"Tell me, what did you all go off and do...?"
Ye Fei pulled over a chair, sat down, and held out his hand to the little ones, beckoning them over before they explained what had happened.
They liked to play, but Ye Fei really did not believe they would go out of their way to bully Old Yellow Ox.
"Feifei, we didn't bully him. He said it himself: it was only fire, and if we could burn off his hair, he'd give us two horns he'd shed before. That's why we asked Fire Dance to try..."
Feimeng shrank down and jumped into Ye Fei's arms with Qingxue, settling there as Feimeng explained, somewhat aggrieved, how it had happened.
They had gone out to play on the nearby Hillside and encountered Old Yellow Ox, who was looking for pretty, interesting grasses to take a few bites of and taste.
Then they greeted each other and wandered around nearby, playing together.
When they reached the area near the seawater, Old Yellow Ox said he feared neither water nor fire; his hide was just that thick...
Seeing how pleased he was with himself, Feng Bai asked whether he was unafraid of every kind of fire.
After that, Old Yellow Ox himself said he was not even afraid of divine fire. If they really had some powerful fire, they could let him see it. If it burned off so much as a tuft of hair, he would admit defeat.
Then Fire Dance sent a ball of fire his way, and when Old Yellow Ox realized his hair really would burn off, he took to his heels...
After that, Blue Feather appeared.
"But you still shouldn't have chased him around burning him. He'd already agreed to give you the horns, and you kept chasing him..."