lion heart

Chapter 13 Attracting Hyenas
Snow White had been back to the swamp of Lake Natron for two full days, but Black Nose hadn't come back yet.

The entire swamp lacked the hustle and bustle of the past.When Baixue was sleeping, she couldn't see Black Nose restlessly waiting for it to hunt on the crooked-necked locust tree three meters above the ground, nor could she see the golden-backed jackal couple in the cave near the stream. The naughty little jackal was no longer looking out from the cave.

On the first day, Bai Xue felt very comfortable.There is no longer the constant "ah-ah" sound urging it to hunt in sleep, and it has slept for [-] hours.At dusk, Bai Xue caught two water chickens and ate them happily.Now, there is no black nose to fight with it, and there is no jackal couple peeping in the distance.

At dawn the next day, Bai Xue felt a little depressed.A hare disturbed its sleep, and it failed to catch the hare.It would be great if the black nose was there, it was the fastest runner on the grassland, no matter how fast the rabbit ran, it could catch up with it.Thinking of this, Bai Xue really wanted to eat rabbit meat.

At dusk the next day, Bai Xue felt very lonely.It wants to play the game of grabbing branches, it wants to roll with Hei Nai, and even, it just wants to see Hei Nose's eyes full of admiration.From birth to now, only Xiao Wang Cheetah Black Nose treats it as a real lion and gives it the dignity and pride a lion should have.

Whether it was dusk or dawn, Snow White was waiting for Black Nose to return to the swamp.Snow White was looking for Black Nose everywhere in the swamp. The scorched tree stump that Black Nose used to look out for prey was trampled to pieces by Snow White. The black locust tree with crooked neck, which Black Nose often stood on to observe Snow White's movements, was slapped even harder by Snow White's palm. It's crumbling... The black nose still hasn't come back.

Snow White anxiously yelled at Black Nose, yelling at its only friend.

Bai Xue wants to find Black Nose back.

Black Nose has been besieged by jackals for two days and two nights.

The jackal had dug a three-meter-deep hole under the bushes where Blacknose was, and the warthog's head had fallen into the hole.

The original design of the black-backed jackal couple is to let Heibi fall into the pothole accurately, and then dig up the soil together around the hole, and bury Heilu alive, so as to prevent Heilu from breaking out and escaping on the flat ground by taking advantage of the cheetah's physique and speed. .

Because the black-backed jackal couple knew very well: jackals can't catch up with cheetahs no matter what.Besides, jackals are naturally afraid of cheetahs, and I am afraid that the cunning and cowardly jackals will be the first to escape.

What the black-backed jackal couple never expected was that the moment the black-nosed fell into the pothole, he jumped onto a crooked-neck tree nearby.At the critical moment when the jackals were besieging him, Black Nose jumped onto the branch of the Crooked Neck Tree.Cheetahs were not good at climbing trees, but Bai Xue taught Hei Nose good tree climbing skills in the game, which saved Hei Nose's life at a critical moment.

The jackals who were ready to dig the soil around the pothole had a new idea.

The jackals didn't want to bury Black Nose alive anymore, they wanted to taste what the cheetah's meat was like.

The jackals trapped Black Nose on a tree, waiting for work, and fell from the tree when Black Nose was exhausted.At that point, they can easily kill black-nose.

Bai Xue searched and searched, and finally found the crooked neck tree where the black nose was.Bai Xue looked at Hei Nai who was in danger from a distance, but could do nothing.In any case, Snow White did not dare to fight against such a large number of jackals.Although Bai Xue is a lion, it is only one year old after all.

In lion prides, one-year-old lions are just beginning to learn how to cooperate to surround prey and how to suffocate large prey by the throat; at two and a half years, young lions are ready to face the world alone.

Although Baixue's mother taught it many survival and predation skills in advance, Baixue had to face the outside world alone for nine months.But with those skills, Bai Xue can only catch some small prey that can't hurt her, and she can barely survive.Judging from the development status of the lion, Bai Xue's current age is only equivalent to that of a human child less than ten years old.

It was getting dark gradually, but Hei Nose was still holding on.Several times, Black Nose almost fell off.Black Nose vaguely sensed that Bai Xue was nearby, and was trying to rescue him.Bai Xue's trust and expectation supported Hei Nose to persevere.

