cat and rabbit cage

They are a couple trees.At least that's what humans call them.

Before this city appeared, they existed and guarded that large forest.

They absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, get the opportunity to practice, and finally become refined after thousands of years.

But they love this forest, and they have never left or thought of using their power to become adults or harm humans—even if humans continue to deprive them of their living space.

Although it is inconvenient for them to intervene in natural selection and the cycle of the weak and the strong in nature, if the lives of animals in the forest are threatened, occasionally they will lend a helping hand and give strength to those animals.

The first one to get the power of the dryad was the black cat. It went fishing in the river because of hunger, but accidentally fell into the river and almost drowned. The male dryad deliberately bent down to pick up the black cat from the river, and helped it spit out Water in the belly.

Then there is the female fox, who fell into a trap set by humans, and her two hind legs were pinched off, bleeding profusely, almost dying. It was the female tree spirit who turned into a human, rescued it from the trap, and cured its condition leg.

The green snake and the white snake depend on each other for life, and they live in a hole under a giant tree next to the husband and wife tree.The giant tree was struck by lightning on a rainy night and caught fire. The two snakes had no time to escape and were about to die in the flames. They heal wounds.

The red ape was bitten by a hound released by humans, and was rescued by the female tree spirit when he was on the verge of death.

The most timid hedgehog was taken away by the weasel, and he was about to be buried under the weasel's mouth. It happened that the stupid weasel passed by the male dryad. The male dryad quietly stretched out a tree root and tripped the weasel. As soon as it loosened its mouth, the hedgehog ran away quickly; the kind female dryad also healed the wound on the hedgehog bitten by the weasel.

As for the golden carp living in the river, it strayed into the flow cage set by humans in the crevices of the rocks in the river. The last carp, all other carp have been predated by humans.

These animals who had been rescued by the tree spirit accidentally got the power of the tree spirit, and began to absorb the feminine essence of the moonlight at night, so they changed without knowing it.

It took a long, long time before they noticed these changes, and because the time interval was too long, they did not associate their own changes with the dryad's help.Moreover, the brain capacity of animals is inherently limited, they will not clearly remember all the things that happened in the past, but only leave a vague impression in their hearts.

A gracious, tender, warm impression.

On the day of "Doomsday", the ruthless fire burned all life in the forest. The dryads could not save the lives that wailed and cried in the flames, and could only barely use all their strength to protect themselves from being swallowed by the fire.

The little life that has been living near this husband and wife tree for a long time has thus been protected and survived.

But human beings don't let it go.

The construction company that set fire to the forest couldn't help but frowned when it saw the two couple trees with scorched branches and leaves.They wanted to cut down the two trees, but the large-scale burning of forests attracted the attention of environmental groups. With the struggle and efforts of environmentalists, the construction company reached an agreement on the surface and was willing to keep the couple's tree. Still continue to use small tricks to get rid of these two sacred trees and then quickly.

Later, the Jianshang Company used some channels to buy a certain plant exposition in the city, and unexpectedly dug up one of the trees and sent it to the exposition site in the city for display. After the end, "gift" to the botanical garden in the city and continue to display.

The remaining one was raised around it as a park and green space in the newly developed town, but the construction company only kept that piece of land temporarily, and didn't really want to preserve the green space.

A large part of the reason why the animals that survived after the "Doomsday" will stay in this town is also because of the only remaining sacred tree.

Because the age is too long, they have all forgotten that they were saved by these two tree spirits, but subconsciously they all want to get close to this sacred tree.They always thought it was because they couldn't forget the smell and appearance of the forest, and if they stayed here, they could at least do their part to protect the last remaining piece of green space and sacred trees in the forest.

Years ago, the dryads guarded the forest and saved their lives.

Many years later, they were replaced to guard the last sacred tree, even though they didn't know that this sacred tree was the savior back then.

However, even though they tried their best to protect them, they were still succeeded by human beings, who used a chainsaw to cut down the trunk of the last sacred tree in the middle of the night. If they hadn't arrived in time, the chainsaw would have cut almost to the center of the tree.

