The story of Tanghe grouse

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Mother grouse, with her brood of grouse, walked down the wooded hillside of Taylor Mountain to the crystal clear stream. This stream has a strange name, called mud flow. These grouse were only one day old, but they started to walk very fast. It was the first time that their mother took them to drink water.

Mother grouse leaned down and walked slowly, because the forest was full of enemies. As he walked, there was a soft giggle in his throat, and he told those little fluffy balls full of spots to catch up with him. These little guys "stamped their feet" with little red legs, and sometimes they were pulled a few inches away and wanted to cry softly. It seems that their bodies are very fragile, and even forty birds are bigger and stronger than them. There are twelve of them. Mother grouse should take care of them, and also pay attention to all the bushes, trees, trees, trees, and the whole forest and sky. It always seems to be looking for enemies-it's not easy to find friends here-and it did find an enemy. On the other side of the flat green grass, there is a fierce big fox. The fox is coming towards them. It won't be long before it can smell them or find their footprints. The situation is urgent and urgent.

"Cameroonian, eh! Carl! " (hide! Hide. ) Mother grouse shouted in a calm and low voice, Son, those little guys who are not necessarily bigger than acorns and are only one day old will spread out from far away (only a few inches) and hide separately. One hid under a leaf, the other hid between two roots, the third climbed into a roll of birch bark and the fourth ran into a hole. After everyone hid, another grouse couldn't find a hidden place, so he lay on a large piece of yellow wood, leaned flat and closed his eyes, thinking that others couldn't see him. At this time, the children stopped chirping and there was silence all around.

Then, the female grouse kept flying towards the terrible beast and boldly landed a few yards away from it. He pretended to fall to the ground, then flapped his wings and rushed straight ahead, as if his wings were hurt and his legs were lame-wow, how lame-like a painful puppy crying. Is it begging-begging for mercy from a vicious and cruel fox? Oh, no! He's not a big fool. You often hear about foxes' cunning tricks. But please wait and see how stupid it is compared with a female grouse. When the fox saw such a good grouse flying around him suddenly, he turned and jumped at it with pride, thinking that he should at least catch something-but he didn't, and he didn't completely catch up with the grouse. Mother grouse flapped her wings and ran away when she was still a foot away. It caught up with it and thought it would catch grouse this time. However, I don't know why, another small tree blocked it, so the mother grouse dragged her feet and ran under a stump. The big fox growled and pounced on the stump, but the female grouse seemed to limp a little better, jumped forward again and rolled under a bank. The fox chased hard and almost caught the grouse's tail, but it was strange. Although it runs and jumps, grouse always seems to be faster than it. This is really the most rare thing. It, a fast-running fox, chased for five minutes, but it couldn't catch up with a grouse with broken wings. This is really embarrassing. However, when the fox tried his best to catch up, the grouse seemed to become stronger. One after another, they ran for a quarter of a mile, farther and farther away from Mount Taylor. At this time, the female grouse's wings are flexible and her legs don't turn. It's all right for no reason. It flew into the air with a whoosh, as if laughing at the fox, and flew away through the Woods. The fox stayed there, knowing that he had been fooled by the grouse. Worst of all, it just remembered now that it had been cheated by this trick more than once, although it never knew why.

At this time, the female grouse took a big circle and flew back to the little fluffy ball hidden in the Woods.

With the memory of a wild bird remembering that place, it went to the blade of grass it had just stepped on and stood there for a while. The children are so quiet that they are both happy and lovely. Even its footsteps didn't disturb anyone. The little guy who fell on the thin sawdust was finally not so miserable. It completely motionless, still motionless, just eyes closed more tightly, until the grouse mother said:

"Ka ... Park Jung-soo!" (Come on, children) The grouse just burrows and comes out at once, just like the fairy tale says. The little guy lying on the chip is actually the biggest grouse. At this time, it also opened a pair of small round eyes, ran to hide under the wide tail of mother grouse, and whispered affectionately, "Haw, Haw". The enemy three feet away can't hear this cry, but the female grouse three times away can hear it. At this moment, all the other little pompoms came running. Of course, they thought about what happened just now, and they had a terrible argument. At the same time, they are also very happy to meet again, because they have survived the danger.

