Smile for me

For the next month Brad went on a hunting spree that the wildlife in the area started to leave as the hunter here seems to be very efficient. Even predators were dwindled down such as Terror Birds and coyotes. Brad did find something that interested him, it was a flightless bird like the Terror Bird but it was a smaller one and doesn't show signs of it being a raptor bird.

It looked similarly to a Dodo which Brad had seen but this one could run like it was on caffeine. Brad had a hard time catching them but he was able to catch about eight of these birds. He placed them on a pen he made should he catch some ducks in the future but this bird seemed better. He also catched another one to try to cook it and it was very similar to turkey.

He also found a weird looking goat, 5 kilometers east from the cave, that seemed to be on steroids. They were found near a cliff side which was quite a tall climb, it's nose seemed longer and It could be mistaken for a bison but the bleating says it's a goat. Brad thinks this guy is called a Takin and they are quite mild creatures. It didn't bother him at all when he passed by so he tried feeding it which worked. That day Brad walked with a handful of grass and a herd 5 of large goats following him back.

He placed then next to the Boar-pen, which had given birth to a litter of 8 piglets. Brad felt that he might also stock on Goat feed as well, he might have many more extra caves but if the winter here last longer then he might have to expand some of them and redesign them into proper warehouses.

One day the glow worms came out of their cocoons and turned into fireflies, Brad was sad they had to go but felt relieved when there seemed to be new larvae left on the cocoons. Brad felt things were almost ready so he went and explored more, he went back to the cliff side incase something he needed might be indeed present there.

He had watch a documentary before about how goats climb cliff sides to get something essential to most living beings, salt. Brad arrived and started to climb the cliff side carefully. Once he was about forty meters high he stopped as he saw other Takins were on this level from the other side of the cliff and they were licking the cliff wall.

"Haha!! Salt, finally! I have found substitutes for pepper already and even found wild onions. Hahaha... delicate cuisine is near!" Brad took out a small stone pick axe as he carefully positions himself to get the salts. Brad broke a large piece immediately and stopped, he looked at the large rock salt then at the rest ot the cliff.

"Holy Shit! This is a lot of salt!" Brad wasn't even sure how thick this layer of salt is but for it to look like a cliff made him think the breeze coming here must be from a nearby sea. Brad looked into the horizon which wasn't clear as the forest is quite covered in fog. The sight of a forest turning from green into orange or red took Brad's breath away.

"With all these salt, why do the goats here only number to such? Shouldn't they be attracted to this place more?"

*Swoosh!!*

*Screech!!*

Brad looked forward and saw a Takin was ruthlessly pulled from the cliff by an Eagle with wings that span about eight meters then dropped the poor Takin down the ground.

"Ohh, so that's why." Brad then hurriedly climbed down after breaking another large piece of rock salt and putting it in his bag. He looked and saw the Eagle did not go to his victim immediately but circled around and seemed to target him next.

"Oh shit!!" scared Brad quickly climbed down like a gecko crawling in reverse. Seeing the Eagle already so close to him, Brad panicked so he let go of the cliff and jumped down the remaining twenty meters.

*Screech!!

"Aarghh!!!!" Brad screamed so loud in a high pitch the eagle mistakenly thought the two legged wingless creature was a distant relative.

*Thud

"Hughh!! Damn that hurts!!" Brad survived the fall with only a few bruises in his body but first he must find cover. Brad immediately ran towards the canopy of the forrest. The Eagle screeched again as it decided to get this extra snack on the road.

"Fuck you man leave me alone!!" Brad dived forwards and rolled to dodge the sharp talons of the eagle. He looked up and saw the bird was already circling back.

"Shit how is this thing so fast!!" Brad knelt down and jumped forwards with the most strength he had ever mustered in his legs.

As he found cover in the trees the Eagle stopped flying and landed on a tree growing by the side of the cliff. Brad was panting but he still kept eye contact with the bird, not sure how he could tell but it seems to be mocking him.

"You laughing at me bro? Huh? You want a piece of me? Come on!! Think I'm funny to you eh!" Brad was pissed seeing the ridiculing face of the bird.

"Skwak!!!" The eagle flapped it's wing as it felt amusement seeing the small two legged prey scream at him from afar. But soon instincts tells it it should immediately leave, it saw the two legged small animal take out a stick and another stick as it went into a weird pose. But it trusted it's instincts so it decided to take off to the skies.

"Smile from this mudafuckah!!" Brad went full swing throwing that harpoon at it instantly arrived in front of the Eagle that was about to take of.

*Bang!!

The eagle was too late to dodge as the harpoon buries straight into it's head. It had felt the danger coming but the only thing it could do was open it's wings again before all light vanished in it's world.