But even so, the Shenmu was seriously injured, and the sap kept oozing out from the place cut by the chainsaw, and the blood-like essence juice was like blood and tears, accusing the ruthlessness of human beings.

Shenmu, began to wither.

Its top branches and leaves quickly turn yellow and dry, even if there is no wind blowing, the withered yellow leaves continue to fall, and the sound of "rustling" can be heard endlessly.

The animals watched anxiously under the tree, but could do nothing.

The most important tendons of Shenmu were injured, it is no different from the most important blood vessels of animals, and there is no way to recover.

The sound of an ambulance suddenly sounded not far away, and the animals were startled and looked at each other.

Why is the ambulance running here?

Can human doctors cure this sacred tree?

This is ridiculous!

But the ambulance that was beeping was indeed coming in the direction of the Death Tree. The animals fled and hid temporarily because they were too surprised, and they had no time to turn into human shapes to hide their identities.

The ambulance stopped.

Then the door at the back of the car was pushed open, and the boy in black jumped out first.

The animals watched with wide eyes, wondering why Miao Miao wanted to attract humans here?

But what surprised them even more was yet to come.

A hospital bed was lifted out of the ambulance, and Miao Miao quickly reached out to help, followed by a young nurse in a white uniform who jumped out of the ambulance.

Miaomiao and the little nurse jointly pushed the hospital bed in front of the dying tree, and a fat white rabbit nestled obediently at the patient's heart.

Lying on the hospital bed was an old woman who had been in a coma for a long time.

The door in front of the ambulance opened, and a tall man in white came down, lit a cigarette, and murmured, "I can't believe I would do this..."

The animals hiding aside looked at each other in blank dismay, bewildered.

Why did the human who "pretended" to be the White Rabbit Spirit come back?

When all the animals were at a loss and didn't know what was going on, they suddenly heard a hoarse sigh.

No, not only the animals, but also the little nurse and Bai Yun who were present heard that sigh.

It seems to be a sigh from a distant place, but it seems to be close at hand.

Then it began to rain.

The purest rain does not carry any air pollution and acidity produced by humans.

The raindrops fell on the heads of the animals one after another. If they realized something, they appeared one after another, slowly surrounded the dying tree, and sat there.

They are going to send the guardian spirit of the forest for the last time.

The old woman lying on the hospital bed was carried to the Shenmu, and the white rabbit rubbed her cheek pitifully, the rain fell on the white rabbit's cheek, and then flowed to her along the wet snow-white fur. face.

As if they were crying together.

The old woman's body gradually became transparent in the rain, as if the rain washed away all the colors on her body, as well as the pollution belonging to the human world.

The little nurse took Baiyun's hand and silently walked in front of the old woman.

The little nurse was surprised to find that it was no longer the wrinkled old woman lying on the hospital bed, but a woman with a beautiful face and a peaceful sleep.

She was so beautiful and peaceful that one couldn't bear to make any noise for fear of waking her from her sleep.

Yes, she must be dreaming.

In her beautiful dream, it must have rained, and in the rain, she saw her missing partner for a thousand years.

The lifespan of the husband and wife tree is over, but at least now they can accompany each other and leave this world together.

The cigarette in Baiyun's mouth fell to the ground, and was immediately extinguished by the rain.

The little nurse and the black-clothed boy had been pestering him before, asking him to send the old woman here. He was in every possible way. After all, it was illegal to pick up a patient (a patient who was seriously ill and comatose!) and leave the hospital without permission. What did he originally say? Neither agreed, but after he listened to the little nurse's reasons, his heart was shaken.

The little nurse said that the old woman wanted to return to the place where she was born to rest in peace.

It is human nature to want to return to the hometown.

But he still hesitated, but the little nurse had already quietly pushed the hospital bed where the old woman was lying on to the parking lot, begging him to show mercy and send the old woman on her last journey.

Tsk, he was driving an ambulance, not a hearse, and how would he explain it to the hospital afterwards?What about the patient's family?Will there be any medical disputes by then?

