The full text of Tiger Harley

Harry, a two-year-old tigress, is very clever. After only half a year in Sunshine Circus, she learned several programs, such as platform jumping, seesaw and Long Hudou, which were very popular with the audience. Director Gao also wants Harley to learn a circle of fire.

The so-called drill fire ring is to make a big iron ring with a diameter of 1.5 and stand on a big iron shelf about 1 m from the ground. The hollow iron bar contains flammable grease, and the animal trainer ignites the iron ring with a torch, and the flame flies instantly. At the command of the animal trainer, the majestic tiger rushed past the burning iron ring.

Both The Greatest Royal Show on Earth and The Greatest Russian Country Show on Earth have this program, which is very popular. This program looks very thrilling. The blazing flame seems to devour the tiger. In fact, crossing the ring of fire is only a short moment, and it will not burn the tiger's skin or scorch its hair.

But all wild animals are naturally afraid of fire. It is not easy for tigers to overcome their fear of fire and bravely walk through the flames. According to statistics, of the ten tigers trained to drill fire rings, at most only one is qualified for this project.

When training animal actors, food is generally used to lure them. Hunger is the best teacher. Under the pressure of hunger, animals will become obedient. So the circus locked Harry in an iron cage and didn't feed him all day.

Harley wants to eat steak, and there is no other way but through the burning iron ring. Before that, Harley drilled through the empty hoop and jumped through the middle of the hoop. His posture is beautiful, his skills are powerful and effortless at all.

At this point, Harley was hungry. When he smelled the bloody smell of steak, he threw his eyes into the hoop excitedly. However, when he saw the beating flame and felt the heat of the fire, he immediately stopped and turned back. The animal trainer shook the steak on the iron fork and shouted. Harley jumped up in horror and growled angrily, but refused to go near the blazing ring of fire.

From the stalemate in the morning to the afternoon, the steaks went bad and the animal trainer was exhausted. Harley is still afraid to cross the burning ring of fire. Director Gao said disappointedly, "Just like some people are afraid of heights and some tigers are afraid of fire, Harley probably belongs to this kind of tiger."

Source: Shen, Harry Tiger.

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Creative background:

1969, just graduated from junior high school, and Shen, below 17, is catching up with the educated youth's movement to the countryside. At that time, these educated youths in Shanghai had seven destinations to choose from, namely, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Anhui, Jiangxi, Guizhou and Yunnan. Shen chose Yunnan without hesitation, the only reason is that Yunnan is an animal kingdom, where he can keep a real hound.

When he was young, he saw a movie. He reached out and caught a bunch of bananas, and bent down to catch a pineapple. After coming to Xishuangbanna, Shen ruyuan lived in a bamboo house of an old Dai hunter. Not only did he get a real hound, but he also began to wander in the most primitive natural world with the old hunter.

Although she didn't get the chance to become Dai's son-in-law, the lush virgin forest and many lovely creatures that have grown on that land for generations left an indelible mark on Shen's heart. Shen also wrote Tiger Harley at this time.

Shen is good at writing animal novels and reflecting human life and feelings with the survival law of animal society. He worked hard to support his family and did his duty as a man. He is now a professional creator in the workshop of the Political Department of Chengdu Military Region, and is known as "the king of animal novels in China".