The lion goes wandering

Chapter 6 Cannibalism (1)
It was late at night, and the Luolian Prairie was silent.A crescent moon shyly rose from the horizon, casting a bleak white light on the earth.

Lying under the sugar palm tree, Black Mane was unable to move, let alone stand up and walk. Every time he took a breath, his chest was burning with pain.The chin was kicked by the deer's hoof into a comminuted fracture, hanging on the face, and would sway in the wind. I am afraid that I will not be able to chew anymore in this life.There are also chest ribs, at least five or six were kicked and broken, even if he survived, he became a disabled lion.

The big lion, the scarred face, the peach blossom eyes and the red streamer lined up, lying in front of the black mane, with sad eyes and regretful expressions all over his face.

The youngest red streamer put her knees on the ground, climbed up to the black mane, carefully licked its paws with her tongue, and made a series of soft noises from her throat—all cats make such noises, commonly known as Cat chanting to Buddha is actually a kind of call to show goodwill, and it can also be said to confide in one's heart.Tears glistened in the eyes of the red streamer, the beard fell down sadly, and the pinnae of the ears kept beating, showing the extreme sadness in the heart, as if to say: Big brother, it’s all my fault, if I didn’t stop first on the way to hunt , the second brother, the third brother, and the fourth brother will not stop, I am the one who hurt you!

Now you know that you regret it, so what's the use?Black Mane looked at the four brothers in front of him with eyes full of resentment. If he could still stand up, he would mercilessly reward them with paws and slap them until their heads were bleeding, as a punishment!Alas, if you hadn't been lazy, if you hadn't stopped in the middle of the chase, it wouldn't be me lying on the ground now, but a giraffe!Not only will I not be injured, but you don’t have to go hungry, and we all don’t have to be sad and sad like holding a memorial service, but can happily gather together for a celebration feast with deer blood instead of wine.

Alas, what are you thinking about, and it’s useless to criticize. There is no time tunnel in this world, and it is impossible to go back to the time and space when the giraffe just appeared, and let the hunting just now happen again.

Suddenly, ah, vomit—a shrill howl pierced the silence of the night.With that horrible howl, in the dark bushes in the front left, countless green eyes lit up like fireflies, moving in the darkness.

You can tell at a glance that it is a group of annoying hyenas coming.

Hyenas are the most greedy and ferocious carnivorous beasts on the African grasslands. Their howls are terrible and unpleasant. Hundreds of them gather in a group to pick up carrion. They will also follow large carnivores such as lions or leopards to eat lions Or leftover animal remains eaten by leopards.Hyenas have solid sharp teeth and firm jaws, and are very good at crushing bones. Even the femur bones of African buffaloes or zebras can be "contracted" to clean up, leaving no bones left, so they are called "prairie scavenger". nickname.

Hyenas not only eat without spitting out bones, but also swarm from far away like flies smelling blood, and cannot be driven away. Therefore, lions hate hyenas very much.Generally speaking, hyenas do not dare to offend lions known as the "King of the Grassland", especially the mighty and brave lions. They stand far away and dare not approach them. Dare swarm up to clean up the wreckage.

Now, a huge herd of hyenas was peeking out at the edge of the bush about a hundred meters away from the sugar palm trees, yelling—ah—oh—yelling.

Obviously, the hyena with an extremely sensitive sense of smell smells the blood that keeps pouring out of its mouth that cannot be closed, and knows that death is about to happen here, so it is waiting to collect the corpse, Black Hyena thought.It was so angry that it really wanted to rush over and growl, scaring these ugly-looking and wretched-spirited hyenas to the bum, and ran away.It's a pity that it can't stand up, let alone rush out majestically and bite.It let out a bloody moan from its broken mouth.

Big Lion, Scarface, Peach Blossom Eyes, and Red Ribbon heard its lament, stood up slowly, roared, and ran towards the hyena group.

After all, it is my brother, knowing that it needs to be quiet at this moment, and helping it drive away the annoying hyena group, Black Hyena finally has some comfort in his heart.It thought that usually when a male lion intervenes, no matter how many hyenas there are, they will retreat like a tide. Now that four male lions are attacking at the same time, the hyenas must be terrified and escape faster than rabbits.

