Chapter 974 Ratcatcher (1/2)

Following the excited hunters, Li Du ran to a patch of grass looking like s weed, so a lollipop, but the stick was

shorter and bulkier, so it really looked rass was soft and hadit up,

using their bows

The hunters were very quick They opened the hole wide, and soon there was a pile of

earth next to it

Li Du said in a depressed h to find prairie mice Soo back to eat stocked food,” said Cheeks

The prairie rat enjoyed life Their burroide and deep, with lots of space

If a prairie rat didn't escape in a panic, hunters wouldn't be able to get to the botto at the size of the burrow, Li Du showed Crispy Noodles the way in and told hirew up, Crispy Noodles was the smallest of the animal fa Ah Meo into a big cat, et inside the barrow

Crispy Noodles was ot in and

quickly withdrew It dragged out the unconscious rat by its tail

Seeing this, the hunters let out a cheer ”Hola!”

Li Du guessed it ” but every tiot the i, ”very spicy” (in Chinese)

In this manner, hunters looked for the burrows of prairie rats Ah Ow and Ah Meow

helped to dig out the hole, Crispy Noodles went in and dragged out the rat Ali was

waiting outside If the rat was still struggling, Ali would go up and beat it unconscious

The four little ones again launched asse out one rat after

another to the cheering of the hunters

Seeing that the hunters found the rat burroith apparent ease, Li Du was curious

and asked, ”How do they find the their holes arass, which Li

Du had to pull away to look for the burrows, but the hunters see at the grass

Pointing to the ground, Cheeks said, ”If you look closely, there will be some traces of

fresh soil around the rat hole This is because the rats keep co fresh soil out”

The marks outside the rat hole were so faint that Li Du had to look closely to find thelance

The Hadza hunting trip was very boring They kept digging up rat burrows until they

could no longer find any By that time, it was afternoon

Then came the time for lunch, which they did not eat at a fixed ti to

the pace of their hunt and the degree of their hunger

”If the hunt is good, people will eat when they are hungry If it isn't going very well,

people tend to skip lunch and have dinner together in the evening,” explained Cheeks

Li Du looked at the skinny hunters, thinking that their body size er

rather than exercise

Sorass along the way and

sprinkled soasoline on the pile

The hunters nodded to the fire and said soht it was a cere that petrol was great

The Hadza ate a rugged utted rats, which were