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“Cave lynxes!” the Cat repeated admiringly. The professor, on the contrary, recoiled and crawled away.
“Don’t be too happy!” the beauty bared her teeth.
— Don’t misunderstand me! — Cat cooed, and came closer. — You are beautiful!
“What a nice lunch we have today!” The leader of the pack sang in response.
The cat was confused. Darkness is getting closer.
-What are you?! Bagheera is waiting for you!!” he hissed indignantly.
-What am I?! I’m purely aesthetically!! — Cat snorted. And he smiled as radiantly as he could. — Stunning eyes, miss!!!
— Aesthete, damn it! — Darkness got angry and gave the cat a slap in the face with feeling.
— Hey, what are you doing! — The cat got angry, and the beauty lynx laughed. She was supported by the rest of the pack, and raucous laughter echoed through the forest.
This is where they attacked. Cat and Darkness at the same time. The professor only had time to crawl behind a tree. The cat jumped high and fell on the head of the nearest lynx. She fell into the grass like a bag. Darkness attacked two at once, pushed their foreheads together and they collapsed. The other three instantly snarled and attacked. The cat flew up again, pushed off the side of the Darkness, flew right over the snapping maw, and landed behind. He gave the lynx a good tug by the tail, and with all his might hit the face that turned around in surprise. Gloom dealt with the remaining two.
-It’s not for long! Let’s go! — Ordered Darkness.
— Let’s go! — The cat rushed to the professor, helped to rise. — Come quickly!!
-But where are we? What’s going on!??” The professor seemed about to go into hysterics.
Gloom jumped up to them, turned the professor’s side.
— We need to go to the field! The cat commanded.
«There’s a mammoth!!» the professor yelled.
— There’s a stone! — The cat pushed the professor in the back, and he fell on Gloom. He wiggled his arms and legs. — Let’s run!
And they ran again. They stopped in front of the clearing. They peeked out from behind the trees. The glade was no longer uninhabited. People were bustling about there. Little strong men set up camp. They set up yurts, made a fire. The cat recognized with horror in a large shapeless heap of the old mammoth!
-K..What the hell?! he bleated.
-Yes, that’s enough! We need to find a secluded place and think it over! — Darkness looked around. It’s clearly too dangerous here.
— I agree! — Cat immediately picked up
The professor was silent. His eyes were already lit with the fire of scientific curiosity and he was ready to rush into the clearing. The only thing that stopped him was Gloom, who picked up the professor’s working apron with his claw. He shifted from foot to foot, and seemed not to notice that he was marking time.
— Uh, doc! — Cat called out to him. “Please don’t risk it!!
They went around the clearing in a circle and found themselves at the river. They froze in shock on the shore.
-That’s her?! Ours? — the Cat doubted. And even absurdly waved his paws. — knee-deep, which?!
Instead of a small river with a completely peaceful course, they found themselves on the banks of a wide turbulent stream.
For the night we chose a small cave, almost at the water’s edge. It must have been washed away when the river flooded with rain. From above, it was covered with the roots of a mighty spruce, and seemed safe.
— Great, just what you need! Doc, get inside. You can take a little nap.” The Cat suggested.
— But, excuse me, I’m hungry! — The professor was indignant. Sleeping on an empty stomach is bad!
-Excellent! — Cat got angry, and plucked a branch with large berries from the nearest bush. — Enjoy your meal!
But before the professor could take it, Gloom slapped the cat’s paw and the branch glided into the water.
— It’s a wolfberry! — He was indignant.
— I know. — Cat muttered.
Now he felt terribly tired. I wanted to eat and sleep, and also home! To Bagheera, to Mira, to Lex. Home!
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