The thick tanned fur was piled in a corner of the lighthouse. Mary tried hard to cut the thick fur with a knife and divide the large piece of fur into pieces to make mattresses, quilts, clothes and shoes.
Making clothes was a simple matter for her. No problem in life could stump her. It was just that she lacked tools, so she could only make clothes in a very crude way. However, in Murri's opinion, this "crude" was already considered exquisite.
He was still wearing clothes that had been cut in many small holes by the Templars. After Meli got used to the polar cold, she tried to mend them for him. Unfortunately, the cloak that he had shown off was so tattered and missing a large piece that it could not be mended.
"If I catch another ice cave monster, I will have a new cloak." Muri thought to herself. She also liked that cloak before. This time she would catch two ice cave monsters and make two cloaks, one for him and one for her.
Thinking of this, he felt a little regretful that he had not caught more ice cave monsters in the past.
It is not difficult to kill the Ice Cave Monster, but it is very troublesome to find and catch it. They live under the ice all year round. They can hear the movement on the snow through the thick ice. Once there is movement, they will run away. They rarely come out of the ice cave. They are very agile in the water, and you can't catch them even if you jump into the water.
He had a hard time catching the one before. He was still young at that time and was curious about other monsters. He wanted to hold down any monster he had never seen before to get a clear look. The first time he saw the ice cave monster, it tried to run away, so he jumped into the ice cave to chase it and was almost carried away by the turbulent water under the ice.
After the novelty wore off, he was too lazy to go through the trouble of catching more; just one trophy was enough for him.
It’s different now. When he talked to Meli about the cloak, he immediately wanted to go out and catch two ice cave monsters and no longer thought it was troublesome.
Meili took the clothes he took off and sewed up the hole for him. "Next time we meet, I will make you a new cape. It will be two-layered, smooth inside and out and will not get wet."
Muri became more and more excited. If it wasn't dark outside and it wasn't a good idea to leave Mary alone, he would go out to look for her right now.
The little bear who wanted to wear new clothes was thinking about his new cloak. Mary had already shaken the mended shirt and hung it by the fire to dry.
"Give me your pants too, my knees are all worn out." Mary said casually, and Murray took off his pants and gave them to her.
He is now a completely naked little white bear, with soft snow-white fur all over his body. When he sits there in the same posture as a human, he only makes people feel cute, not embarrassed.
So Meili looked at him a lot. Cute things are always hard to resist.
Muri didn't think it was a big deal. He learned to wear clothes from his grandfather. He was not a pure human, so he just imitated others subconsciously. He didn't feel too much shame about not exposing his body. None of the monsters he met wore clothes, only he did. He was the strangest one.
When he was a child, he was picked up by his grandfather, who taught him to speak and asked him to put on clothes. However, Murri was very reluctant to wear them because he felt that the clothes restricted his body and made him uncomfortable.
He didn't have the right clothes at that time, so he put on a piece of clothes that his grandfather had altered himself, which was too loose and always dragged on the ground. He climbed the narrow stairs of the lighthouse with the clothes on, and if he accidentally tripped over the hem of the clothes, he would roll down like a ball and fall dizzy.
He also liked to run around and fight with passing monsters, and it wouldn't take long for a piece of clothing to become tattered.
Grandpa sighed as he mended his clothes, not at all skilled in doing so. He was just like he was now, sitting by the fire, watching and shaking off the white hair on his body, and even making trouble.
It has been a long time, and this is a scene deep in his memory.
Meili lowered her head to mend the clothes, and smiled when she spoke, unlike the grandfather in her memory who nags and blames him. Her grandfather died a long time ago, and he only remembers such scenes a few times. After so long, the pictures have become blurred and dim, like a fire that has gone out.
Now, the light in the lighthouse was on again, and Muri felt warm and dizzy under the orange light.
Meili was mending her pants and casually answering Murri's question when she suddenly found Murri sitting next to her, his soft white fur touching her. Meili looked up and saw him sitting upright, his hands on his knees, standing next to her like a small mountain, and suddenly he looked serious.
She also quietly moved towards him.
It was wonderful, soft and warm to lean against.
The newly made woolen mats were stacked up in layers, so you could sink into them, and then cover yourself with another layer, and your cold hands and feet would finally warm up. Mary fell asleep.
But Muri was a little uncomfortable with her not lying on him. When he saw her fall asleep, he quietly rolled her up with the long-haired quilt, wrapped them tightly on himself, and then hugged this long "pillow" to sleep.
Mary woke up with her face flushed with heat and found herself unable to move.
She gave up the new bed and went back to sleeping on the self-heating bear cushion, covering herself with two layers of fur quilts.
Every morning when he woke up, Murray could see her long red hair spread out on the white hair on his chest.
It looks really nice... I want a red dress like this, Murray thought.
The red clothes were gone, and he actively looked for traces of the Ice Cave Monster, hoping to get a new cloak as soon as possible. He looked for broken ice caves on the snowy plains and waited beside them, but he waited for several days without seeing any trace of the Ice Cave Monster.
His breath was too dangerous. Even if he was guarding the cave entrance, the ice cave monster would not dare to surface.
