lion heart

Chapter 16 Mother Jackal is Dead
The rainy season has returned to Lake Natron and the flamingo flocks are back.

The little jackal lay flat at the mouth of the creek, pretending to be very friendly, waiting for the flock of flamingos to approach him, and before it was too late, the little jackal bit one of them. .

The little cheetah Black Nose drove tens of thousands of lesser flamingos on the lake beach, and the flocks were frightened and took off in a hurry.Black Nose took the opportunity to jump forward, and a wounded or weak Lesser Flamingo fell into Hei Nose's mouth.

The little lion Baixue disguised himself as a salt pile and lay down among the flamingos. As long as he was happy, he could attack at any time, and the lake was his granary.

Black Nose and Little Jackal have long forgotten the embarrassing life in the dry season. They feel that the current life is too boring and boring, and they always want to do something.Because the cub Blacknose is fifteen months old, which is equivalent to eighteen or nineteen years of human age; the cub is twelve months old, which is also equivalent to eighteen or nineteen years of human age.

Compared with cheetahs and jackals, lions are slower to develop, reaching maturity at three and a half years old.Although Bai Xue is eighteen months old, she is only eight or nine years old in human age.

Mother Jackal has aged a lot.Its lumbar spine became more and more collapsed, and it became more and more difficult to walk.In addition, during the dry season, it went deep into the bush many times to trap the Impala antelope, and was sucked a lot of blood by the poisonous spider, and its body became weaker and weaker.The mother jackal wandered around the swamp in a daze all day, picking up the leftovers of the jackal cub, Snow the lion, and Black-nosed the cheetah.The lonely mother jackal felt that death was approaching, and she had already found a cave to bury herself.

But one thing, mother jackal is very clear-headed, grown-up lions, cheetahs, and jackals will not get along peacefully.The mother jackal wants to do one last thing for her son, the little jackal: drive away the lion Bai Xue and the cheetah Black Nose.

But mother jackal never found a chance.

At the beginning, the mother jackal saved Snowy the lion because she knew very well that for many years, the black-backed jackal and the side-striped jackal had been trying to drive their golden-backed jackal away from this swamp.The number of golden-backed jackals has been decreasing year by year, and this year there are only three members of their family left. If Bai Xue, the lion, did not frighten this territory, their family of three would have been driven out of the territory long ago and become homeless.

The mother jackal thought it was easier to deal with one cub than with two packs of jackals.But to the mother jackal's surprise, the black nose of the cheetah that fell into the deep pit was still alive.What was even more unexpected was that the ferocious hyena came not for hunting, but for killing, and father jackal was killed because of this.In order to survive, and more importantly, to raise the cub, the mother jackal has to temporarily cooperate with the cub Bai Xue and the cub Black Nose to hunt during the dry season.

The mother jackal knew that if she left her weak son, the little jackal, in the territory of the lion Bai Xue and the cheetah Black Nose, the little jackal would be eaten at any time.As long as the little jackal accidentally provokes Snow White or Black Nose, or just because Snow White and Black Nose failed to catch the prey, the little jackal will be regarded as a prey by Snow White or Black Nose.

A scouting hyena enters the swamp.

Before the hyena can spot a flock of flamingos, snowy the lion, black-nosed the cheetah, and most importantly, her son, the jackal, the mother jackal must quietly take down the territory-probing hyena.Otherwise, the hyena exploring the territory will attract a large group of hyenas to invade their homes, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Usually, a lone jackal would not attack a hyena because it would be suicidal.The body shape of the hyena is more than three times that of the jackal, and the powerful jaws of the hyena even a lion would be afraid of three points.But the belief in defending the homeland and the desire to leave a piece of paradise for the poor son made the mother jackal courageous, and rushed to the hyena from behind, just like rushing to the Impala antelope in the dry season, biting the hyena's hindquarters. Without letting go of their legs, they waited for the arrival of Snow White, Black Nose and Little Jackal.

The hyena instinctively dragged the mother jackal a few steps forward, turned around, and bit the mother jackal's collapsed back, trying to tear it apart.The mother jackal firmly bit the hyena's hind leg without any hesitation.The mother jackal would rather die herself, as long as the hyena can't open her mouth, she can't send a signal to the hyena pack in the distance before Snow White, Black Nose, and Jackal Cub come.

The little jackal, the little lion Bai Xue, and the little cheetah Black Nose heard the mother jackal being bitten and scuffled at the same time, and they worked together to kill the hyena and rescue the mother jackal who was clinging to the hyena's hind legs.

The dying mother jackal stared at Bai Xue intently.It wasn't until Bai Xue imitated the little jackal and spilled urine on the little jackal's urine that the mother jackal struggled and crawled into the cave she had prepared for herself, and never came out again.

Mother Jackal believes in Lion Snow's promise to live in peace and treat cubs like brothers.Although, Snow White the Lion did not understand the language of the Jackal.

Although the mother jackal did not drive the lion Bai Xue and the cheetah black nose out of the territory and leave a quiet home for their offspring, the mother jackal finally exchanged her life for the safety of the little jackal.

(End of this chapter)