sleep with wolves

"Hi! What's the matter, dear patriarch?" After the male Homo erectus who brought him in left, Feloy asked the female patriarch in front of him with a forced calmness. In fact, he vaguely felt that the Homo erectus He intends to make him and Eve a pair, but he is also worrying about how to dispel everyone's thoughts.

As long as the sentences are not long, Eve can basically understand what Fei Luoyi said, which makes the communication between the two of them much easier.

Seeing that her shy posture did not surprise the man, Eve simply returned to her original temperament, sat upright, looked at Fei Luoy seriously, and said, "Our...partner..." In February, she still could only speak some simple words, but she couldn't connect them into complete sentences, and some syllables couldn't be pronounced no matter what.

Eve's frankness made Feloy a little embarrassed, but soon, he expressed his personal meaning-rejected: "Sorry, I can't agree, patriarch."

Eve didn't feel embarrassed, but was surprised and asked, "Why?"

Floyd replied bluntly: "Only people who love each other can be partners. There is no love between us, ma'am."

"Love?" In their group, as long as they look at each other, they can become partners. This is the first time she has heard the strange word "love", and she is very curious.

"It's hard to explain to you. Let me think about it... By the way, it's like, I just rejected you. If you love me, you will feel sad, but you don't, so you don't love me. This It’s a negative example, if it’s positive, I really can’t give you an example.”

Eve's explanation seemed plausible to Feloy, but she thought that maybe one day she would find the answer she wanted by herself, so she stopped asking.

"Thank you," she thanked Floyd, the word Floyd had taught her to use when thanking someone.

"This is what I should do." Feloy scratched his head in embarrassment, and turned to say goodbye to Eve, "I have been taken care of by you and your clan these days, and my injuries have basically healed, respected patriarch. But, There are my family members far away waiting for me to come home, so I have to bid farewell to you."

"You...leave..." This time Eve was finally a little moved. During this period of getting along, she had already regarded him as her own clansman, and Feloy's resignation made her very sad.

Following the example of the others in the group, Feloy stepped forward and half-kneeled in front of Eve, holding each other's hands and placing them on one side of his cheek, comforting him: "Sorry, I have to leave. If there is a chance in the future, I will I will bring it to visit you, and I hope you will not be frightened by its appearance at that time."

Eve noticed that Feloy used the word "it" to refer to her inseparable family member. She wanted to ask Feloy about the identity of the other party, but finally she closed her eyes in silence.

Now that the separation is already doomed, there are some things that don't need to be delved into.

"Okay." After a long time, she finally spoke.

After saying goodbye to the Homo erectus one by one, Floyroi embarked on the journey back to the cave where he and the dire wolf lived.

Along the way, perhaps because the saber-toothed tiger was severely injured by Homo erectus, the rest of the ethnic group had all migrated, and the new predators had not yet occupied this area, so he was not attacked by ferocious wild animals. He managed to dodge.

Relying on catching rabbits, mice and picking wild fruits along the way, it took him seven days and six nights before he finally returned home safely.

However, when he came to the long-lost cave full of joy, he noticed that the cave was unusual-the rancid smell in the cave was too strong.

Based on his understanding of Mr. Wolf, the other party would never let the food he caught with great difficulty go to waste and let it emit such a stench.

A strong uneasiness welled up in his heart, and he hurried into the cave.

The scene in the cave was almost the same as when he left. The haystack he had arranged for Mr. Wolf was not messy at all, and the animal skin sheets that he had carefully folded were also quietly placed in place. The meat that Mr. roasted and placed in a conspicuous place has not been touched, but the meat has already emitted a stench and grown white hairs. The only difference from when he left is the carcass of the horned deer that was randomly discarded at the entrance of the cave. The strong stench smelled outside the cave was emanating from this corpse.

There are various indications that on the day he left, Mr. Wolf returned from hunting and found that he was not there, so he dropped his prey and went out to look for him, and he has not returned yet.

Could it be that the familiar smell I tasted in the flower bud the day I woke up from a coma was not Mr. Wolf's, and it didn't find me?Or, did it encounter an accident on the way back?

God!I should have chased it out to have a look that day!No!I shouldn't have abandoned Mr. Wolf and left our home!

Now, he regrets it too late.

Self-pity is not his style. Since he was worried about the safety of Mr. Wolf, he pulled himself together, took a few long bone forks and a simple bamboo trap that he had made from the cave, and went to the jungle Find Mr. Wolf.

From sunset to starry sky, from moon to moonset, Feloy searched all the places where he and Mr. Wolf hunted, but he found nothing.

He was not discouraged, and after hastily picking some wild fruits to satisfy his hunger, he expanded the scope of his search.

After the dire wolf disappeared, other predators coveted the territory of the dire wolf. In order to compete for this land, several packs of wolves and tigers of different races have fought.After more than a month of contention, a pack of wolves who migrated from other jungles has gained the upper hand and is expected to become the new king of this land.

Floyloi was wandering around, and the wolves had noticed it long ago.

Feloy's familiarity with this area and his posture made the wolves think that he was the original king here, which made them dare not act rashly.When Feloy stepped out of this area, they regretted not taking action immediately, and missed this hunt for nothing.

It was a lucky accident this time, and Feloy didn't know it. He was looking for Mr. Wolf like crazy.

It was also his madness that bluffed many predators and allowed him to ensure his life safety in the days when he was looking for Mr. Wolf.

He searched for Mr. Wolf for a full ten days. The ten days of sleepless nights made him exhausted. He had to go back to his and Mr. Wolf's cave to recuperate for a while before setting off.

It was also his luck that when he returned, the pack of wolves was being entangled by another pack of tigers that had just arrived, so he returned safely.

And those predators vying for Mr. Wolf's territory have not yet made up their minds about this cave, and his life in the cave is very safe.

He didn't know that all his actions were watched by his Mr. Wolf, and he was able to return safely from the cave of Homo erectus because Mr. Wolf secretly drove away the predators who were eyeing him. In the past few days of looking for it, it has been closely following him to prevent him from getting into dangerous accidents.

Most of his good luck is due to the secret protection of his Mr. Wolf.

However, his Mr. Wolf never showed up, nor did he plan to.

The inseparable love and worry for him make it impossible to let him go, and the fear of being abandoned again makes it afraid to appear in front of him.

Even though it is so powerful that it has few opponents, the dire wolf is extremely fragile inside.

The author has something to say: *Eve, not her name is Eve, but a name in the academic world, which corresponds to the "Eve theory".

Glossary:

The Eve theory, the "single origin theory" of "modern humans" in the international academic circles, has recently become very popular.Based on the research of molecular biology, they put forward a hypothesis: modern humans originated in Africa, which is the so-called "Eve theory".This "Eve theory" believes that all races on the earth are descendants of a certain African female ancestor 20 years ago. This African female ancestor is called "Eve". The descendants of "Eve" left Africa and spread to Europe, Asia and other places, replacing the original local early Homo sapiens; and the original early Homo sapiens in Europe and Asia were not the ancestors of modern humans, and they have no relationship with modern humans .