The more he couldn't catch it, the more he refused to give up. He found a dozen ice caves and wandered around there every day. Finally one day, he saw an ice cave monster moving around in the distance.
The monster living in the water under the ice cave is round, with gray fur, and looks extremely conspicuous on the ice.
Murray excitedly ran over as fast as he could and watched it fall into the water with a splash at the last moment.
He was so angry that he raised his fist to break the ice and jumped into the water to chase after him.
Of course he didn't catch up in the end, even though he was much stronger than when he was a child, fast-flowing water was not his place.
He floated out of the water, poked his head out of the ice hole, and spat out a big fish in his mouth in frustration.
He failed to catch the ice cave monster, but when he opened his mouth and roared, a big fish happened to hit his mouth, and he caught it in his mouth.
When Muri climbed out of the water, he was soaking wet. After taking off his clothes, he shook his body, and the hair on his body stood up and froze in the blink of an eye, like hard ice needles. He turned into a crystal clear ice needle bear.
He didn't care and shook his body vigorously. The ice suddenly crashed into dust and turned into snow ash. He shook it off and he became a dry white bear again.
Muri, who failed to catch the ice cave monster today, brought back a big fish in a depressed mood, and received a surprised look from Mary.
"What a big fish! You caught a fish, that's great. I haven't eaten fish for a long time."
Murray's heavy steps gradually became lighter, and he slowly raised his head. "Do you like fish? It's easy to catch. I'll catch more tomorrow."
Sure enough, he dragged back a bunch of fish the next day. Mary looked at the long hair on his body and wondered how he caught so many fish.
"How do you catch a fish? Jump into the water and catch it," said Murray.
Mary's eyes widened. "In the water... You jumped into the water? Aren't you cold?" She walked up to him and touched his arm worriedly, as if she wanted to see if he was cold, but she still felt a hand full of warm fur.
Murray tilted his head in confusion, feeling strange about her nervousness, "I'm not afraid of the cold."
This kind of cold place is what he is most accustomed to.
Meili looked at the cute way he tilted his head and softened her tone, "I'm glad you're not cold. Because I'm so cold, I'm always worried that you're cold too."
Hearing her tone and feeling the softness of her touch on his arm, Murray suddenly felt his knees go weak. He looked at his knees in confusion, wondering what was wrong with them.
The two of them worked together to process the large pile of fish. As they couldn't finish them, they were all hung outside the lighthouse. Soon, even the blood froze into ice fish, which hit the walls of the lighthouse with a loud noise when the cold wind blew.
Finding enough food is easy for Muri, but it is not easy for many other creatures in the polar regions. If the food is hung outside, "thieves" will come to steal the fish that night.
Muri was sleeping when he suddenly opened his eyes. He looked at the door. The cute and sweet bear face inexplicably showed a kind of hideousness. The remaining flames of the fire that had not yet burned out were reflected in his eyes, jumping faintly.
He quietly put Mary down, stood up, opened the door and rushed out.
Mary was awakened by the roar of the beast. She got up and looked at the door, just in time to see Muri walking back with a circle of fresh blood around his mouth.
It's quiet outside.
He came back and lay down, and a second later he began to snore softly again. Meili couldn't tell whether he was awake just now, maybe he was fighting on instinct.
She was awake, sat up and wiped the blood from his mouth with a wet cloth. Murray opened one eye, looked at her faintly, and quickly closed it again.
Mary found it interesting and took out a small piece of candy and put it into his mouth.
Muri smacked his lips, tasting the sweetness in his mouth, and soon the scary feeling on his body disappeared, and he melted into a soft plush bear blanket. No matter how Mary rubbed him, he didn't move, and even hummed unconsciously.
Mellie rubbed his head.
In the morning, she saw two preys frozen outside the tower. Mary knew that they were the ones who stole the fish last night. With ready-made prey, Murray stopped hunting and went out to wait in the ice cave for the material of his cloak to appear.
Staying alone in the lighthouse, Meili practiced bow and arrow again and again, wearing thick fur clothes, hats, gloves, etc. Her persistent practice had some results, and she felt that she seemed to have a talent for bow and arrow, and her progress made her excited.
During the time she was in the polar region, there was no other danger except the cold. But one day, Mary, who was alone in the lighthouse, heard the roar of a wild beast outside.
Just at a very close distance, Mary was startled and soon realized that the prey frozen outside might have attracted the foraging wild animals.
She looked at the door, but did not dare to open it and check. She quickly walked up the stairs with her bow and arrow, ran to the top platform of the lighthouse, panting, and leaned out of the broken window to look down.
Sure enough, there was a wild beast below, a little taller than Muri. It had eaten half of the frozen prey and was moving its huge nose to sniff at the lighthouse gate. It seemed to be attracted by something, but was hesitant to go in.
Mary was a little nervous, then realized she had to get rid of it.
Pulling open the thick fur hat that was tightly covering her head, she aimed the bow and arrow at the beast from top to bottom. Her exposed hands and face were chilled by the cold wind. She endured the pain in her arms and aimed at the beast without moving. She waited for a while, until it raised its head to reveal its eyes and nostrils, and Mary instantly released the bowstring.