At this time, the sun shone severely. To get to the stream, you must cross a clearing on the road. So, the mother grouse carefully observed the surroundings, and when she saw that there were no enemies, she gathered all the small ones together, covered them with fan-shaped tails, and walked all the way to the messy trees by the stream.

A gray rabbit with a white tail jumped out of the tree and frightened them. But when they saw the rabbit trailing behind like a white flag, they were completely relieved. Rabbit is an old friend. The little guys learned a lot that day. One of them is that the rabbit always runs with a white flag, and it also lives on this white flag.

Then, the place to drink water is here. Although fools call it turbid flow, the running water here is very clear.

At first, the little guys didn't know how to drink water, but they did it like their mother. Soon, they learned just like their mother, and they twittered to thank them for every sip of water. They stood in a row by the water. Twenty-four red toes and inwardly bent calves are supported by twelve golden brown balls. Twelve lovely little golden heads hung solemnly, just like their mothers, thanking them while drinking water.

After drinking the water, the mother grouse covered them with her tail and took them to the distant grass, where there was a big garden bag full of grass. Mother grouse remembered this big round bag in her heart some time ago. To raise a nest of grouse, there are many such big round buns. Because this big round bag is an ant nest. Mother grouse went to the top of the big round bag, looked around for a while, and then scratched it six times with her claws. As a result, this loosely piled ant mountain broke open. A series of tunnels also collapsed, and debris scattered from the side of the big round bag. Crowds of ants came out, arguing with each other because they couldn't think of a better way. Some people are circling around Ant Mountain in despair and have no idea. A few clever ones began to carry those white and fat ant eggs. However, the mother grouse came up to the children, pecked up a white translucent ant egg, giggled a few times, threw it on the ground, pecked again and again, giggled a few times, and then swallowed it. The grouse stood around and watched. Later, Minions, who was just lying on the chip, picked up an ant egg, fell on the ground several times, and finally swallowed it out of a sudden impulse. In this way, it learned to eat. In less than twenty minutes, I learned even the youngest. When the grouse mother opened some ant tunnels and pushed the dirt and things in the tunnels down from the edge of the big round bag, these little guys were already laughing and scrambling to find delicious ant eggs. They didn't stop until they stuffed their bellies and couldn't eat any more.

Then, they carefully ran to the stream and lay on the beach covered with blackberry bushes for an afternoon. Here, they know how comfortable it is to let those cold sand flow through their warm little toes. Under the strong imitation, they learn to lie on their side, crawl with their calves and flap their wings like their mothers. But now they have no wings to flap. There is only a small piece of meat in the hair on both sides of their bodies, from which their wings grow in the future. That night, the mother grouse took them to a cluster of hay trees nearby, where all the leaves were crisp, so the enemy could not come quietly. They stay under the wild roses with branches and vines, and they can also avoid all air enemies. At this time, the furry children are lying beside the grouse mother, guarded by it. It saw them snuggling up to the warm body, sleeping peacefully, curled up their small bodies, singing in their sleep, and their hearts were filled with the joy of maternal love.

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On the third day, the little ones have grown much stronger. When they meet acorns, they don't have to detour. They can now climb over the pinecone, and at the same time, several green and fat bloody stems have grown on those two small pieces of meat that will grow into wings in the future.

A good mother, two good legs, a few reliable natures and a little nascent reason have created conditions for the beginning of their lives. Natural instinct, that is, hereditary habit, teaches them to listen to their mother, hide and follow her. However, when the sun shines mercilessly, it is their reason that hides them under their mother's tail. From that day on, rationality became more and more important in their growing life.

The next day, many hair tips appeared on the stems of those bloody feathers. A day later, Mao Mao has done very well. A week later, the whole family's fluffy little guy was already flying very hard.

But not all the little guys are like this. Poor little Randy has been ill since the first day of his birth. After birth, it walked for hours with half an eggshell on its back. It runs less on the road and barks much more than its brothers. One night, a skunk ran to attack them. The mother grouse shouted "Kavette, Kavette" (take off, take off), but little Randy fell behind. When the mother grouse gathered a nest of grouse on the mountain covered with pine trees, Randy disappeared. They never saw it again.

