Chapter 626: Strange things happened to the children
The bloody thing looked like a mouse at first glance, but when you looked closer, you realized it was a squirrel.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it a squirrel cub.
The big fluffy tail behind the adult squirrel has not yet grown.
Both children recognized it as a mouse.
"Uncle, uncle, this crow can actually eat mice."
The first reaction of the little fat man after seeing it was to pick up a dead branch from the ground and stab the bloody squirrel.
And this little squirrel was disemboweled by the crow.
I don’t know why the child would touch it.
When Xiao Lizi saw it, he collapsed and screamed, covering his eyes and hiding next to Chen Ling: "Uncle, look at him, look at him stabbing that intestine."
"Okay, Xiao Ming, don't touch that one. It's very dirty. Look, it scares little Lizi."
Chen Ling touched the little girl's head.
Olizi has made a lot of progress now, but it’s normal that he can’t stand it when he sees this kind of gut-turning scene.
And the little fat boy is lively and active. The three children have been playing together these days. Whatever he does, Ruirui often follows suit.
Now seeing the little fat man picking out the squirrel with a stick, Ruirui also opened his eyes, a little ready to move.
This bloody thing made their stomachs turn. How could Chen Ling let them play with it?
He grabbed the branch from the little fat man's hand and flew it away.
Then he also touched the little fat man’s head, put Ruirui down from his arms, and told them that it was not a mouse, but a little squirrel.
"Little squirrel? It looks like a mouse to me?"
"Is it really a squirrel? The little squirrel is so small, why would the crow eat the little squirrel? The crow is the bad guy!"< br>
Chen Ling didn't know what to say when faced with the innocent words of the two children.
Looking at the fat crow on the top of the tree, it had no intention of flying away. It was fluffing its fluffy feathers and staring at them under the tree. I don’t know what this bird was thinking. It actually took the uneaten food. The little squirrel dropped.
Are you scaring them?
The little fat man is a boy after all, and his focus is different from that of the little chestnut. When he saw Chen Ling raising his head, he also raised his head, and then his eyes suddenly lit up: "Since it was the little squirrel that was eaten by the crow, Then the tree hole in the tree is the burrow where the squirrel lives...
Uncle, am I right?”
"Do squirrels live in holes? That's where woodpeckers live. Woodpeckers live in trees. They are forest guards. If there are bugs, they will eat them." Xiao Lizi said immediately unconvinced.
The little girl only knew that the woodpecker would peck many holes in the tree, so she thought that the woodpecker lived in the holes. She also thought that the woodpecker was always on standby and very conscientious.
Ruirui, on the other hand, didn’t care whether the tree was a squirrel hole or a bird. She came directly to Chen Ling, stood on tiptoe and tried to reach into Chen Ling’s trouser pocket, while she kept shouting “Huang yellow".
This is to let the weasel go up and catch the crow, or go up the tree and go into the hole.
"Where is Huang Huang? Huang Huang didn't follow us out."
Chen Ling dug into his trouser pocket and said helplessly: "Do you think dad can hide anything in such a small pocket? One yellow can be stuffed in, but five can't."
Weasels As soon as he returned to the village, he immediately avoided Ruirui and the others.
But I am afraid of being tortured by them.
"This is indeed a squirrel hole. I will go up and dig it out for you to see if there are any squirrels living in it. If there are any squirrels, I will catch one for you to play with."
Chen Ling said, clapped his hands, jumped up, grabbed a thick horizontal branch, and climbed up in a few moments.
"Uncle, is it really a squirrel hole? Why do squirrels live in holes? Aren't they digging holes in the soil like mice?"
Xiao Lizi couldn't figure it out.
The little fat man felt very proud that he had guessed it right, and immediately assigned a task to Xiao Lizi to ask her to take a fancy to Ruirui and volunteer to pull the weeds.
Then he put it in a small backpack and told the little squirrel to put it in it.
After I was busy working, I heard Chen Ling above me say: "I didn't touch the squirrel, so the crows probably drove it away."
The little fat man let out an 'Ah' in disbelief, and immediately stopped laughing.
"But there are still a lot of good things inside. I will take them out and show them to you."
Chen Ling said, grabbing the edge of the tree hole and pulling down, the things inside Suddenly it was like a 'small granary', crackling and falling down.
It’s all pecans, pine nuts, peanuts and other types of nuts.
"Pick it up quickly, pick it up quickly. This is food that squirrels have hidden for the winter. It is said that children eat it very well."
Chen Ling was talking nonsense.
To coax a child, you just have to lie and coax, and that’s all.
Sure enough, when the two children under the tree heard this, they excitedly scrambled to pick up the nuts on the ground.
“Oh, stinky Ruirui, don’t scratch around on the ground. We’ve all caught dirt, and we won’t be able to eat it later.”
“Come on, Ruirui, go there. Put it in my little backpack.”
"Uncle, how can a squirrel be so small and store so many things in a tree hole?"
Chen Ling had already peeled off the bark of the tree, and there was still a lot inside. Hearing the sound, he said: "There are more than this. If you encounter me again, I will open it for you to see."
