In the days of surviving in the fairy forest

Before Rick and Ali grabbed the rampant Xiaojiu, countless worms climbed up the worms, turning the originally sharp and terrifying trap into a flexible worms bag, wrapping the fluffy bird ball , lightly sent into Rick's arms.

Unaware that he had experienced a life-and-death catastrophe just now, the silver-throated long-tailed tit was still full of energy, happily rubbing the fox's fur, then spread its wings and flew towards the dark-faced fat man not far away.

"Fatty! You have become a butterfly from a cocoon!" He shouted cheerfully, staring at Pangpang with wonder, "It's the first time I've seen wings so small, and so... And the hairy butterfly!"

This is simply not to open the pot and to lift the pot. The chubby, who was very happy because Xiao Jiu recognized him, has returned to his initial sultry appearance. Throw it to the fox.

Rick quickly jumped up and hugged it as if catching a ball. He couldn't hold back for a while, and also stretched out his claws to rub the soft bird feathers.

"Little Chirp, why are you here?" Ali leaned over.

The silver-throated long-tailed cub was a full circle fatter than when I saw it before, and the delicate lanugo was gone, replaced by fluffy feathers like snow.Three or four months passed and he had grown into a fine birdie.

Of course, even so, Rick and Ali recognized it immediately. This is the little Jiu who got separated from his tribe on a snowstorm night and was entrusted by Fatty to live in the tree house for a long time.

Pangpang flew over, looked left and right, did not see any other silver-throated long tails, and frowned seriously: "Where are your parents?"

Although he has grown up a lot compared to before, Xiaojiu still belongs to the category of cubs, not to mention that Silverthroat Longtail is a race that likes to live in groups, he should not have acted alone.

Xiao Jiu puffed up his chest, blinked his bright eyes, and tweeted confidently: "I ran away from home!"

Rick/Ah Li/Fatty: "..."

Fatty slapped his face with his paws, and said in a broken voice, "This stinky bastard is more worry-free than you."

"Hey!" Ali glared at him unconvinced, "We can rest easy!"

Isn't the point that Pangpang also included us in the category of cubs?Rick muttered to himself, looked down at Xiaojiu, a little helplessly: "Why did you run away from home? You are a little bird in the forest, it is very dangerous!"

Although eating animals with silver throats and long tails will lose their voices, but if you encounter animals that are at the end of the road, you will starve to death, and who cares whether you can talk in the future?

Just like when the brown jackals went out to look for food, they planned to use Xiaojiu as one of their food reserves.

"I know it's dangerous," Xiaojiu nodded, obviously not taking his racial skills as a guarantee, "So I came to you!"

The dumb hair on the top of his head shook happily, and looked at Rick obediently.

With a slight movement of Rick's paw, he almost couldn't resist the little fox's instinct, chasing the dull fur in circles.He coughed, suppressed the eagerness in his heart, and asked seriously, "Why did you run away from home?"

"Ah, this," Xiaojiu rolled his eyes guiltily, "Because I've reached the stage of rebellion?"

What is the reason?Rick was speechless for a moment.

"We still have things to do now, you can't come with us," A Li stood on top of the fox's head, shaking his head solemnly, playing a stern role on a rare occasion, "We will send you to the mountain grape grove first, you wait there The silver-throated longtails are here to pick you up, can you?"

The inspectors don't know when they will arrive, and Xiaojiu's combat effectiveness is not high, so he is easily implicated.If a fight really broke out, the three of them might not care about protecting Xiaojiu at all.

Fatty glanced at the sensible squirrel with relief, and nodded in the same way.Flying in the air, the worm threads gathered at the tip of the claws, obviously preparing to violently catch the bird to prevent him from running around and causing accidents.

"Wait, wait!" Xiao Jiu was anxious, "No, I want to be with you!"

Seeing the disapproving expressions of Rick and Ali, Pang Pang even started to make silk birdcages on the spot. He closed his eyes and shouted: "The inspector is coming! I can't watch you have an accident! I want Fight with you!"

Rick opened his eyes wide in surprise, and looked at Fatty in mid-air.The latter did not give up making the birdcage, rolled the worm silk, stuffed Xiaojiu into the cage, threw it to Rick to hold, and then quickly ran into the bushes, and quickly disappeared into the forest, twisting and turning. , Enter the interior of the stone house from the hidden secret door.

"Wow," Xiaojiu sat in the birdcage, covered by a thick layer of worm silk blanket, not panicking at all, and even curious, "A house can be built in a stone! No wonder the things in the tree house There are so few, I thought you were so poor that you didn’t even have any scraps of meat, and you were going to starve!”

Rick, who was walking in front, staggered and almost threw Xiao Jiu out of the cage.He hurriedly caught the birdcage and placed it on the tiger-skin blanket in the center of the stone house.

Rick, Pangpang and Ali surrounded the birdcage and looked at Xiaojiu in unison.

"Why do you know about the inspector?" Fatty spoke first.

"I eavesdropped on the conversation between the patriarch and Dad," Xiaojiu replied obediently, "The patriarch said that some inspectors are rushing to the east of the forest. Take refuge with Grandpa Tree."

Fatty rubbed his big tail unconsciously, thinking quickly in his mind.

When the long-tailed lizards destroyed the grape forest, they also destroyed the nests of many birds, and even some birds that were unable to react were crushed by the trees and died as a result.What's more, it's still the turn of spring and summer, and most of the birds' nests have a few more precious eggs. They must be more cautious when they hear the news that the inspectors are coming again.