But to its surprise, the hyenas were not afraid. Four half-sized male lions rushed to the east to threaten, and the hyena group turned to the west; when they rushed to the west to roar, the hyena group circled to the east.Four semi-big male lions divided into two teams, attacking from the east and west sides, the hyena group simply jumped over the sugar palm trees and hid behind the black hyenas.

When the group of hyenas passed by the black hyena, an old hyena with many black and brown stripes on its body and limbs, I don't know whether it accidentally went astray, or deliberately taunted its black hyena, and its dirty body rubbed against its front. Legs passed by, and the short hyena tail swept its forehead heavily-swatting flies on the tiger's head, and sweeping dust on the lion's head, this is really a disgrace to the world!

The black hyena couldn't figure out why these hyenas were so bold, did they eat leopard gall or did they have a short-circuited nerve?Look at the hyenas passing by, with their dark mane on their shoulders and back.There are three species of hyenas in Africa: the hyena, the spotted hyena and the brown hyena.These guys are undoubtedly the smallest hyenas. They are small and weak, and they are not as ferocious as the largest spotted hyenas. Why would they dare to play a dangerous game of hide-and-seek with four male lions?

Could it be that these guys saw that the mane on the shoulder blades and necks of the four male lions driving them hadn't fully grown yet, and knew that they were half-children with little hunting experience, so they didn't take them seriously?No, no matter how young a male lion is, it is still a male lion, not made of paper or mud, not to mention biting, the huge body will crush the hyena to death even if it is crushed.Besides, with four lion mouths and eight lion claws, the lions are so powerful that it is impossible for them not to be deterrent!
Why are you so insolent?Why so unscrupulous?
Black Mane quickly found the right answer.It saw that the red streamer that was driving the hyena was getting slower and slower, and suddenly staggered as if drunk, his legs softened, and he fell to the ground with a thud, vomit, vomit, helpless wailing.Immediately afterwards, the big-headed lion, scarface and peach blossom eyes all fell down weakly.The four brothers looked at it pitifully with godless eyes, as if saying: Brother, our strength has been exhausted, and we really can't catch up!

Oh, these nasty hyenas, these damn smart ghosts, from the hoarse roar of four half-sized male lions, the hollow belly that has been attached to the spine, the weak limbs and the slow pursuit speed I see that they are lions who are so hungry that they can't stand it anymore. They are strong on the outside but weak on the inside. They have the name of a lion and wear the skin of a lion. , That's why he dared to play hide-and-seek with the lion so presumptuously.

In the eyes of this group of hyenas, its black hyena might already be a pile of carrion waiting to be cut.

Hyenas are carrion-eating animals with a special sensitivity to death.It seems that not only its black mane, but also the lives of the four brothers are at stake.They have not eaten for two whole days and two nights, and they are exhausted from running around, and their physical strength is extremely exhausted. They are like engines that are running out of fuel, and like ponds that are about to be licked dry by the scorching sun. If you continue to starve like this, it won't take long before you will become four starved to death.

Alas, for humans, a hero is sad for beauty; for a lion, a lion is sad for hunger!

Seeing the big lion, scar face, peach eyes and red streamer lying down, the hateful hyenas became more and more courageous, and began to implement cannibalism tactics, moving closer to the sugar palm tree little by little, shortening the distance between each other.After a while, several leading hyenas were only 30 meters away from its black hyena.Yo ho chi, yo ho chi, the hyenas came and went, yelling crazily. This was a curse for death, a prayer for the lion to die quickly, a telegram of condolence being written, and a memorial service held in advance.

Black Mane's heart felt desolate, and he let out a series of pleading sounds from his gaping mouth, raised his tail, and kept wagging it to the left.On the left is the vast and endless prairie. The meaning of its body language is very clear. It is to let the four brothers walk while they still have some strength, and leave here, leave the hyena group, and leave death!It is meaningless for them to continue to stay by its side; it doesn't want them to die with it, and it doesn't want them to be its sacrificial objects.

——Let's go, let's go, after a while, you will be dizzy from hunger, and you will be extremely exhausted from hunger, and you won't be able to go if you want to!