But all these troubles disappeared when he saw the miracle in front of him.

Yes, miracles.

The miracle before the distant life disappeared.

He saw the animals spontaneously sitting in front of the dying tree, as if they were saying goodbye.

He saw with his own eyes that the old woman who was originally lying on the hospital bed regained her youth as her figure gradually disappeared.

He saw the boy who had been following him closely, with black cat ears protruding from his head.

So Miao Miao is a cat?For some reason, he wasn't particularly surprised.

Then he heard another distant sigh in the air.

A woman's sigh.Sigh of contentment.

Then the woman lying on the hospital bed disappeared completely.

The rain also stopped.

The clouds drifted away quickly, and the sun returned, only then did he realize that the sacred tree had lost all its leaves, leaving only bare branches.

Baiyun felt sad for a while.

It turns out that even plants have spirits.

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The little nurse and Bai Yun got into the ambulance and left here.

They had to drive the ambulance back to the hospital quickly before anyone found out.

Bai Yun told the little nurse in the car that the old woman was found outside a plant exposition. She was obviously exhausted, but she kept wanting to leave the exposition, as if she was in a hurry to go somewhere.Later, when the old woman passed out, someone called the hospital and he drove the ambulance to pick up her.

He remembered that there was a white rabbit lying on the old woman all the time, and every time he tried to get close to the old woman, he would always be attacked by the white rabbit, until the white rabbit made sure that he had no malicious intentions, and then obediently moved away.

Later, the car collided with a bus. He didn't pay attention for a while, and hit his head on the door. After a while, he became dizzy and then lost consciousness.

When he regained consciousness, it was already two days later, and he couldn't remember what happened between these two days.

It seems that the white rabbit possessed him while he was unconscious and came here to look for the Shenmu.But he didn't know what went wrong on the way, and the white rabbit was also in a daze, delaying for some time before remembering his mission.

Perhaps the old woman knew that this sacred tree would not escape the fate of being felled by humans, so she tried her best to prevent it, but she was forced to leave her hometown. Arrived at the hospital.

And that white rabbit became her little messenger, who wanted to convey her thoughts and worries to this sacred tree.

As for the origin of this white rabbit... the little nurse continued:

"The old woman told me that this rabbit suddenly passed out. She was very worried, but she couldn't send it to any veterinarian because the rabbit was over a hundred years old! My God! A hundred years old! That's not it. Have you grown up? The old lady also invited me to find a "black shop" in this community, saying that the people in it could help her. I didn't believe anything at first, thinking it was just that the old woman was too old and confused, but now I I totally believe it." The little nurse clasped her hands, her eyes sparkling.

"Although that white rabbit is not very smart, it is very spiritual and can really understand human words! The old woman said that this white rabbit is also very poor. It came to the city with a circus a long time ago. Later, it was accidentally lost and sent to a pet store. After living there for several years, no one wanted to raise it, and it almost became food for pet snakes. Later, a kind girl took it back and took good care of it. For several years, let it live a good life. But then the girl fell ill, and the family thought the animal was unclean, so they took the white rabbit to the forest and released it on their own initiative.”

"Release?" Bai Yun couldn't help interjecting, "Is that to die? Sending a pet rabbit to the forest is basically sending a piece of fat into the wolf's mouth."

"It's in the fox's mouth."

"Um?"

"The white rabbit was almost killed by a fox, but the old woman saved it. Since then, the white rabbit has been following the old woman, accompanying her to leave the country and come to the city. Because it has lived for a long time, it can understand human language."

"...Do you really believe that white rabbit is over a hundred years old?"

"Didn't you also see that Miao Miao has grown cat ears?"

"..." Bai Yun looked at the cigarette in his hand.

Does smoking too much cause hallucinations?

He touched the scar on his right cheek and thought: After quitting drinking, he decided to quit smoking.

"You don't doubt it at all?" Bai Yun couldn't help asking again.

Instead, the little nurse looked at him suspiciously and asked, "Then why don't you believe it? Is it just because it violates "common sense"? But "common sense" is actually just a rule set according to the living habits of human beings, but in this world, there are not only Humanity."