At this time, the female grouse continued to train them. They know that there are many best grasshoppers in the deep grass beside the stream. They also know that bare green insects falling from red gooseberry trees are very greasy food. They know that the big round steamed stuffed bun on Ant Mountain, which stands on the edge of the forest in the distance, is a rich grain depot. They also know that strawberries are not real insects, but they taste almost the same as insects. They know that catching butterflies is a very interesting and safe game, but it is not easy to catch them, and many kinds of good things can be found in a piece of bark falling from a rotten stump. At the same time, they also know that it is best not to touch wasps, scorpions, caterpillars and recreational centipedes.

It's July. This is strawberry month. Last month, the little guys grew up surprisingly fast. Now they are quite big, and mother grouse has to stand all night if she wants to cover them.

They bathe in the sand every day, but later, they are moved to another higher place on the mountain to wash. This is a place where many different kinds of birds often come to take a sand bath. At first, the female grouse disapproved of this practice of bathing with sand washed by others. However, the sand there is so soft and comfortable, and the children are so happy to go there, so the grouse mother agreed.

Two weeks later, the little ones were in low spirits, and the grouse mother felt uncomfortable herself. They are always hungry. Although they eat a lot, they are getting thinner and thinner. Mother grouse was the last one to get sick. However, as soon as he became ill, he became very aggressive and fierce. I feel extremely hungry, have a headache and fever, and my whole body is getting weaker and weaker. What is the truth? No one has ever understood. For the sand that many birds often use for bathing, at first its natural instinct made it suspicious, but now it no longer washes. But it can't know that there are many parasites in those sand, and it is precisely because of these parasites that their whole family is sick.

Everything driven by nature has a certain purpose. The knowledge of female grouse in treating diseases is only driven by nature. It is full of a strong desire to seek something, and even it doesn't know what it is. This desire makes it eat and taste everything that looks edible. This desire also drives it to find the coolest forest. Later, it found a poisonous cotinus coggygria in the forest, and the tree was full of poisonous fruits. If it had been a month ago, it would have flown by inadvertently. But this time, it tasted those ugly fruits. Bitter and spicy juice seems to suit some of its strange physiological needs. It ate and ate, and then the whole family came to this strange medical banquet. Our human doctors can't prescribe the right medicine better than this. Facts have proved that this is an irritating laxative, and the terrible hidden enemy has been shot down and the danger has passed. But not all grouse are like this-for two of them, the old doctor nature came too late. The weakest two were abandoned by the ruthless laws of nature. They are called parasitic diseases and lose their health, so they can't bear the medicine of violence. They have been drinking water by the stream. The next morning, when the other children followed their mother, they didn't move. However, the two grouse avenged their brother. A skunk who can only tell the whereabouts of Lundy found their bodies, wolfed them down and was poisoned by the poison they ate.

Now, the female grouse is still ahead of seven grouse. Their respective personalities have long been exposed, and now they are developing rapidly. All the weak little guys died, leaving a big fool and a little slacker. Mother grouse must take special care of some birds. My favorite is the biggest one, that is, the one that has been hidden in porn. Among these grouse, it is not only the biggest, the best and the most beautiful, but also has the greatest advantage: it is the most obedient. The warning signal of female grouse "Eh, Eh, Eh" (danger) can never stop other grouse from walking on dangerous roads or eating suspicious food. But it seems natural for him to obey his mother's orders. As long as her mother gently shouts "Ka … Park Jung Su", it never responds. This obedient character makes it get the consequences it deserves, and it enjoys the longest life.

August, that is, the month of molting, has passed, and the small one has grown to three-quarters of the size of the big grouse. Now that they have some knowledge, they think they are smart. When they were young, they had to sleep on the ground so that the mother grouse could protect them with her body. Now that they have grown up, they don't need this. Mother grouse began to let them experience the lifestyle of big grouse. At this time, they have changed to sleep in the tree. Because the weasel, the fox, the skunk and the mink all started to run. There are more and more dangers on the ground every night, so as soon as the sun goes down, the female grouse shouts "Ka … Pu Zhengsu" and flies to a bush with dense branches and leaves.