Not only did the four brothers not leave it, but the red streamer climbed to its side with its knees propped up on the ground, and lay side by side with it.The red streamer's eyes were desperate and desolate, clearly saying: Brother, we are all starving to death, we will starve to death if we stay here, and we will starve to death if we leave here, we might as well die together.

Yes, the four brothers are so weak that even hyenas can't drive them away. Even if they still have some strength to leave here, it is absolutely impossible to catch prey, let alone large herbivores like zebras and wildebeests , Even a rabbit can never catch up with it.There will be no white rice falling from the sky, and no pieces of meat will fall from the sky. They will still not be able to eat anything, and leaving here will just starve to death in another place.

God, is there really only one dead end?

Time was passing like a river, and on the eastern horizon, a dim white light flashed in the dark sky.The days are long and the nights are short in the African grasslands, and the terrible day is coming, Black Mane thought, the four brothers are already very weak, under the scorching sun, they will be sunburned and fainted in a short time, turning them into a pile of lions. The meat is dry. At that time, the hyenas who have been waiting impatiently will swarm up, first dismantle all their limbs like dismantling parts, and then eat them until there is not even a bone left.

It has been fatally wounded, so it won't live long anyway, so death is not a pity, Black Hyena thinks, but the big lion, scar face, peach eyes and red ribbon are also swallowed by the hyena, it is too wronged.The four brothers didn't suffer any injuries. They were fine, but they were just hungry. As long as they had some meat to eat, their fire of life would soon be vigorously burned, and their youthful strength would be restored. lion.But where is the food?Can it take out the meat and feed the four brothers?
It can take out meat... its meat... a strange idea, like a poet's inspiration, suddenly flashed like a fire in the black mane's mind.No, it immediately denied its absurd idea.Ants are still alive, but of course a lion cherishes its own life even more. How can it offer itself as food?Being selfless and sacrificing one's life to save others is the ethics of human beings. Lions do not have such a lofty ideological realm. For lions, life is selfish, genes are selfish, and being able to survive is more important than anything else.It doesn't have to sacrifice one of me, four lions of happiness, it thought.

But...but...the question is, if it drags on like this, is it possible for it to survive?Not even a one in ten thousand chance!Not to mention that it is also unbearably hungry and thirsty, even if there is something to feed it, it will not be able to swallow it after suffering such a serious injury, and it will definitely die.

Perhaps, it can make a will, and when it dies, the body will be shared by the four brothers; anyway, it is dead and has lost all senses.

No, no, that's not right. Although it was fatally injured, it won't die for a while. It will probably take another day, and the heart will stop beating until midnight tomorrow. By that time, the four brothers will surely die. It has also been exhausted physically and mentally, and it doesn't even have the strength to tear its body apart. I'm afraid it can only be taken in by King Yama together with it.The wound is getting more and more painful, and every breath feels like being pricked by the poisonous thorns of a cactus. It is completely conceivable that when the sun is shining and the blazing sunlight is baking the wound, the taste is probably better than frying in a frying pan Not much.That is to say, its insistence on living is nothing more than prolonging the pain.That being the case, early death might be a relief.

It has no other way out, either to be eaten by hyenas, or to be eaten by brothers.There is probably not much difference in pain between hyenas and brothers.Rather than being eaten by dirty hyenas, it is better to let big lions, scar faces, peach blossom eyes and red streamers eat them. Letting hyenas return disappointed is at least a revenge for hyenas who bully lions too much.

——What's the point of living and suffering, waiting for death to come?
——No, there is nothing more precious than life in the world, and it is good to live for an extra minute.

——Turning waste into treasure and letting the four brothers live, doesn't it also reflect another value of life?
——No, death equals destruction, everything ceases to exist, so how can we talk about value or not!

Just as the black hyena was having a fierce ideological struggle, the hyena group began to harass the lion again.

It's still the same old hyena with many black and brown stripes on its body. Maybe it's too hungry and wants to eat a snack first, or maybe it wants to show off its outstanding courage and martial arts in front of the hyenas. It doesn't make a sound He jumped up behind the black mane, and suddenly bit the black mane's buttocks, causing the lion's fur to spin, and the skin was torn apart.

(End of this chapter)