the waterhole for a while, and their father had done so much, probably because he had just patronized and watched the fish, and time passed quickly.
The children chop up the aardvark meat and let the dog and wolf take turns eating breakfast.
When the little ones were full, the pot of fresh soup wafted out of the fragrance, and the children grabbed the bowl and scooped it up to drink, and the father hurriedly stopped and said that it would be better to cook it again, anyway, the roast chicken is not cooked yet, don't just drink a stomach of water.
Now everyone is fine, only bored to watch the bubbles in the soup pot one bubble after another, the more you look at the stomach, the hungrier you become, the more hungry you are, the more panicked you become, as if you haven't eaten for more than ten days. Looking at the children's greedy faces, the father couldn't help but laugh.
It's been a long time since I've seen my father smile so happily, and the children are happy in their hearts, after all, life can't be all stress, there must be some laughter.
"We'll have to wait a little bit anyway, it's okay now, or you can go and see the two animals that fought yesterday. If you still have wild boar, bring it back for everyone to eat. The father said to the children, "I almost forgot about it just now." ”
The children were anxious as if they were grasping something, and when they heard what their father said, they hurriedly took the dog and the little wolf and left.
Following the direction of the noise they had heard last night, they looked for it, and soon found in the distance that the ground was in a mess, with branches broken and weeds overpowering a large patch, and when they came to look, they saw a wild boar that had been torn to a small part of its flesh, and a little farther away were two things that looked like raccoons and brown bears, lying motionless on the ground.
Although the dog and the little wolf had just eaten enough, they were so happy to see so many delicious things placed here that they were running all over the ground, sniffing this and licking that. (To be continued.) )