Chapter 54 Summer is Coming
This is both unexpected and reasonable.
Looking at Slok who was on the verge of collapse, Guo Mi opened his mouth and "reluctantly" gave him a fish.
Unexpectedly, the male bear, who has always been greedy, seemed to have lost all his appetite today. He was sitting by the lake with dull eyes, staring at the lake.
Guo Mi had already taken seven or eight fish up in succession, and the first one given to Slok was still lying alone at his feet.
"If you don't want to eat it, I'll take it away."
She stood nearby, stretching out her claws to pull the fish steak back.
Every fish is precious now, if you can save one, it will be one!
Slok suddenly came back to his senses and threw himself in front of Guo Mi:
“What should I do?!”
Guo Mi was startled, suppressed her violently beating heart, and asked patiently:
"What should I do?"
Slok was a little crazy:
"I have never If I stay on the island during the summer, I will starve to death!”
His exaggerated reaction made Guo Mi a little anxious:
"Is it really that difficult to survive on the island in summer?"
Slok repeatedly affirmed:
"Of course! It's very hot in summer, there are no seals, and there's nothing to eat!"
The arrival of summer finally made both bears restless. The male bear stood up and circled around, and finally his eyes lit up:
“Yes!”
Guo Mi thought he had found some good way to survive, and asked with interest:
"What's wrong?"
Slok held his head high, without thinking. He thought to himself:
"I'm going to find Caesar!"
Guo Mi was speechless for a moment. It turned out that the first thing he thought of when the matter came to be was Brother Nie.
Slok couldn't wait:
"I'm going to find Caesar now and follow him closely. He must know how to survive on the island!"
Guo Mi twitched the corner of his mouth:
"Well, I wish you good luck."
Slok walked away again, not forgetting to take the fish that Guo Mi was going to take back with him before leaving.
Guo Mi took a deep breath, resisted the urge to slap him and watched him leave, then walked towards the terrace with today's spoils.
Two little bears were guarding the balcony.
They are now half-grown bears. Although they still have to run away when encountering adult bears, the possibility of being able to protect themselves and survive has also been greatly increased.
After repeated efforts by the two little furballs, Guo Mi reluctantly agreed to let them guard the balcony alone, but repeatedly warned them that if they smell the smell of other bears, they must leave and come to her.
I have to say that with the help of the two little furballs, Guo Mi did save a lot of trouble.
Labor makes time go faster. Guo Mi spent a long time traveling to and from the lakeside and the terrace, and before she knew it, summer had arrived silently.
Drawing the last fish back into the hole and looking at the fruits of his hard work, Guo Mi breathed a sigh of relief and said to the two little bears next to him:
“You can’t go to the lake again tomorrow. "
Most of the ice has melted, and now the glacial lake has merged into the ocean, and the ice line on the shore has expanded repeatedly and become fragile.
No matter how hard it is to bear the weight of an adult bear, Guo Mi would sometimes miss the mark while walking on it, and then half of his body would sink into the sea water.
The weak ice layer could no longer support Guo Mi's concentration on fishing on the shore for a long time. In a few days, the last shadow of the entire lake would disappear.
They will completely lose the lake they depend on for survival.
What worries Xiong even more is that even though he has fished to the maximum extent at the deadline of spring, Guo Mi still only has enough dried fish to cover the bottom of the cave.
She roughly estimated that the bear did not need to eat every day, but even so, these fish were only enough to support her and the little bear for a week at most. In other words, she still needs to search for food most of the summer, and these fish can only be eaten when they are really hungry.
The two little bears were curious about what these dried fish tasted like. Guo Mi hesitated and pulled out one for them:
“Try it.”
Dry and inelastic meat, fresh fish What is missing is the astringency of time and the aftertaste caused by the Arctic climate problem.
The two little guys chewed hard twice and gave their evaluation:
“It’s not delicious.”
This is undoubtedly an extremely disrespectful evaluation of the fruits of Guo Mi’s labor!
Guo Mi was very unconvinced. He lowered his head and took a bite. The bear's face instantly wrinkled, showing even more disrespect for himself than the little bear:
"It tastes terrible."
But the fish was eventually eaten by three bears.
This is the last guarantee to ensure their survival. It must be cherished and preserved no matter how unpalatable it is.
Guo Mi used his human wisdom and found some dead branches to put at the entrance of the cave, then spread hay on them, and finally covered them with soil.
However, this is not enough, the polar bear's sense of smell is so sensitive, she has to find other ways to interfere with the smell emitted by her "fish bank".
......
Caesar was already annoyed by Slok's harassment. He quickened his pace in front in an attempt to get rid of the troublesome bear behind him, but the stupid bear was always distracted and looking at other people. things and caught up in time.
If you want to ask what Slok is best at, it is probably not hunting seals or rolling around. His answer will most likely be that he is good at finding Caesar from all the nooks and crannies.
Now the stupid white bear didn't know that his brother's endurance had reached its peak. He jogged two steps and bumped Caesar hard, complaining:
"I'm so hungry."
Caesar The suppressed anger was finally completely ignited at this moment. He raised his claws and hit Slok on the head and face!
Slok screamed as he was beaten, and rolled to the side. Just as he was about to hug Caesar's front paws skillfully, he seemed to catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of his eye.
Looking closely again, he immediately stopped and said in surprise:
"It's Guo Mi!"
Caesar's paw that was about to swat it stopped. He just stood there for a moment with his paw raised. Slok had already rolled to his feet.
In the end, I could only put down my paws and turned around to look over as if nothing had happened.
The hair is still white with a little reddish brown in the memory, standing on the coast with two much bigger cubs, but it seems not as round as before, as if... thinner.
Caesar’s nose twitched twice, and he found the familiar scent again among the mixed smells.
Every summer, many birds fly over the island. Thousands of different species gather together, making a very noisy chirping.
These birds especially like to build nests on the seashore or in low-lying areas. Of course, some birds also build nests in high places.
They will occupy most of the coast.
The entire coast is filled with the calls of birds and the smell of feces in the summer, breaking the peaceful life of polar bears.
Caesar watched the round-faced Plate Bear and its cubs rummaging along the shore, burying their heads in gaps from time to time. When they raised their heads, they seemed to have found something.
The surrounding birds screamed and swooped down from the sky, constantly hitting her face and body. On the two bears, there were even birds flying wildly above their heads, chirping arrogantly.
The three bears just shuttled among the chaotic flock of birds.
Slok came over and asked:
"What are they doing?"
(End of this chapter)