"...Are you also working at the hospital?"

"Hmm. My name is Ganoderma lucidum."

"What a strange name."

The little nurse narrowed her eyes at him and smiled mysteriously.

Humans are still so stubborn.

end

One year later.

An apartment in this new town is still as it used to be.It's just that the "black shop" on the first floor is divided into two. One half is still engaged in the animal psychic business, and the other half has set up a vegetable stand, selling all kinds of fresh vegetables and fruits.

Miao Miao, the young store manager in black, is a night owl, and he doesn't get up until after noon.

Miao Dabai, the owner of the vegetable stall in white, always gets up very early, and opens the iron door to do business at the slightest light of genius.

But the vegetable stalls are only open until noon, while the "black shops" open in the afternoon.

Occasionally, people who pass by here often see a lazy black cat on the cashier of the vegetable stand in the morning, staring lazily at the owner Miao Dabai selling vegetables, and occasionally seeing a man stealing carrots and drinking stop.

Miao Dabai's appearance and figure are still the same as before, but he often accidentally reveals a round white rabbit tail behind his buttocks, so he always wears his apron backwards.

And urbanites who come from afar to visit the "black shop" often see a big white rabbit with snow-white fur jumping around at the feet of the shop manager Miao, and occasionally excitedly use its short front feet He hugged Miaodian's calves, and tried to "exercise" with his lower body.

Usually at this time, the store manager Miao would first apologize to the customer with a smile on his face, and then take the white rabbit to the back of the store to "solve" it.

The black cat and the white rabbit coexist peacefully in this not-so-big store, and there has been no major disturbance so far, except for the occasional meowing or fighting sounds from the first floor at night, but the people in the apartment Other residents have gotten used to it and have earplugs ready before bed.

At noon that day, Miao Dabai was about to close the vegetable stall when a little boy who looked no more than five or six years old came over and stood in front of the stall and did not leave for a long time.

The man was about to close the iron gate. Seeing that the little boy did not leave, he squatted down and asked, "Little friend, do you want to buy something? Do you want spinach? Carrot? White radish? Sweet potato? Or fruit? Today's Bananas are delicious!" As he spoke, the man couldn't help swallowing his saliva.

But the little boy didn't answer, just looked at him quietly.

Then the little boy laughed.

The little boy turned and left. Not far away, a little girl of about the same age was waiting for him.

The little girl waved to Miao Dabai, the smile on her face was so familiar.

Miao Dabai instinctively wanted to raise his long ears and wave his hands, but then remembered that he was in human form now, so he quickly raised his hands and waved vigorously.

The little girl smiled even more heartily, and even put her hands on her head for comparison, as if imitating a rabbit to greet with its ears.

Miao Dabai was taken aback, and he blinked vigorously, but within a few blinks, the two children had disappeared.

That whole day, Miao Dabai was thoughtful, and even at night when Miao Miao lay on the bed and looked at him sideways, she was unmoved. She didn't go into heat in one second, undress in two seconds, and go to bed in three seconds as usual. .

Based on Miao Miao's insistence, they will turn into human forms at night before "loving each other", because Miao Miao still cannot accept the shame of being crushed by herbivores.And to be honest, the "size" of Miao Dabai in human form is much grander than when he was a rabbit, which makes Miao Miao more "satisfied".

"Miao Dabai?" Miao Miao called out dissatisfied.

It is tiring to maintain this position on the bed all the time!

The man came back to his senses, but still a little absent-minded.

"What are you thinking?"

"I'm thinking of a girl."

It's okay if you don't talk about it, but Miao Miao will become jealous when she talks about it, and she will pounce on it and bite it regardless of 21.

"You fell in love with a human girl! You ungrateful(?) guy! You forgot who rescued you? I also gave you half of the space to open a vegetable stand and sell those terrible food Qingcai, you actually @#$%$&&... (five hundred words are omitted below)"

"I don't have Miao Miao! That's not what I meant!"

