A 14-year-old girl, riding a snowmobile, with a bright smile, and in front of her, is a herd of reindeer, numbering more than 2,000.
Reindeer, a creature that only existed during the Ice Age, is a semi-wild animal that undergoes a major migration every year, and even if it is domesticated by humans, it cannot change their habits.
And this young girl named Ellen, the only remaining nomadic herder in the world, lived with reindeer and traveled thousands of miles with the reindeer.
In fact, historically, the connection between deer herds and people has been closely linked. Because humans at that time fed on reindeer, they maintained this state for thousands of years.
Therefore, people have always believed that deer are sacred, and there are many beautiful myths and stories.
In the West, people would have fawns pull a carriage for Santa Claus and give gifts to small children. Today, he's going to talk about the relationship between the Ellen family and the reindeer.
Although Alan and Ingo are only fourteen years old, their journey is difficult, because their traditions have been passed down from generation to generation, so they must accept this test, and this time the challenge is to follow the reindeer.
In this long journey, they have to pass through snowy mountains and snowy mountains, but it is difficult.
With the onset of winter, the temperature is getting colder and lower, to the point of being unbearable, but even so, reindeer can pass through the snow without feeling a little. This is due to the fact that the fur of the reindeer is hollow and can withstand the severe cold, which has been adapted after more than ten thousand years.
If that's the case, then why do the reindeer migrate in winter?
Since their food is moss, and winter is not the season for moss, when moss becomes scarce, reindeer must migrate to summer meadows to forage for food.
But when migrating, there are also many things to consider, for example, the time of migration must be calculated, if it is too early, it is difficult to cross the mountains, if the time is too long, the female deer will give birth halfway. But when will it start?
Every pregnant doe has an innate instinct, genes flowing through their veins, a keen sense of the temperature around them, and when they get to the front, they have already begun to migrate.
As soon as the reindeer left, their owners would follow. Reindeer's intuition is sharp, so they will be sent to the pasture with their masters, and their owners trust them completely, which is the experience of their ancestors.
As we all know, herders are good at singing and dancing, and they are happy songs along the way.
However, the journey was not smooth, and when they reached the third day, the temperature suddenly turned cold, the snow on the ground became softer, and the hooves of the reindeer would sink into the snow and the speed would become slow, but this was not the only obstacle.
As the snow melted, revealing a meadow where the reindeer foraged and refused to leave, they had to keep driving the reindeer away so they could move on.
But as the temperature rises, the frozen lake melts away, and they have to take a detour, which will take more time and longer to drive the reindeer past.
On the 9th day of the journey, the journey has exceeded 100 kilometers.
Along the way, Alan and Ingo enjoyed listening not only to their mother's songs, but also to their grandfather's stories.
Grandpa would go with him every year, his stories would often appear around him, and his stories would become interesting with his telling.
Since there were only a few short hours, they got up at four o'clock in the morning and began their journey.
But the snow was too thick and the reindeer could not eat moss, so they had to pull some moss out of their bodies and let the reindeer rest here, while Alan and Ingo were galloping in a sleigh to prepare to meet their grandmother.
Now you can see the road, and cars pass by from time to time, and the reindeer are stopped by this road.
The government has given way to the herders, so what about passing vehicles?
So Alan and Ingo had to temporarily control traffic, change into traditional Sami costumes, let passing drivers know, and then stop and let them pass.
The deer herds through the valley and past the White Ye Forest, the family's nerves tensed, because there were more powerful predators, wolverines, known as the "lone hunters" in the snow, with a better sense of smell and bite than arctic wolves.
Fortunately, with protection along the way, the reindeer escaped, the deer went straight to the main road, the two girls also blocked the car, and the deer crossed the road towards another mountain.
Moreover, they had to take a boat to another island. Because Norway has a long coastline and has the reputation of "the country of ten thousand islands", a shepherd owns an island, and the island of allen's family covers an area of more than 200 square kilometers, with beautiful scenery and gentle sea breezes.
Summer in Norway is short, and soon it is autumn, and the Allen family will also take the reindeer home, and they will use telescopes to find the reindeer, three or four hundred at a time, three or four hundred at a time, gather under the blue sky by the sea, and then rush back in a rush.
During the gathering, Alan's father also had an important task to do, which was to quickly put the fawn up, remove the label from its ears, and inject it with an insect repellent, which he used to calculate how many healthy young animals there were during the year.
Herds of reindeer were heading for the coast, and there was not yet a single pregnant doe, all of them strong enough to cross the bay quickly. But the temperature plummeted, and another herd of deer could not cross the harbor, and the Alan family was worried.
The sea was cold, the waves were so big that the deer did not dare to approach, and the chief felt the change in temperature, and his intuition told him that he rushed towards the sea with the deer herd, and Alan's father also chased after it in a small boat, and the deer successfully passed through the harbor.
From generation to generation, the Sami will still live with reindeer, because they have each other, they can survive with each other, and the reindeer and shepherds will continue to be called for a long time. #驯鹿人 #
