𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚐𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝚊𝚙𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎

      Spring has arrived and the snow and ice are beginning to melt. Sonic, who woke up earlier than Shadow and Amy, could not believe that winter ended so quickly, for him personally. On the one hand, it was a little sad that winter ended so quickly and that time was passing so quickly. But on the other hand, this is a good reason, since spring has come again, so that now you don’t have to wear a lot of hot clothes and go for a run through the forest in light clothes. Almost naked. The birds have already returned from the south and began to fly to their nests. Sonic just made a couple of birdhouses from the remaining pieces of boards from which Shadow and Amy made new chairs and a table. Going outside, he climbed the tallest tree, or rather Shadow's house itself, since it was essentially a tree. Having nailed the birdhouses to the tree, he went down and waited for the birds to fly in and settle in them. He even left feeders and a bunch of seed skins there. While the hedgehog was waiting, he decided to do some morning exercises. He leaned to the left side three times, to the right three times, squatted, sticking his arms forward five times and ran in place. Then I ran six laps around the house. Suddenly, two pigeons and four sparrows flew to the birdhouses, who liked the houses that Sonic made for them. Having settled in each birdhouse, they began to peck the remaining seeds. — Happy housewarming to you, birds! — Sonic waved his hand at them and went for a walk. Fortunately, there is no need to ask the adoptive parents for permission. After all, he already knows these forests like the back of his hand by heart, he won’t get lost and will find his way back when he decides to return. On the way, he noticed how ordinary little animals met each other in pairs, rubbed against each other and ran after each other. Icy rivers and lakes began to break up and melt. Even the snowmen that he himself made all over the forest melted and disintegrated, which was a little sad. It was a pity to part with such wonderful works of my entire life. And it doesn’t matter whether he sculpted them well and beautifully or, on the contrary, crookedly and unsuccessfully. Well, things don’t always work out well the first time. And then the hedgehog heard a fish begin to splash in the river. He decided to catch her dad for lunch. Using a small piece of leftover bread, attaching it to a paperclip and attaching it to one end of a rope, and attaching the other end to a long branch, he made a fishing rod. To be completely consistent with real fishing rods, he tied a bump in the middle of the rope, like a float. Sitting down on a fallen log, he threw his semblance of a fishing rod with a piece of bread into the river and began to wait. He sprinkled the remaining crumbs on top, like feeding, and tried to lure the fish to him. He waited and waited, but so far the fish weren't biting. She didn’t even swim up to the feeding. About ten minutes passed and only one such fish was caught. It was a pike. As soon as she grabbed a piece of bread, she pricked herself with a clothespin and got hooked. She began to peck, tugging the cone, and Sonic immediately pulled her out with him. The pike tried to escape, but the hedgehog held it tightly in his hands, along with the fishing rod. — Got caught biting? Sonic was about to return home and either freshen the pike to fry it, or cook soup with it, when suddenly he heard the voices of children. — Bluey! Bluey! Bluey! Sonic was curious, what kind of Bluey is this? And are they really looking for him here? Forgetting about the fish that he dropped from his hands, he ran towards the sound. At this time, the pike managed to free itself from the clothespin and barely made it back to the river by jumping, and then swam away. On the way, she cursed in her fish language: — So that I agree to act in this film at least once again! I will need a doctor to treat my lip wound. Sonic looked out from behind the bushes and saw the children themselves. Among them were those whom he recognized. They are the same ones from the orphanage and walk together in the forest. Apparently everything is really fine with them. With them were some other guards who didn’t look like those, and also probably a new director who looked like a crocodile. An adult purple hedgehog was also with them. Only she seemed interesting to Sonic. Her face seemed quite familiar to him, as if he had already seen her somewhere and once. — SONIC!!! — one of the children shouted, and the last one clenched his teeth in fear that he had been discovered and hid behind that same tree. Nevertheless, he continued to shout: — BLU-U-UEY-Y-Y!!! SO-O-ONI-I-IC!!! SOMANTA-A-A!!! — Which Somantha? We're actually looking for Sonic. — the girl scolded him. — I know. I'm just confused. What's his name, Bluey or Sonic? What if he himself doesn’t know what his other name was and we still won’t find him as long as we know him by the name he didn’t know about. For me, it’s probably better to call him by the name by which he introduced himself and by which we ourselves knew him. — he explained and continued to call Sonic, not even knowing that he was nearby and was hiding behind a tree, and also heard everything. — SONIC, WHERE ARE YOU??? Sonic's eyes widened. His shock was not only that they were looking for him right now, but also that for the first time he himself learned his second official name. — “My name is Bluey?... Or is it Sonic?... Something I don’t understand. Maybe they want to fool me and return me to their orphanage? Well, I do not! You won’t catch me!” — he decided to leave. One of the girls finally noticed him sneaking somewhere. — O! Here he is! — she said, pointing her finger at him and he rushed to run at supersonic speed. — STOP, WHERE???

