Chapter 92 – Boomerang (2/2)
“They were a little manic, you should pay attention to it.” Said Old Ke.
Shao Xuan glimpsed at the bones in the corner. The long ribs were chewed into small pieces, Caesar didn’t eat them, but left them there. There were marks of claws on the ground. However, Chacha, who was very active before, on the other hand, now became very quiet. In the past, he would try to peck on everything he saw, and sometimes clutched on those things while chirping. But now, he became very quiet and still. When he was not sleeping, he would just stay in his nest, not going anywhere.
Shao Xuan got back to his cabin, looking at overactive Caesar, and then the abnormally quiet Chacha. He thought for a while, and took out his knife to make something.
During this hunting mission, a tree’s leaf reminded Shao Xuan of something.
The Flying-around dart, also called boomerang, was something that Shao Xuan used to play with in his previous life. It could be made from paper. But since he was now in the tribe, he chose to make it with wood.
The boomerang that Shao Xuan made was in the shape of the character “V”. Because he became familiar with making stoneware and woodware, it was not so difficult for him to make such a boomerang. He knew how to do that.
It took him less than an hour to finish his work. After some more detailed polishing, Shao Xuan took his end-product outside.
“Come out, Caesar!”
He called Caesar out, as Caesar was walking around howling in the cabin earlier. Shao Xuan tapped on the wolf’s head with the boomerang, and said, “I toss it out, and you fetch it back for me.”
In the past, he had done the go-fetch training with Caesar. Sometimes, Shao Xuan would throw a stick or a bone out, for Caesar to fetch. So, Caesar was not alien with this game.
Seeing that Caesar began to stare at the boomerang in his hand, Shao Xuan knew that he was prepared, so he tossed it out hard.
The boomerang that was tossed out, quickly flew away, but soon enough, it flew back to Shao Xuan after flying around a large circle on the left.
Caesar kept running after the boomerang in a circle, and now he was very confused. Why could this thing come back to the starting point?! When Shao Xuan tossed it out again, he quickly followed the boomerang to see where it went.
“What?!”
Tuo and Keke came to see Shao Xuan. But all they saw was that Shao Xuan throwing a piece of wood out, and the wood would oddly come back to Shao Xuan after flying around. How astonishing!
“What is this?!” Tuo approached Shao Xuan and asked curiously.
They had a good harvest during this hunting mission, and the things that they collected were very sizable compared with their earlier hunting missions. However, the quality was not as satisfying as the quantity. Last time, they had brought the Green Thief and the Wind Ball back! They even set traps outside every night when they were in the hunting mission, but nothing was obtained. Some of the traps were destroyed by some unknown objects. Tuo and Keke came to Shao Xuan, just to ask him whether he would be interested in rejoining the advance group. However, unexpectedly, they saw something new and curious as they came by.
“This is called a boomerang.” Shao Xuan said.
“Well…may I have a try?” Tuo itched to try it himself.
“Sure.” Shao Xuan passed the boomerang to Tuo, and told him the trick to throw it properly.
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“Are you sure that it will come back instead of getting lost in the woods?” Tuo was not so confident about the outcome. After all, he was used to throwing stone spearheads and darts. He had the feeling that the thing he threw out would fly to somewhere afar, well, about flying back…
“I’m sure.” Shao Xuan promised.
“Okay, then I’ll try it first.”
Tuo threw it out gently, and he was much relieved to see that this thing did come back to him. On the second time, he threw it harder.
Keke kept his eyes wide open as he stood right beside Tuo without blinking. With his own eyes, he saw the piece of wood fly back after Tuo threw it out. He rubbed his palms and swallowed his saliva, “Let me try it!”