"Not only are they present, but this litter of water otters is especially mischievous."
"How so?"
"Come, you'll see once you look."
Old Gao led him towards the water, where the Water Otter Mother, unable to intimidate, herded her children to hide in the water.
But clearly, mother's education was a bit of a failure; three little water otters agilely evaded her and waddled over to bump into Chen Ying.
They bumped into his shoes and then collapsed to the ground, gazing up at him expectantly.
With practiced ease, Old Gao scooped one up to pet.
Chen Ying picked up the remaining two.
The Water Otter Mother, beside herself with anger, was barking and jumping around, but what could she do? Even jumping couldn't reach the two-legged beast's knees, so in a fit of rage, she just had to get mad for a moment before turning and diving into the water to calm herself with the out-of-sight-out-of-mind technique.
