lion heart

Chapter 1 "Little Monster"

When the lioness Jinweijian returned to the lions to hunt, the hyena attacked the den where she raised her cubs. The two cubs of Jinweijian and the white "little monster" disappeared.

Jin Weijian had long thought that such a day would come, but he didn't expect it to come so soon.

Now, the grass of the savannah is still blue and yellow, not yet golden.

Two and a half months ago, Golden Tail Tip gave birth to two lion cubs and a "little monster" on a rock in tall grass. The "little monster" has snow-white fur, and his eyes have not yet opened. The pink nose of the "little monster" sniffed around, as if looking for her mother's breast.

Jinweijian dodged in a hurry, took the two newly born normal cubs out of the delivery room, and carefully licked their fawn fur with brown and black spots.The two little lions yelled "Ah-ow, ah-ow", with the tips of their golden tails kissing their little black noses, a great sense of happiness and pride filled my heart.

Jinweijian is a weather-beaten chief lioness. Although he is 15 years old and has given birth to seventeen cubs, none of them survived to adulthood.Perhaps, this litter of cubs is the last child of Jinweijian, and they are the last hope of Jinweijian as a mother.

Jinweijian settled the two cubs, and went back to the place where the cubs were born just now, wanting to find out what happened. The "little monster" was still screaming "ah-oh, ah-oh", looking for his mother everywhere.

Seeing the "little monster" looking lonely and helpless, the mother's nature made Jinweijian approach it involuntarily, and gently licked its forehead, its eyes, its cheeks, and its nose.Suddenly, Jin Weijian felt that the "little monster" was no different from the other two little lions, except that the color of its fur was a bit special.

However, the special coat color is the most deadly danger of the "little monster".

Since ancient times, the lion's fur has been golden yellow, which blends with the golden grassland in the dry season.This is the natural camouflage color of lions when hunting, and it is also the natural protective color of lion cubs.

Whether it is day or night, white is the most eye-catching color on the grassland.

White, in addition to being more likely to attract the attention of the pervasive prairie thieves like hyenas, will also attract the killing of cubs by the birds of prey that are always patrolling over the prairie.Considering the safety of the other two normal cubs, it can't keep this white "little monster" anyway.

The golden tail was cruel, and he closed his eyes. At the moment it bit down on the "little monster"'s neck, the "little monster" tried to move its body with its sense of smell, and arched its unique pink nose on the "little monster". Under the belly of the golden tail tip.Jin Weijian's rationality instantly collapsed.

Maternal warmth overcame reason, Jin Weijian gave the white "little monster" its first mouthful of milk.

The existence of the white "little monster" made Jinweijian feel anxious every moment.There are indications that the existence of the "little monster" threatens the lives of Jinweijian's other two cubs.

Two months ago, on the way to move, Jinwei pointed the neck and shoulders of the white "little monster" in his mouth, and walked very slowly.Every time Jinweijian took a step, he was making up his mind - the next step was to use some force on his mouth to put the "little monster" to death.

Tomorrow, the golden-tailed pups will be two weeks old.The cub's eyes were closed two weeks ago.Two-week-old lion cubs will open their eyes at any time to see the world and their mother who loves them the most.Jinweijian doesn't want the "little monster" to see him.Jinweijian is determined to end the life it shouldn't have before the "little monster" opens its eyes.Perhaps, this eases some of Kim's motherly guilt.

What Jin Weijian didn't expect was that the "little monster" suddenly turned his head and looked at it with a pair of light blue eyes, like a clear sky that is not stained with dust.

The mother's heart at the tip of the golden tail softened again, and she couldn't exert any strength on her mouth.

The rain on the grassland is getting less and less, and the dry season is coming.

The green grass is gradually turning yellow.When the grass is golden in the dry season, the white fur of the "little monster" will be more eye-catching, and it will bring endless disasters to its brothers and sisters.

Last night, Jinweijian finally made up his mind: wake up the two golden lion cubs early tomorrow, and secretly take them back to the pride.It can only leave the "little monster" here alone, and let it fend for itself.

Although Jinweijian has accepted the fact that "little monster" is its child, and even gave "little monster" more playtime and milk than the other two cubs.Golden Tail Tip is a mother who will love all her children no matter what.But reason reminds Jinweijian from time to time that he cannot keep the "little monster" by his side.Otherwise, not just its two cubs, but the entire pride of cubs will be in danger.

The safety of lions is more important, please understand the heart of a lioness leader.

At dawn the next day, before Jinweijian woke up, two golden lion cubs started a game of chasing prey with the "little monster".The cubs bit each other, twisted into a ball, and then separated amicably.They are just playing around, after all, they are brothers and sisters connected by flesh and blood!

Seeing the golden tail tip wake up, the three naughty boys jumped out of the grass on its side in an exaggerated jumping posture.They opened their mouths, their lips were pulled back vigorously, and they rushed together and slapped the top of mother's head.Golden Tail Tip gently used its 160-kilogram body to throw the three naughty boys to the ground, until the three naughty boys begged for mercy and managed to twist their bodies and crawl out from under the giant mother.

The tip of the golden tail is drunk, intoxicated by the gentleness of his mother, a lion's heart is completely melted by the soft motherhood.

Unexpectedly, disaster really struck.

The tip of the golden tail kept calling for its children, carefully searching every inch of grass and every bush.The tip of the golden tail held a trace of luck, hoping that its children could hide by instinct and escape the attack of hyenas.

Jinweijian is a very cautious lion mother.It kept moving, and even hid its cubs in a shallow ravine overgrown with bushes in this desolate place.The upper part of the place is tangled with vines, and the increasingly dazzling white fur of the "little monster" will not attract the attention of the raptors in the sky.It's just that Jinweijian didn't expect that the abominable hyena would have trouble with it again, and it would stare at its poor children so soon.Sixteen of the seventeen children born to Golden Tail Point were killed by hyenas.

Golden Tail Tip searched hard for every possible hiding place for the cubs.In the distance, in front of an abandoned warthog burrow came the groaning of pain—a pair of golden sons and daughters on the tip of the golden tail.Jinweijian leaned down, carefully inspected the injuries of the two cubs, licked their eyes, and waited eagerly for them to open their eyes, dig into their mother's belly, and compete for milk.

However, the painful groans gradually weakened.The two little golden lions fell asleep forever without a sound.

Jin Weijian, the mother suffering from the pain of losing her children, continued to gently lick the wounds of her children, grooming their messy hair, and making soft calling sounds from time to time.

The moon is already high in the sky, appearing and disappearing from time to time, it seems that I can't bear to see this heartbreaking scene.

The tip of the golden tail wails feebly to the hiding moon, wails the misery of a mother, remembers her hapless children.In Jinweijian's old voice, there was despair.

Suddenly, a white lion cub rolled out of the warthog's cave.

The little white lion screamed "Aww", and got under the belly of the golden tail tip.Under the moonlight, the lion cub is white and flawless, just like the snow that never melts on the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in the distance.

From then on, in Jin Weijian's mind, the white "little monster" disappeared.

Instead, it was its only child: the little lioness Baixue.It will use all its life to care for and protect it.

(End of this chapter)