As he was talking, the fat crow in the old bird's nest on the top of the tree suddenly croaked and screamed. Get up, fly out of the nest, and jump between the leaves at the top of the tree.
And it was still vibrating its wings slightly, looking like an angry little black chicken, about to pounce on Chen Ling.
"Go, go, go, I dug out the squirrel's nest, but I didn't dig out your nest. Why are you so anxious?"
Chen Ling grabbed a pecan and threw it at the fat crow that was jumping in anger, but the crow was still very stubborn. After dodging, it just flew to another tree nearby and did not leave.
He just kept croaking there, as if he was condemning Chen Ling.
Of course Chen Ling knew that this crow, or rather all the crows in this old stork nest, regarded the grain stored in the squirrel hole as their own.
It is estimated that this nest of squirrels was so unlucky that they became food for the crows.
But Chen Ling didn't care.
There are too many such facts in the mountains.
Besides, he didn’t take out everything inside.
"Stinky crow, the bad guy who bullies the little squirrel, beat you up."
The little chestnut on the ground felt disgusted when he saw this dark bird, and directly defined it as a villain. , picked up a stone from the ground and threw it at the crow.
Although the little girl is spoiled and a little bit princess-like, she has always cherished the things given by Chen Ling.
These nuts were reluctant to move at all. Chen Ling even hit the crow with pecans, but she had to pick up a few small stones.
When Ruirui saw this, he also followed suit.
Only the brat didn't have this awareness. He couldn't hold anything in his small hands, so he grabbed a few pine nuts and peanuts and threw them around, smashing them, and then screamed excitedly.
The crow didn't hit him, but it made Xiao Lizi very anxious.
"Rui Rui, don't throw things away. Those are the things that uncle gave us to eat. Uncle said that if the children eat this, they will be as lively and cute as a squirrel."
The little fat man didn't have much to do. He just stared at the crow and chased it.
When he saw Chen Ling jumping down from the tree, he shouted: "Uncle, why is this crow so brave? Let Er Baldy come over and teach it a lesson."
The crow and the magpie Still a little different.
It is close to villages and towns. It is not a crow in the mountains far away from people. They are not very afraid of people.
They often see people, and as long as they don’t deliberately disturb or drive them away, they won’t leave in a hurry when they see people.
And if they are near the nest...
They have a strong sense of territory.
The performance of this fat crow is not surprising or new.
Sometimes the gangster's performance is even comparable to that of some kind of seabird.
“Let’s go, let’s go, we still have to watch the little cranes and catch the bamboo rats. We don’t want to compete with this old bird anymore.”
Chen Ling helped Xiao Lizi pick up all the nuts on the ground and shouted to the little fat man.
"Hmph, stinky crow, then I, Xiao Ming, will let you go today."
The little fat man panted, pinched his waist and shouted to the fat crow on the tree: "My uncle is The ranger, he is the boss in the mountain. If you dare to do this next time, he will let the bald man pull your head."
"Go quickly, go quickly, I will go back late at noon, and your aunt will say it again. "Chen Ling picked up Ruirui and urged the two little guys. The mountain lake is close in front of them.
Although the water level continues to drop after autumn, as a deep-water lake, the water level of Yamanaka Lake does not drop too significantly. Even compared to the reservoir, it is far away from large crowds of people for migratory birds.
It’s a good place to stay.
So on this sunny, cloudless autumn morning, a large number of migratory birds gathered on the water in the distance.
As soon as you leave the forest, you can hear various squeaking sounds.
“Wow, so many birds, so many birds.”
The two little guys' eyes widened for a moment, "Uncle, look, the lake is still shining. It's so beautiful here."
After saying that, they put their hands to their mouths and shouted loudly.
Rui Rui also followed suit.
Then Chen Ling let him down, and the three of them ran around the lake happily.
"Uncle, we saw the red-crowned crane, so tall and big."
"Wow, they actually came towards us."
There are four red-crowned cranes staying near the nest now.
When two of them saw them, they walked over from the reeds with their long legs.
Not afraid of strangers at all.
Following them were several strange birds.
"Come here, come here. Come to my house every now and then to eat fish. Don't think I don't know. Come here and let the children touch it."
Chen Ling waved to the two big birds, and then introduced to the two children: "These are the two red-crowned cranes you saw in the photo. They are the largest of the six red-crowned cranes, and are now almost 1.7 meters tall."
As they said, the two big birds had already arrived at them in front of.
The two children were a little shocked to see such a beautiful and tall bird.
The tallest red-crowned crane is only 1.5 or 1.6 meters, and it is rare to exceed 1.6 meters.
When these two big guys stand in front of the child, let alone the feeling of oppression, they will fill it up directly.
Rui Rui often sees it and doesn’t take it seriously.
Little Fatty and Little Lizi were simply stunned, looking up at the two big birds.
Chen Ling looked at this scene with great interest, so he quietly took out his camera from the cave to capture it.
“Come, touch it, look at these big wings, they flap like wind.”