All the little guys followed, except a stubborn little fool, who still slept on the ground as before. That night, everything was normal, but the next night, all the children were awakened by its cry. There was a slight scuffle at first, and then there was silence. Later, a frightening sound of biting bones and smacking broke the silence. They stared at the terrible darkness below, saw two sparkling eyes crowded together, and smelled a musty smell, so they knew that the killer who ate their brother was a mink.

Now every night, six grouse always squat in a row on the tree so that their mother grouse can be caught in it. But there are still a few little guys who always raise their cold feet and claws and climb up their mother's spine.

Mother grouse continued to train them, and around this time, they learned to take off with noise. As long as it wants, grouse can take off silently. But sometimes it is very important to "take off with noise", so the mother grouse should teach all the grouse how and when to flap their wings to fly. "Loud takeoff" has many uses. When danger comes, it can be used to warn other grouse nearby, and it can also be used to scare those hunters; You can also focus the enemy's attention on the grouse that "takes off noisily" and let the rest of the grouse fly away quietly or lie prone on the ground to avoid the enemy's attention.

There is an old saying in grouse that goes something like this: "There are enemies and food every month." In September, seeds and grains replaced paddles and ant eggs, and hunters with guns replaced minks and skunks.

The grouse knows well what a fox is like, but has never seen a dog. They know that it is very easy to let the fox jump into the air, just fly up the tree. But in the hunter's month, old Cody came to the valley with a short-tailed yellow mongrel dog and ran around. The female grouse found the dog and said, "Kewitt! Cavite! " Shout loudly (take off, take off). There are two grouse. They feel very sad to see their mother being disturbed by a fox so easily. So, although mother grouse was in a hurry, she repeatedly shouted "Cavite! Cavite! " They set an example and flew away without saying a word. They still fly to a tree and proudly show off their heroism.

Just then, the strange short-tailed fox ran under the tree and barked at them. Two grouse think it's funny, and their mother and brother are both ridiculous. They were so happy that they didn't even notice the sound of sand rustling in the bushes. Later, they flapped their wings and fell down. They were caught and bitten by the yellow dog. It was not until the hunter ran out of the bushes that he saved the bodies of two grouse.

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Cody lives in a shabby little house near the Don River in northern Toronto. From the perspective of Greek philosophy, his life is very ideal. He has no property, no burden, no demand for fame and wealth, and nothing to praise. He seldom worked all his life, and spent most of his time in games and free outdoor life. He thinks he is a real hunter, because he "loves hunting" and because after he shoots, he "feels happy to see his prey fall to the ground". Neighbors all call him "a man who encroaches on public property" and only regard him as a tramp who will live here for a while. He used traps and guns to catch animals all year round, sometimes changing the pattern slightly according to the needs of the season. But some people say that in case he forgets the calendar, he can tell which month it is from the "look of the grouse". There is no doubt that this shows that he knows a lot about grouse, but it also proves that there are some disgraceful things in it. The legal season for killing grouse begins from September 15, but it is not uncommon for Cody to go out hunting two weeks in advance. He managed to escape punishment year after year, and even managed to appear as an interesting person in the interview records of newspaper reporters.

When the grouse is flying, he seldom shoots. He thinks it may be better to shoot at close range, but it is equally difficult to shoot in a place with dense foliage. Because of this, the grouse nest in the third canyon ran safely forward for so long. But at the moment, other hunters looking around found them, making him have to chase a group of frightened grouse. After the mother grouse flew away with four little ones who were not killed, the whirring of flapping wings disappeared. So he put the two killed people in his pocket and went back to the small house.

In this way, the little guys understand that dogs and foxes are different and must be treated differently. At the same time, the old lesson "Obedience is longevity" is more deeply imprinted in their hearts.

The rest of September is quietly avoiding hunters and some old enemies. They still inhabit the slender branches of hardwood trees and hide in the thickest leaves. This can not only protect them from air enemies, but also allow them to safely avoid enemies on the ground because the rest place is relatively high. In this way, they don't have to worry about anything except tree raccoons. This kind of tree raccoon dog, walking slowly and heavily on the soft branches, will always be found by them in time. However, it's time to leave the leaves-there are different enemies and different foods every month. This month is the time to eat nuts, but it is also the season when owls run wild. At this time, owls are flying from the north, two or three times more than owls. Night after night, the climate became cold, and the danger of tree raccoons decreased, so the female grouse moved home and settled in the thickest branches and leaves of an alder tree.