Unable to beat Miaomiao (in fact, he didn't want to hurt the young man at all), the man instantly turned into a white rabbit, and fled awkwardly at the young man's feet; His figure shrunk rapidly in the air and turned into a neat black shadow, with sharp claws unceremoniously inserted on the white rabbit's fat and tender buttocks.

The white rabbit was in pain, and his heart was on fire, and when he turned around, he bit it!

Usually after animals get along for a long time, they fight just for show and will not hurt each other, but these two (only) fights are often for real. Biting and kicking are not enough, claws and tails also come in handy , White Rabbit also has the great trick of "Jacking the Top", every time he uses this trick, the slender black cat who is pressed down by his fat buttocks and can't breathe has no choice but to admit defeat.

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The vixen who lived on the second floor yawned and put down her craft.

In front of it is a large stack of banknotes and a small stack of leaves.

Maybe it's the economic downturn recently?There were a lot of human beings who came to borrow money, so it had to stay up all night to catch up with the crafts, pull out the leaves of those potted plants on the windowsill, and turn them into banknotes one by one.

Originally, the procedure didn't need to be so troublesome, but human beings are getting better and better at catching counterfeit banknotes, so it has to be more careful and change leaf by leaf, so as not to be caught not careful enough and cut off its own money.

But now the potted plants on the windowsill are bare, and it has to find a way to find leaves elsewhere.

The fox shook its body and massaged its sore front feet. Then it slipped onto the soft bed, first took human form, took out earplugs from under the pillow, put them on, and then returned to its original form, lying on the soft quilt, using its own Its big tail covers itself as a quilt.

After staying in the human world for a long time, even the work and rest have become similar to human beings. When it gets dark, I want to sleep. Really... the female fox opened her mouth and yawned again.

Tomorrow, go to the remaining green space on the edge of the community to pick up some leaves... Although it has never wanted to go there, because the last sacred tree in the forest died there...

But tomorrow, when the vixen goes sadly to the green field that has flourished rapidly after the heavy rain, she will be surprised to find that the other sacred tree, which had been forcefully transplanted to the city, has returned, and humans A tree doctor who specializes in treating trees was sent, and he hung up drips on it, and treated it carefully, hoping that it could regain its vitality.

And the tall sacred tree that was cut off by the lumberjack and died, from the broken trunk section, new green shoots have emerged.

The most important things that once belonged to the forest are back.

And maybe, as long as they waited long enough, one day they would see the gloomy forest again and reappear in front of them.

"Finish"

postscript

First of all, congratulations to the Overhead Spade book series for breaking through one thousand copies (spreading small flowers and spreading small flowers), and it is a great honor to participate in the commemorative event of this book number breaking through one thousand. I haven't handed in the manuscript that should be handed in... oh oh, don't wave the whip, I know my mistake!).

In the CWT summer vacation in [-], after the four-panel comic book about the love between pandas and rabbits was published, I have always wanted to write this kind of warm and funny novels with very different protagonists (but very cute personalities). This time I just have the opportunity to fulfill my long-cherished wish, and I hope all readers will appreciate it.

Here, I also use the space of the postscript to explain a little why the little black cat can't change back to a cat.

The answer is: because of the large amount of popularity (as for how to gain such a large amount of popularity in a short period of time... ahem, there is no need to explain this, everyone should be able to guess it?), I don’t know about this small setting. Did the reader guess it?

After that, the little nurse went to the emerging community where the animals lived to look for "black shops". In fact, she went to help the old woman rescue soldiers.The female dryad knew that those animals were still alive and lived in the apartment community near the male dryad, so after losing the news of the white rabbit (the white rabbit became dizzy when hit by the bus driver uncle, and completely forgot who she was ), and turned to the animals he had rescued in the hope that they would help—whether it was trying to warn and protect the dryad, or going downtown to get her out of the hospital and back into what used to be the forest.

I have been writing on the road of BL for so many years, and I have always been very grateful for everyone’s support. Readers, please continue to support Qian Xiaofeng, and don’t forget to support Wei Xiang!

So, see you next time (Jijiu blowing kisses).