Chen Ling pinched the necks of the two big, naughty birds and ignored their squawking and resistance. He pushed them down on their stomachs with their buttocks stuck out and let the three children play to their heart's content.
After touching them, Chen Ling gave them two slaps: "You have eaten so many fish from my house and you are not allowed to touch them? You are unwilling."
Amused the three children Gotta laugh.
Then they noticed some strange birds behind the two red-crowned cranes. They were also very big, like great egrets, but their feathers were duller than those of egrets. They were not as white as snow as the feathers of egrets. There are many grass-brown markings, and one is as tall as a little over one meter.
I was pacing a few meters away, not daring to come forward with my head in my eyes.
"Uncle, what kind of crane is this? It looks so strange."
"Yes, so ugly."
"Haha, this is the little crane you want to see."
Chen Ling laughed.
Seeing the two children suddenly stunned and in disbelief, they immediately laughed even more.
"Uncle, you are lying, are you deliberately teasing us? How can a small crane be so big?"
"Yes, these are big cranes, and they are not red-crowned cranes. They are ugly, and red-crowned cranes are very beautiful. "
Chen Ling had to explain patiently: "This is really the baby bird of the red-crowned crane..."
Then he gave them popular science, saying that the red-crowned crane is a precocious bird and grows into It's so fast, it can grow like this in two months, otherwise it will grow slowly and it will be eaten in the wild.
He also told them that the same thing happened to the little muntjac cub.
Even though he looks like a little kitten now, he will grow close to the size of his mother in just over two months.
Although they are not very big, it does mean that they have grown to adulthood and have the ability to protect themselves.
“So that’s it.”
“Then do we have to wait until next year to see the real little crane?”
“Yes, next spring we can. Come here on May Day, you will definitely see it then.”
"Okay, now we can't see the real little crane, but we can play with the little deer. According to uncle, the little deer will be able to run out in a few days, right?"
Chen Ling nodded repeatedly. The little muntjac cub wouldn't run too far before it was weaned, but it didn't matter. Its mother was only the size of a lamb, and it was as big as a livestock pen. She could let the children play and feed her inside.
Playing with the red-crowned crane for a while, although they did not see the little crane at its cutest, with the help of Chen Ling, the two little guys not only touched the red-crowned crane, but also rode on it and tried it, which was enough Addicted.
Then, under the leadership of Chen Ling, we went to dig bamboo rats in the bamboo forest.
Digging bamboo rats is much easier than digging rats in the wild. The main reason is that there have been too many bamboo rats in the past two years and they are extremely easy to dig.
As long as you find the place where the bamboo grows abnormally, there will be multiple caves, and you can almost dig the right one.
After the chubby little thing was dug out, it was no less cute than a squirrel.
The two adults and one child are getting happier as they catch each other.
In the mountains this year, all kinds of wild beasts and birds are indeed emerging in endlessly.
To what extent?
Pheasants running around and hares scurrying around are all trivial.
When Chen Ling took the children to dig bamboo rats and walked through the bamboo forest to find Wang Zhenzhen and the others on the west mountain, they even saw deer and badgers strutting past on the animal path.
Of course, they will run very fast when they see people.
But this is daytime. Generally, when these wild animals hear footsteps and people's voices, they will run away long ago and will not show up easily.
No wonder those who go into the mountains to pick wild fruits carry guns.
In addition to self-defense, he also hunts prey.
It would be a pity if you don’t catch them if you encounter them.
Wang Zhenzhen and his gang of monkeys followed some villagers into the mountains.
Moreover, the villagers in Xishan Mountain do not stay on the mountain for most of the day picking wild fruits. Instead, they come and go and are constantly transported down the mountain.
So they are not afraid of wild beasts, and the adults don’t talk about them.
Just wait for the scourge of wild monkeys.
While playing, I walked very slowly.
Chen Ling soon heard their voices in the woods. At this moment, the little fat man and the little Lizi could hardly walk. Chen Ling put Rui Rui into the basket behind his back and put it on his shoulder. One carried them and found them.
"Brother-in-law, you are here just in time. We encountered something strange while hunting wild monkeys."
When we went to find him, Wang Zhenzhen had a slingshot around her neck, just like a female bandit leader , leading a 'huge' team of dolls to wander near a stone ditch.
"What, did you encounter a yellow-throated marten while hunting a monkey? Ordinarily, that thing is usually in the depths during the day, so it's hard to go outside."
Chen Ling said as he put the children down and walked away past.
"No, brother-in-law, you have known about yellow-throated martens for a while now. There are many strange things in the mountains."
"Uncle Fugui, look at these pheasants. We have picked up several of them. It sucked blood and left it in the grass. It only sucks blood and doesn’t eat meat. "What? It just sucks blood and doesn’t eat meat?"
Chen Ling's first reaction was that a weasel did it, but... these kids are not fools. Who has never seen a weasel? Who hasn't had a chicken choked by a weasel?
We all know it, we have seen it, and we are very familiar with it.
Children even know that weasels bite chicken necks and heads, and wild cats and mountain civets bite chicken butts.
(End of this chapter)