Only one grouse didn't listen to her mother's warning "Kapu Jong-soo, Kapu Jong-soo". It clung to the swaying bare elm branches and refused to leave, so it was taken away by a big owl with yellow eyes before dawn.

Now there are only female grouse and three small ones, but they are all as big as their mother's eyes. To tell the truth, the biggest one hidden on a piece of wood is bigger than her mother. Their neck hair has begun to grow. Although they have only a little hair tips, they can also see what they look like when they grow up. Therefore, they are very proud of this hair tip.

The neck hair of a grouse is equivalent to the tail of a peacock-this is its proudest and most beautiful part. The female grouse's beard is black with a light green luster. The neck hair of the male grouse is much thicker and darker, and the dark green light on it is more vivid. If a grouse is born occasionally, its neck hair will not only be particularly thick, but also appear purple, green and gold iridescent crimson copper due to a special strengthening effect. Such a bird will definitely surprise everyone who knows it, and the little guy who is always obedient lying on the chip has grown a bright, golden and copper neck hair before the acorn month is over-because this is the famous grouse red neck in the Tang Valley.

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At the end of the acorn month, about mid-October, one day, the grouse family was sunbathing near a big pine tree stump on the sunny side of the grass, eating rich food, when they suddenly heard a gunshot in the distance. Out of an innate impulse, Red Neck jumped on the pine stump, cocked its tail and walked back and forth twice. Then, due to the influence of the bright and refreshing sky, it flapped its wings proudly. Then, it is like a jumping pony, showing off its pride, making a braver appearance and flapping its wings louder. Later, it pecked unconsciously. Because it found this new amount of knives, it was very happy and pecked more and more. Until later, the loud pecking of the male grouse could be heard everywhere in the nearby Woods. His brothers and sisters looked at him with surprise and joy when they heard the voice, and so did his mother, but from then on, he began to worry a little about him.

1 1 month has already started, and the enemies this month are really fierce. Due to a strange natural law, all grouse are inevitably infected with a crazy disease when they spend the first 1 1 month. This situation is not completely absent in humans. At this time, they will have a desperate desire to fly away. As for where to fly, it doesn't matter In the meantime, even the smartest grouse will do all kinds of stupid things. They fly around, flying around at the fastest speed at night, either being cut in half by wires, breaking into lighthouses or hitting the headlights of locomotives. During the day, they will stay in all kinds of strange places in ancient times, in buildings, on open and humid grasslands, or rest on power lines in big cities, and sometimes even fly to ships parked on the shore. This crazy problem seems to be the immigration habit left by ancestors, because it has at least one good consequence, that is, breaking up the grouse family and avoiding the constant inbreeding. Otherwise, they will really become extinct [note 3]. Small grouse suffered from this disease in the first year, and it is always bad to come out. In the second winter, they may still get sick because the disease is very contagious, but in the third year, they will never get sick again.

As soon as the red-necked mother saw that the grapes were ripe and purple in winter and the deep red and golden maple leaves began to fall, she knew that the crazy month was coming. At this time, it has no choice but to take good care of their bodies and let them stay in the quietest place in the forest.

Later, a flock of geese flew south screaming in the air, which was the first sign of crazy month. The little guys have never seen a bird with such a long neck, and they feel very scared. But as soon as I saw their mother without any fear, I got up my courage and looked at the geese with interest. I don't know if they were moved by those rude noises or just because of an inner desire. At this time, every little guy has a desire in his heart to fly away with the geese. Seeing that the fast geese will disappear in the south, they fly to higher branches and look farther away. At the same time, things have changed since then. 1 1 The moon is getting rounder every day. When it is full, seasonal madness will follow.

The grouse with the worst health condition is the most ill. Small grouse families are scattered in the east and west. Red neck made several capricious long-distance flights. It couldn't help flying south, but it met the endless lake Ontario and then flew back. When the moon in the crazy month turned into a crescent moon, it returned to the Turbid Valley. However, this time it was alone.