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— Put it down, put it down! It’s a unique artifact!!!» The professor didn’t even seem to notice anything. He pulled out a stone from the paws of the astonished Cat, and squeezed it in his fist.
-Where are we? — Cat and Darkness looked at each other again.
Everything around was different. The forest is denser and higher, gigantic trees covered the sky, the air seemed to become thicker and sweeter, birds screamed deafeningly around and insects chirped, flowers bloomed wildly. There was no pit at the excavation site, the grass grew so thickly that the clearing seemed impassable. There were no tents at all. As well as people. Everything breathed peace. In addition to the huge, gigantic, incredibly large, MAMMUT! The beast looked like a woolen mountain!
«Tuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!» The sound was so penetrating that the Cat and the Darkness even sat down.
The professor turned around slowly.
“M..Ma..Mommy… Mommy!!!!” he blurted out, and like a fish thrown ashore, he opened and closed his mouth deafened, unable to say anything else. And suddenly he gathered himself, and spoke quite clearly. -Mammoth!! It’s a mammoth!!
-Let’s run!!!! — yelled the Cat. They rushed into the forest, away from the beast. But the professor thought otherwise, and rushed forward.
He rushed to the mammoth, as to his own. He hugged his leg, marveling at the size, ran around, tugged at the tail, grabbed the tusk and tried to measure it with his palms. The mammoth seemed to be petrified by such impudence. He stood for a minute, and then suddenly came to life and jerked his head properly. The professor flew off a good meter. The cat helped him up. The mammoth rushed after them, and now no one had any doubts that they needed to run. And they ran! Through the forest, to where there should be a river and a road to the house. Fortunately, the mammoth did not run into the forest. True, they noticed this already somewhere in the depths of the thicket. When there is no strength left to run. The professor fell into the moss and let out a long groan like a mammoth.
“What… What happened!?” He asked, breathing a little.
The cat leaned against a tree and was also breathing heavily.
-We were transported to the past. -Answered the Darkness, also barely breathing.
— What?! The professor came alive before our eyes. He jumped up, but then almost fell back.
— I think with the help of a stone. You just need to understand how it worked. Can I take a look at him? — Darkness held out a paw.
“For what?” asked the professor.
— On the stone! — The cat anxiously leaned towards the professor.
He patted his pockets.
-But, but I don’t have it! He is with the Cat! — And the professor pointed to the cat.
-What?! You took it from me, you crazy professor!!
— Am I nuts?! Yes, I !!! — The professor soared, but immediately wilted. “I’m in a dense forest, I just saw a mammoth and now I’m talking to a cat and a dog!” This is a good explanation. Perhaps yes. I’m crazy!
-Don’t dream! — Cat snapped.
“Cat!” Darkness reproached him. -Enough. Don’t intimidate him! Professor! Get together! Where are you putting the stone?
“I… I don’t… I don’t know!” the professor bleated as he sank back into the moss.
“We need to get back!!” The cat jumped up.
— But there is a mammoth !!!! — exclaimed the professor.
— Will not work. – stated Darkness, getting up as if before a jump.
“Obeeed!” An unfamiliar hoarse voice drawled, and the Cat and the professor looked at once to where Darkness was already looking.
They were surrounded. Animals appeared from behind the trees. Beautiful, flexible, lean. The cat has never seen such beautiful cats! They must have changed a lot. Modern lynxes did not cause such awe in him as their ancestors.
“Lynx!” the professor squeaked.
“Cave lynxes!” Corrected the yellow-eyed beauty.
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