Chapter 4 – Wild Instincts
“It’s so hot out here! We got to find some water!” kren griped, as he walked slower and slower along the jungle path. “Don’t be a baby, Crane! anda can survive without water for three days.” replied Tigress, as she continued to look ahead for the seterusnya landmark. “Come on, Tigress.” kren continued, “We’ve been walking all hari and found nothing.” Meanwhile, Monkey swung from pokok to pokok above them. “I have to agree with kren on this one. We need water, and I don’t see any sumber anywhere nearby.” “Guys, we’re almost there.” harimau betina, membukakan assured them. kren sighed. “You berkata that an jam ago.” he whined. Suddenly, the trio came upon a clearing, and before harimau betina, membukakan could answer, the seterusnya landmark stood before them.
The new landmark was a statue in the shape of an unusual symbol, which none of the three recognized. “This is it?!” exclaimed Crane, “We came all the way out here for this?!” “What is this supposed to mean?!” Monkey continued, “It looks somebody messed up on this eye and covered with all kinds of various materials.” harimau betina, membukakan examined the statue carefully, and came to a conclusion. “This might be a symbol for a deity atau some other ikon for the ancient civilization here.” she stated, “Who knows who atau what this was supposed to mean. We shouldn’t guess what it is. Instead, we should admire the artistry that made this piece come to life.” “Admire it?!” kren shouted, “It looks like these people just put Rawak objects into a statue. Why should we admire it?!” harimau betina, membukakan yelled right back.
“Because it symbolizes their ancient way of life.”
“Yeah! It symbolizes the fact that they were a strange people.”
“How could anda say that?!”
“Look at the facts. They picked the worst place to live, made the strangest statue in history, and probably used up all the water here!”
“You can judge a book sejak its cover!”
“I think I can judge these people just fine!”
As the two yelled at each other back and forth, Monkey became increasingly annoyed. “Would anda guys stop this?! You’re arguing over something stupid!” he shouted. kren and harimau betina, membukakan looked at each other and calmed down. “I’m sorry Tigress.” kren said, “I shouldn’t have yelled at anda like that.” “It’s all right, Crane. I got carried away there.” she replied. “Good.” Monkey said, in relief, “Why don’t we do some lebih training exercises?” “Sounds good to me.” replied Crane. harimau betina, membukakan nodded in agreement. “So, Monkey, what do anda have in mind?” kren asked. “Oh… you’ll see!” Monkey replied.
Monkey seemed to make no preparations for the seterusnya exercise. Moreover, harimau betina, membukakan and kren became really puzzled. “Um… Monkey… What are we supposed to be doing?” harimau betina, membukakan asked him. “It’s simple.” Monkey responded, “You guys remember that anda trained together around those stone structures before, right?” “Yes…” they berkata in unison, slowly. “Well, the trees around anda are just like those stone structures, except for the fact that there are lebih of them and that they’re closer together.” Monkey continued. “So… anda want us to fight each other as we alih from pokok to pokok just like anda do?” asked Tigress. “Exactly!” exclaimed Monkey. “Sounds good to me.” kren said, as the he and harimau betina, membukakan jumped, climbed, and flew into the trees above.
The two kung fu masters repeatedly collided together, exchanging kicks and punches, as the two moved quickly through the trees, as Monkey kept pace behind them. “You two are looking great. Keep it up!” he shouted. As the two warriors continued to come together, however, they began to feel and hear a little growl in their stomachs. “Hold on, Tigress.” kren stated, “Do anda feel hungry?” “Yes, I do.” she replied, “Monkey, do anda have any Makanan on you?” Monkey put his hand behind his back and said, “Um… I did, but…” “Po ate it all, didn’t he?!” harimau betina, membukakan interrupted. “Yes…” Monkey sighed, as kren and harimau betina, membukakan did the same deep sigh. “I told anda that we should’ve brought more!” exclaimed Crane. “Hold on a sec.” harimau betina, membukakan said, “There’s got to be some-” Suddenly, a Capybara appeared out of the bushes around them. It appeared to be exhausted and out of breath. kren and Monkey stared at it, with no intent to harm it at all. However, the Capybara’s face turned into a fearful one when it looked up at Tigress.
Once kren and Monkey looked at Tigress, they could not believe their eyes. She stared at the small mammal with an intent stare. Her mouth began to water heavily, and she berkata one word, “Food…” The Capybara screamed and ran back into the bushes. “Mine…!” harimau betina, membukakan shouted as she chased after it. kren yelled for harimau betina, membukakan to come back. Monkey then put one of his hands in front of him, blocking his progress. “It’s her wild instincts, Crane.” he stated.
“Wild instincts?!”
“She’s a tiger still at heart. This is what a predator does, Crane.”
“But… She always eats noodles and dumplings with us.”
“That is true. However, if someone like her is trapped in a wilderness like this with no Makanan for a good amount of time, the predator inside of them will take over.”
“So… What do we do now?!”
“Just stand here and wait.”
The two males stood there and watched as harimau betina, membukakan disappeared in the lush jungle.