The jackals had been waiting under the tree for two days and two nights, but the little cheetah's black nose did not fall down.The enthusiasm of the jackals for the siege has gradually been swallowed up by the sense of sleepiness. Except for a few jackals standing guard, the other jackals have fallen asleep.

Night fell again.

Bai Xue held a small warthog that she had hunted in her mouth, and used the dead grass and tree stumps as cover to sneak up on the jackal pack.Bai Xue wanted to use the little warthog to cause a commotion among the jackals, and rescued Black Nose at the moment when the pack of wolves were vying for food.

Bai Xue remembered that the situation when it saw Hei Nose for the first time was very similar to that of Hei Nose now.At that time, Black Nose used a dead lesser flamingo to save himself from being surrounded by hyenas.Now, he thinks he can distract the rabble with a little warthog.

But Bai Xue was still too naive.The purpose of the jackals' collective action this time is not to hunt food, but to kill the cheetah Black Nose, and then drive away the lion Bai Xue, and finally achieve the goal of completely driving the cheetah and lion from their ancestral territory.

In the dark night, Baixue's snow-white fur is like a reflective signal light, exposing all his actions clearly.Baixue's every move has long been watched by the side-striped jackal couple.The side-striped jackals did not expect that their divorce plan would fail, and the lion Baixue would come to save the cheetah Black Nose after all.

Although Baixue is only a little over a year old, her size is more than four times that of an adult jackal.Bai Xue's newly grown four sharp canine teeth are no different from those of an adult lion, and they still have a certain deterrent effect on the jackal pack.Especially at night, lions are nocturnal animals, and their night vision is particularly keen.

The black-backed jackal couple saw that their well-designed, overcoming all difficulties and dangers, and the ongoing operation to defend their homeland were about to be wasted. They angrily bit the side-striped jackal couple, and at the same time sent a signal for all the jackals to ambush on the spot .They were not reconciled to the failure of this operation, and were ready to put all their eggs in one basket and fight the lion Baixue to the death.

The side-striped jackals were ashamed and ashamed.Suddenly, the side-striped jackal couple made a plan, and moved towards the direction of Baixue, imitating the hyena, and uttered the hyena's hunting bark of "Aha-ah-ahaha".Hyena packs are extremely aggressive, rivaling lion packs.Many times, lions have to detour and walk away when they see a huge group of hyenas.

All the side-striped jackals barked in unison, and for a moment, their hair stood on end, no different from a real pack of hyenas hunting.

Hearing the cry of the hyena, Snow White was not afraid. It roared like a lion, one after another.Although this roar was not as wild and vigorous as an adult male lion, nor was it as righteous as an adult female lion, it was still like rolling thunder, shaking the entire pack of jackals and trembling the tree trunk where Black Nose was.

Black Nose, who had already entered a semi-comatose state, still clung to the tree trunk with his crooked neck tightly.Snow White's high-pitched, powerful, and fearless roar reached Black Nose's ears.Hei Nai woke up again, and Hei Nai knew that he was saved.Its only friend in life—little lion Bai Xue came to rescue it.In the eyes of the cheetah Black Nose, the lion Baixue is omnipotent and is its hero.Hmph, don't try to frighten the brave lion Snow White with the side-striped jackal couple's deceptive tricks!

Black Nose tried his best to straighten his numb body, and looked in the direction where Bai Xue was running.Bai Xue galloped towards the direction of Black Nose without hesitation.

Suddenly, Hei Nu was stunned. In the dark night sky, lanterns like will-o'-the-wisps were rapidly gathering toward Bai Xue.

Black Nose uttered a short and shrill cry that is rare for cheetahs towards Bai Xue.The black nose is reminding Bai Xue that a real pack of hyenas is coming—the jackal imitated the hyena's barking and attracted a huge pack of hyenas.But Black Nose really didn't have any more strength. It fell, and fell into the hole dug for it by the jackals, just hitting the huge warthog skull. The fangs stabbed deeply into the ass.

Despite the dangers, the lion Baixue still ran towards the direction of the black nose.

(End of this chapter)