Rick tilted his head: "Then why did you say something would happen to us?"

Although the forest animals all know that the gourd baboons are on good terms with the bears, few animals understand the reason for their good relationship, and thus connect with themselves.

Xiaojiu hesitated a little this time.He hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "Because I know what the inspectors are here for."

"The purpose of their coming is to hear that there are traces of queen bees here, and they want to catch them and bring back the royal jelly. Later, they heard that the royal bee family has a very good relationship with you, so they decided to deal with you by the way .”

It dawned on Rick that the inspectors came here for royal jelly.

They only thought that the inspectors might come for some legendary resource, but they forgot that royal jelly is a precious resource. Moreover, they also heard the chatter of the Yemi Badgers when they were in the Yemi Badger Clan. In order to search for royal jelly, he stayed in the ant forest for many days and destroyed all the beehives there...

Ali also thought of this.He scratched his ears and was about to speak when he was interrupted by Pangpang.The latter looked at Xiaojiu with a very serious expression: "How did you know this news?"

Xiaojiu looked even more guilty.

"I overheard it."

This time Rick also noticed the problem: "Who did you eavesdrop on?"

Xiaojiu said weakly: "I overheard what the purple leopard, the ugly lizard, and the flat-headed honey badger were talking about."

"You ran to eavesdrop on the inspectors?!" Ali shouted in disbelief.He got into the cage, lifted Xiaojiu's wings and feathers, and looked left and right to make sure Xiaojiu was not injured.

Because of his guilty conscience, Xiaojiu has been obediently cooperating with him until the squirrel was about to pick up his tail feathers, then he jumped forward unbearably, blocking Ali's movement: "I'm fine! The inspector didn't notice me at all!"

Rick fished out the squirrel dumbfounded, and Pangpang also picked up the bird ball with Dumao, and Maomao exploded in anger, paws kept poking Xiaojiu's head.

"Do you know how dangerous this is!" Pangpang was still swaying Xiaojiu, grinding his teeth angrily, "If the inspectors find out, you will only have a bird's bone left!"

Seeing that Xiao Jiu's big eyes were shaking in circles, Rick quickly rescued him and smoothed his raised hair.

Fatty is still very angry: "You have neither the ability to attack, nor the annoying luck of cheating like Rick. If you act so boldly, who knows when something will happen? Have you forgotten the clan motto of the Silver-throated Longtail clan?"

"Hey!" Rick said dissatisfiedly, "Pay attention to your words!"

Xiao Jiu lowered his head sadly, and whimpered: "I'm afraid something will happen to you."

He knew the relationship between the gourd baboons and Rick, and knew that the bears lived not far from the mountain grape grove. He was afraid that the inspectors would affect Rick, so he slipped out of the tribe's settlement at night and inquired all the way. Looking for the location of the inspector, by accident, he heard the news that shocked him, so he didn't even dare to sleep, and hurriedly flew to the tree house.

Fatty taught half of the words stuck in his throat.He hesitated for a moment, stretched out his paws and rubbed the top of Xiaojiu's head, his voice was much gentler: "Okay, we are also worried about you. The inspector is very strong, and the racial skills of that long-tailed lizard can even destroy half of the Mountain Grape Forest, even I have to deal with it carefully, and I may not be able to beat him."

"Didn't you say it's okay to beat him?" Ali interjected.

Fatty froze, turning his head to stare at him angrily.Alibu stuck out his tongue slightly at him, and led Xiaojiu to the woolen cushion, letting him lie down and sleep first.

Xiaojiu originally wanted to chat with them a few more words, but as soon as he lay down on the soft wool pad, he felt sleepless all night, and with Rick, Ali and Fatty standing next to him, he felt that It was very safe, with drooping eyelids, and soon fell into a deep sleep.

"It's really too dangerous." Fatty muttered in a low voice, thinking about Xiaojiu's reckless running to eavesdrop on the inspector, he still felt lingering fear, "Fortunately, not many animals know about our relationship with the long-tailed tit, otherwise It's impossible for Xiaojiu to get out of the forest."

I also know that it is impossible for the inspectors not to find this little bird that can't even fly so well.I didn't care about his reasons, most likely because he felt that what they said was not important, and the silver-throated long tail would not spread it around.

After all, as the inspectors of the forest, their deterrence is still very strong, and there are the strongest members of the bird family like the orange eagle. Unless the birds don't want to stay in the forest, they will never dare to talk casually.

Rick also nodded fortunately, and got back to the point: "Since the inspector came for the royal jelly, it's no wonder that the honey badger followed - he must try his best to cover up the fact that the royal bee family was imprisoned by the honey badger before."

After all, the inspectors had been looking for royal jelly in the ant forest for so long. If they knew that the Yemi Badger Clan had lied to them all along, then the former leader of the Yemi Badger Clan might not have a good end.

A Li pondered for a long time seriously, then raised his head and looked at Fatty.Fatty thought he was going to give some serious advice, so he leaned forward slightly, and then he heard Ali ask, "So what is the clan motto of the Silver-throated Long-tailed Clan?"

"What's the problem?" Fatty tutted, stretched out his paw and pointed, "Your focus is too biased!"

Rick tilted his head and looked at Fatty with the same curiosity.

The two cubs looked at him in unison, and Pang Pang gave in almost instantly.He shook his ears and coughed lightly: "Their clan motto is—actively gossip and never find fault."

Active gossip, never find fault?

Rick and Ali looked at each other.

Can this also be used as clan training?