𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎

      Naga Shadow, disguised as a Mobian, calmly walked around the village, dressed in a robe with a hood and walked among people with Mobians, trying not to arouse suspicion among them. Almost no one paid any attention to him. After all, people have been living in the village for a long time with Mobians who are accustomed to each other. A striped naked man, covered under a robe, crawls into a market where only food was sold. — Fresh kvass! Buy fresh kvass! Noticing a shop with kvass, Shadow came up with an idea on how to distract everyone at the market, take everything for free and crawl away unnoticed. He stands next to the seller and starts humming something under his breath. At first he sang well, and then he deliberately began to sing terribly and pretended that he was screaming at the top of his lungs. Yes, so loudly, as if ultrasonic noise was heard from his mouth, as if he had swallowed a bunch of speakers with a microphone. No one could stand his noise and everyone covered their ears. Even the kvass seller could not stand it and threw his mug filled with kvass at him, shouting: — SHUT YOUR MO-O-OUTH!!! Fortunately, the snake managed to dodge and a mug of kvass accidentally hit a man in the face, who began to spit. — Ugh! Your kvass is not fresh at all! — What? — Yes Yes. It's sour for you! — What are you saying? It's fresh for me! Guys, come here and try it! I answer, it is very fresh. And all the sellers left their shops. Even the buyers joined them and started sniffing the kvass. True, opinions here are divided. Some people and Mobians believed that the kvass was really fresh, while others did not like it and seemed sour. Shadow took advantage of this and while they were arguing, he snuck into everyone’s shop and stole everything he, or rather his victim, needed. Bread, salt, sugar, butter, cheese, sausage, pizza, chicken, eight eggs, chocolate cake, lemonade, juice, tea leaves, ice cream, candy, chocolates, watermelon, oranges, apples, bananas and even potatoes. Moreover, he didn’t think long about where he should hide it all so that no one would notice that he was stealing it all. He stuffed it all into his mouth without even chewing. No, he did not eat it all at once, but simply hid it in his safe stomach, which does not digest at all. He did not further push the contents into another stomach for digestion. And at this time the sellers and buyers were still arguing whether the kvass was fresh or not. — Yes, it’s fresh! I answer you! — Why are you lying? It's sour! How can you drink such crap? — And we tell you that it is fresh. — And we say no. — FRESH!!! — NOT FRESH!!! — FRESH!!! — NOT FRESH!!! — FRESH!!! — NOT FRESH!!! — WE SAID FRESH!!! — No, not fresh! — Shadow himself jokingly joined in, picking up the empty mug in his hand, and then walked away. Sellers and buyers began to fight against each other in the market and hit each other with mugs and pour kvass on each other. At this time, Shadow quietly crawled away from the market. Then he noticed a peasant dressed like a traffic cop, who had an ordinary branch painted with black and white stripes. He crawls up to him and says: — Help! There was a fight in the market. The traffic cop did not like this news and he immediately ran there to resolve the situation, but the nag laughed to the side and began to leave the village, returning back to the forest.

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      Sonic at this time had already examined the whole house and remained sitting at home and waiting for the naga. Is it just that he doesn’t come home? What delayed him? Maybe something happened to him? Maybe he was caught and killed, and by the same ones who told everyone about his escape and that he ate the director of the orphanage? Horrible! Worried about such a monster, but still a friend, he decided to leave the house through the window and go into the forest to look for him. The striped naga himself, not paying attention to the smells, since among the food he carried with him a little meat, which also smelled good, he crawled home a little later, after Sonic left the house. He spat out all the contents inside himself, without staining anything with his drool, and put it in the refrigerator. Even chocolate, sweets and ice cream had not yet melted while he crawled home. — Sonic, I'm back! Do you want some ice cream? — he called the baby, but he did not respond. He began to crawl around the house and look for him. He probably decided to play hide and seek with him. While he was honestly looking for him, about twenty minutes passed. Then the naga got tired of it and decided to quickly find it by smell. But what’s strange is that the smell of the hedgehog came out into the street. — Oh no!

At the same time

      Sonic ran at supersonic speed through the forest and looked around to see if there were people, Mobians and that same naga Shadow nearby? He was alone in the forest for now. He ran for a long time until he accidentally tripped over a chanterelle mushroom. Having fallen and risen to his feet, he takes the mushroom and plants it back. — Sorry! — he apologized to the mushroom and ran on, leaving it sitting there in the place where he had planted it back. Although, logically, he could take it and bring it home with him, and then either eat it, boil it, or fry it. He runs even further and accidentally wanders into a swamp. Standing on the edge of an old and rotten log, Sonic looked around and was about to leave, when the log could not bear him and broke. The hedgehog leaned over with his back, began to swing his arms, trying to maintain his balance, and fell into the disgusting water. The poor guy got stuck in a swamp, got his feet and hands entangled in a pile of algae and mud and got stuck. It doesn't move forward or backward. He couldn't even jump up. The hedgehog clenched his teeth and groaned, trying to escape, but he couldn’t. He got very stuck in the swamp and very slowly sank down, as if into quicksand. He had no choice but to call for help: — HELP!!! — All he could shout, and then waited. His head was already at the very bottom and the water almost enveloped him. Sonic closed his eyes at the last moment, took a breath of air and sank to the bottom of the swamp. It looks like the end of our story has come.