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      Shadow and Amy had also already woken up by that time. — Good morning! — says the striped one. — Kind! — the pink one answers and sees the small nest empty. — Well, you're a good-for-nothing. He probably ran for a walk alone again while we were sleeping. — Come on! Will come back. He always comes back. And he was right. Sonic is back after all. Taking a breath, he pressed himself against the door and closed it with all the locks and bolts. — Sonic-Sonic, what's the matter? — asked Shadow. — There are Mobians and people in the forest. They are looking for me. — What? — Rose herself got scared and hid under the table. — I hope these are not naga hunters? — They weren't following you? — asked Shadow. — I don't know. I wanted to get away from them unnoticed, but they discovered me. I was already running, and they were shouting at me like “Stop!” or “Come back!”, but they didn’t listen to them and ran on. And no, these are not hunters. Amy breathed a sigh of relief. — Don't be afraid, Sonic. We will protect you from them. — he felt sorry for the naked hedgehog, hugging him and pushing him aside when he smelled their scent. They were already close and getting closer. — They're already here. Hide behind me! Sonic obediently hid behind Shadow, and Amy crawled out of cover and asked: — Wait! Are you going to eat them? — Of course not. I’ll just scare them away and drive them away so they don’t come back here anymore. — the striped one explained and sniffed better. — O! Well this is a bunch of kids. Sonic, are you scared of the kids? This way it will be much easier for me to scare them! — Wait! — Rose put her hand on his shoulder. — If these are children, then you can’t traumatize them mentally like that. You just need to shoo them away so they don't get too scared. — But how? — Shadow didn’t understand. The children were the first to run to the house and noticed a bunch of signs. — Beware of the naga? — one of them read the sign questioningly. — Do nagas live in this house? Are they real? — Come on, kids. Nagas don't exist. These are just old and stupid fairy tales to scare you. — Vector reassured them, approaching the door of the house, along with Alina and the guards. — Who lives here then? — Alina asked. — Don't know? Probably some hermit got tired of living in the village, among all of us, and simply went into the forest to live in order to be alone and specifically writes such intimidating signs. But I hope he won’t mind if we visit him for a couple of minutes and at least ask him questions. Shadow outside the door sniffed again at this time. — Stop! — He brought his nose closer to the door and inhaled another smell through his nose. — Adult Mobians and humans. The children did not come here alone. — They came for me! — Sonic became worried. — Not today! — the striped one hissed, opened the door and abruptly walked out with his hands raised. As soon as he gets up, he growls. The children immediately screamed when they saw him and hugged the guards. Even the adults got scared and hugged each other. They couldn't believe their eyes. The naga himself stood before them! Real! — WHO ARE YOU??? I DIDN'T CALL YOU!!! GET OUT OF HERE OR I'LL EAT YOU ALL!!! GET OUT!!! GET OUT!!! But they didn't run away. They were dumbfounded with fear and could not move, as they stood in fear like statues. Only Alina dared through willpower to move away from the shock, clenched her right hand into a fist and punched the monster right in the nose. He screamed in pain and grabbed his nose with both hands. — My poor sniffle! It hurts! — I’ll show you how to scare children and you will know what pain is. — she-hedgehog hissed, ran around from behind, grabbed the tip of his tail and threw it over herself, throwing him to the ground. And then she jumped on his stomach. She began to slap him in the face and scream: — WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SON!!!” WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY BLUEY!!! ANSWER ME!!! — Bluey? What else is Bluey? — Shadow didn’t understand. Despite the fact that he was a monster compared to that Mobian, he himself was already afraid of her that he didn’t even think to push her away and get up. Sonic, from the words of those children, guessed that this hedgehog meant him. He was shocked again. — "That's my mom?" — that’s all he could think about her. Amy Rose dared to come out next and dared to save Shadow from Alina. For the first time, she made the appearance of a formidable monster on herself. — LET MY HUSBAND GO!!! — she hissed, grabbed Alina’s waist with her hands and pulled her away from Shadow. — There are two of them! The guards immediately took out crossbows and prepared to shoot at the pink snake. — DO NOT SHOOT, YOU WILL HURT ALINA!!! — Vector shouted. He tried to calmly make contact with them. — Mr. and Mrs. are nagas, please let her go. We're just looking for her son. Have you met him? He ran away from our orphanage almost a year ago and ran away somewhere here. We only came for him because we want to help his mother, find his son again and be reunited with her. His name is Bluey. True, we always knew him under a different name — Sonic. — What? — Shadow and Amy bulged their eyes at the same time. They couldn't believe their ears. Sonic himself, who was hiding behind the door, was now completely convinced that they were right. And most importantly, the fact that that hedgehog is his mother perhaps confirms that he remembers her, as if he had once seen her. Could this be true? — We don't believe you! — Amy answered sternly and gave Alina into Shadow’s hands. — Shadow, eat it! — Finally! — the striped one was delighted, took the hedgehog and opened his mouth, and the latter began to scream and try to escape. The guards could not do anything, because they were afraid to shoot and accidentally hit Alina herself. Sonic could not stand it and ran out into the street, standing in front of Shadow. When everyone saw the baby, they were partly glad that he was alive. — DAD, LET SHE GO!!! — Dad? — asked all the guards, children and Vector himself, from what they heard. — Stop! He called you... Dad? — Alina asked that same naga, forgetting in surprise that he was going to devour her. He closed his mouth and just nodded silently in response to her, and then put her on the ground. Sonic himself turned to that hedgehog and examined her from head to toe. Suddenly, memories from his childhood when he was a baby flashed before his eyes. He now fully remembered her. This really was his real and dear mother. He even remembered his father, who broke up with her and because of this, his mother temporarily left him in that orphanage. And now she’s already returned for him. The guards still had their crossbows aimed and were preparing to shoot at the nagas. The latter only looked at them timidly, huddled close to their house and did not attack them. Vector was the first to immediately realize this and gave the order: — Put away your weapons! — But, sir. — That's an order! Do not shoot! It was useless to argue with him and they lowered their guns. At this time, Alina knelt in front of Sonic, smiled and almost cried with joy, stretching out her arms, deciding to embrace Sonic. — Hello, Bluey!