Twenty-four, a difficult way home
That day, Qiuqiu felt that his physical strength was almost recovered, and said to Erha and Teddy to take them home, Erha was convinced of Qiuqiu's words, in his mind, Qiuqiu was a god-like existence, and it was Qiuqiu who saved him and a dozen of his kind.
After many days of wandering, Qiuqiu, Erha and Little Teddy have been walking together, because they have a common home, and now they are finally going home, and when they return home, they don't have to go hungry and don't have to worry about being bullied.
When it was dark, they came out from under the bridge.
Human beings like to choose daytime when traveling, because human beings mainly perceive the world by sight, and other sensory organs are seriously degenerated; In the wonderful world of the earth, dogs, and many animals prefer the night, and their sense of smell, hearing and vision has been co-evolving, becoming more and more sensitive and easier to use.
It makes sense for Qiuqiu to choose to walk at night, there are many people on the road during the day, there are many cars, and there are hidden dangers everywhere, especially some naughty children, who like to play pranks and hurt stray small animals for fun.
There is less human activity at night and the world is much safer. But it is not absolute, the night is also the world of nocturnal animals, such as owls, bats, solitary stray dogs, which is also where the danger lies, but compared to humans, there is much less danger between animals, humans are the most terrible and cruel bipeds.
Qiuqiu and his friends walked and stopped, trying to distinguish the various smells, the smell on the ground was mixed, and the gossamer smell of his master was masked and difficult to distinguish.
Qiuqiu led his partner in the direction he had predetermined, believing that if he followed this direction, he would eventually capture the scent of his master, which was where his home was.
Erha walked in front heartlessly, with Qiuqiu and little Teddy following behind. As Qiuqiu walked and sniffed, he found that there were smells of the same kind everywhere, and the city had been divided into countless territories by the invisible smell of the same kind, and each territory had its owner, and passing through these territories meant danger. Because not all of their kind are peace-loving, some of them are violent and ferocious, and they kill those who venture into their territory mercilessly.
Walking two streets, Qiuqiu suddenly smelled a dangerous smell, and he immediately issued a "woo" alarm to Erha, and they all stopped.
Not far ahead, next to a garbage can, there were a pair of vicious eyes staring at them like a ghost, it was an unfriendly threat, and further on, there was probably a fight. Although there are three of them, there is only one on the other side, and there is an absolute advantage of three to one, but Qiuqiu doesn't want any more fighting, no food and no territory, he just wants to go home and return to his master.
Qiuqiu and his companions retreated the same way, bypassing the vicious eyes from the side street.
I can't remember how many streets I walked through, and there was still no smell of the owner, so the ball stopped, carefully identified the direction, and confirmed that there were no mistakes before moving on.
After walking a few more streets, Qiuqiu found that it was the way back, and Qiuqiu suddenly realized that he had made a mistake. The wind in the city blows from the gaps in the buildings, and the direction is unpredictable, and the direction cannot be discerned by smell.
Qiuqiu stopped, instinctively reorienting himself, this time not searching for the scent, but going around no matter how he did, only in the direction he had identified.
Qiuqiu's strategy succeeded, and after a few more streets, he sniffed the strong smell of his master, and he ran over to find the smell, which was a stinky sock of the owner, fixed with wide tape to the base of a fire crane.
Qiuqiu said to Erha: "I have found the master, we are not far from home." ”
Erha and Little Teddy both came over to sniff, and Erha said, "This smell is very familiar, is this your master?" ”
Qiuqiu nodded. Erha said again: "Why can't I smell home." ”
Qiuqiu said confidently: "It's fast, I'll smell it in a while." ”
The same smell came from not far in front of the fire crane, and the ball ran over, and it was the smell of the owner, and it was also a rag fixed to the iron fence with wide tape.
Qiuqiu's spirits lifted, it may be that the owner is showing the way, he followed the smell all the way down, found the last piece, but there was no more.
Fans are confused and don't know whether to move forward or backward.
Qiuqiu squatted on the side of the road and rested for a while, discussing with Erha what to do next? Erha said: You can go how you say.
There is no need for a reason, no need for argumentation, instinct tells Qiuqiu, go back the same way, return to the fire crane, and continue to sniff.
Qiuqiu returned to the fire crane, looking around, in the opposite direction was a wide road, the smell of the owner came from the other side of the road, Qiuqiu crossed the road, and sure enough, he found the smell cloth again.
There were more cars and pedestrians on the road, and it turned out that it was already dawn.
A child with a schoolbag was riding a bicycle on the sidewalk, and the front wheel shook and knocked the little teddy out more than a meter away, and the little teddy lay on the ground screaming, and he didn't get up after climbing several times.
Erha immediately ran over to block the little Teddy to avoid further damage. Fortunately, little Teddy was just scratched by the bicycle, not a head-on impact, and stood up after a while, if it was a direct collision, I am afraid that his life would be difficult to protect.
There are more and more pedestrians and cars on the road, and it is too dangerous to continue walking.
Qiuqiu found an abandoned cement culvert in the triangle of the intersection, so it was better to go in and hide and wait until it was dark before leaving.
Qiuqiu took his companion to drill the culvert, but they smelled a foul smell, it turned out that there was a corpse of the same kind at the other end of the culvert, which was highly decomposed, and they immediately retreated.
The rabbit dies and the fox is sad, and the thing hurts it. The dog also has simple feelings, I don't know if this is a stray dog or a domestic dog, what is the reason why he died here.
Dogs are man's best friend, kind and loyal, and many native dogs in the countryside have a premonition that when the limit comes, they will choose to run away from home and die alone in the wilderness.
Some people interpret that this behavior of the dog is afraid that the owner will be sad, and some experts interpret that the dog just wants to be quiet in the last moments of its life and is afraid of disturbing. Experts often talk nonsense and self-righteous foolishness.
No matter how humans interpret it, dogs are an animal worthy of kindness and respect, which is also the original motivation for dog lovers to repeatedly play games with unscrupulous dog dealers and oppose the dog meat trade in recent years.
The day passed, and when it got dark, Qiuqiu and his friends finally came to the gate of the community following the smell of rags. The familiar, mixed smell came to the face, and the three dogs barked excitedly, and rushed in without looking back.
Qiuqiu ran to the door of Yu Long's unit, the door was closed, he wanted to wake up his master, but he couldn't make a loud sound. Erha understood the meaning of Qiuqiu and shocked the entire community with a loud cry.
The lights in Yu Long and Sun Chao's rooms were turned on, and Qiuqiu heard Yu Long's footsteps coming downstairs, and his excited little heart was pounding. Qiuqiu arched Erha with his head and told him: My master has come down, you go home.
Erha led Teddy in the direction of his house.
The door of the unit finally opened, and Yu Longha picked up the ball at his waist and hugged it tightly in his arms, like a child, crying loudly.
At this moment, Yu Long suddenly realized: Qiuqiu has become like his interdependent relatives, indispensable friends, you are finally back, thank God!