The End?

      Do not despair! Shadow got here in time, hearing a scream, dipped his tail and pulled the hedgehog out of the swamp, along with a bunch of dirt and algae in which he was entangled. Having unraveled him with his claws, cutting through the algae and dirt, he raised his voice to the baby: — ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND??? WHY DID YOU EVEN RUN HERE??? WHAT IF I WASN’T NEAR OR I WASN’T CRAWLING PAST??? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??? — Sorry, I was just waiting for you and didn’t come. I was afraid that something had happened to you and went looking for you. Shadow's eyes widened and he couldn't believe that he was worried about him and was looking for him. But that didn't change the fact that he was angry with him. This loot was almost lost. — THIS DOESN'T FORGIVE YOU, SONIC!!! YOU DISOBYED ME WHEN I ASKED YOU NOT TO LEAVE THE HOUSE!!! FOR THIS YOU WILL BE PUNISHED AND STAY UNDER HOUSE ARREST WITHOUT DINNER!!! UNDERSTOOD??? The hedgehog felt very ashamed that he had done this. It was especially a little scary when he shouted at him. It really seemed like he was going to eat it right now out of anger. — Sorry! — through tears, but calmly he answered. — Late! Let's go home! — Shadow grumbled, grabbed the baby around the waist with the tip of his tail and dragged him along. He didn’t even care that the kid was really ashamed that he himself had made him worry about him.

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      Returning home, Shadow put Sonic in an empty corner and forced him to stand there with his head down, not move one step away from the corner, and not even turn a degree to the left or a degree to the right. He stood there and was still crying. The baby even folded into a blue ball, becoming like a ball, continuing to stand in the corner and cry. At this time, the striped naga takes chocolate out of the refrigerator and decides to eat it himself. Out of curiosity, he looked at Sonic, who was lying in a lump in the corner. For a moment, memories floated before his eyes, where he, as a little snake, had not listened to anyone before, he also walked where he was forbidden and was not afraid to crawl even into places where even the most experienced warriors were more careful. Back then, the baby naga had a very playful character. But gradually he changed in character because of his father, who often punished him for disobedience and also put him in a corner too often. At one point, the baby even folded his tail into a nest and, lying on his tail nest, continued to stand in the corner. True, he didn’t cry, he just sighed heavily and was sad. He wasn’t ashamed, but rather sad. It was unfair that his parents forbade him to go where he was not allowed, although he himself really wanted to go there. Remembering all this and looking at the hedgehog, he began to realize why his parents scolded him for this then. They simply loved him and tried to protect him, but he never realized it or was ashamed. While the hedgehog is really ashamed of what he has done, because he himself, like his father, yelled at him for disobedience and punished him. It seems like being a father or nanny to a child comes with a lot of responsibility. After all, you need to take care of the child, even if he is disobedient, and be able to take care of him so that he obeys you, but at the same time does not suffer too much, even from shouting and punishment. Realizing all this, the striped naga sighed heavily. After putting the chocolate back in the refrigerator and taking out the ice cream, he places it on the table. Then he looks at the hedgehog, crawls up and lightly pats its head. Sonic stops crying and turns his gaze questioningly at the naga. He also looked at him, but this time he was not angry, quite the opposite. He smiled and, judging by his gaze, regretted that he had shouted at him like that. Silence and emotions on the eyes and lips were enough without dialogue for them to forgive each other. Nag hugs the hedgehog and brings him to the table, handing him a wooden spoon. — Here! I brought you some ice cream. Try! I hope, you like it. Sonic tried one spoon without questioning it. It was a little cold, but delicious. At least there was some variety in the diet. As the hedgehog ate the ice cream, the striped naga smirked as he watched him eat the ice cream. — “When he gets full and becomes fat, not only will I eat him later, but he, with such a big belly, won’t run away from me next time. Sooner or later I will eat it." — thought the naked man. — “Maybe he really isn’t so bad and scary? Maybe he scolded me on purpose so that I wouldn’t do it again, because he loves me? Looks like this beast has a heart!” — Sonic thought in turn. While finishing his ice cream, Sonic cried again and hugged Shadow. — What are you? — the striped one really didn’t understand why he was crying again and hugged him at the same time. — Forgive me, Shadow. I promise I won't do this again. I will obey you and will not leave home until you give me permission. — explained the hedgehog. — Okay, I forgive you. — smiling, the naked man answered him and stroked his back.