The pounding of the Owl-cat's paws seemed to match the beating of Eep's heart. She was becoming worried, a long time ago new things were considered bad. After moving to Tomorrow the Croods learned that sometimes new things are ok. At this time Eep hoped that this would also be the case. She held on a little tighter to the Owl-cat's fur, and Guy held on tighter to her waist.
"Guy what do you think it means? The Ice appearing all of a sudden?" She asked him trying to keep a steady tone.
Guy remained silent for a moment before finally answering," I'm not entirely sure. If more ice appears I think we better be ready. We have to tell your father so he can warn the people of the Village since they look to him for advice." Eep shook her head in agreement and continued to look forward it was starting to get dark outside and they wanted to make it back to the village before Night Fall. When they reached the village they immediately went straight to the large tree where at the base under some of its roots was the home of the Croods. The entire tree belonged to the Croods. Ugga and Grug lived at the base since Grug was made the village chief, Eep and Guy lived above since they loved to climb. The Owl-cat came to a halt and they slid off it's back and ran inside the base of the tree where they immediately found Grug talking to one of the villagers. It was the father of the Bur family, one of the newer families to have arrived at Tomorrow.
"Dad is it alright if we talk to you alone," Eep asked looking at the villager. The villager didn't understand at first but then immediately walked out.
"So what is it you needed to talk to me about?" Grug asked the couple. Guy reached into his bag pulling out the bowl of ice that they collected, they made sure to get as much as they could. He lifted the leaf and there was mostly water but one piece of ice left. He quickly took it out and grabbed Grug's hand. Compared to Grug's hand the rock was tiny , like Eep he nearly dropped the small cold rock. " What is this strange rock? It's not like anything we've met before."
"We know Grug we call it Ice. I came upon this rock and when me and Eep went back to see if we find another and well we came upon two discoveries." He uncovered the bowl which contained nothing but water now. "The first being when that rock gets warm it turns into water. We know this because we watched it happen this entire bowl used to be filled with that rock. The second being their were plenty of those rocks in different sizes."
"We think it means that something is changing in Tomorrow. Ice is showing up and we don't know why. I think we should let the villagers know to be ready." Eep suggested. Grug turned around and faced the wall, on the wall was a painted image of the entire Crood family. Grug stared at it and placed a hand on it.
Grug sighed," I don't know if I could do that. These families come to tomorrow to try to be safe and keep their families safe. I don't know if I could tell them about something that I'm not sure will happen."
"But Dad what if it does happen? Guy has never been wrong before, if you remember. He was the one that helped us get to tomorrow." Eep explained. Her dad thought about this and nodded in agreement.
Grug asked,"What do we do than? Tell the villagers and warn them?"
"I think we will start with a warning first if we notice anything else we should definitely prepare." Guy answered him.
"Alright we will warn everyone tomorrow. How should we prepare if it happens." Grug inquired Guy.
"I would try to gather some furs. If it gets cold we will need them to keep warm." Guy replied.
"Ok you and Eep should go out to get some furs tomorrow for sure. While you are away I will try my best to explain Ice to the villagers." Grug told him.
Eep hugged him and said," Thank you for believing us." He hugged her back and nodded. They left her parents room and climbed to their home at the top of the tree where their daughter Tiger and their youngest son Kid waited for them.
"Mom, Dad. Welcome back." Tiger said aloud to her parents standing up and carrying her little brother kid. Eep and Guy walked over to both of their children, Tiger handed Kid to Eep. Eep took him and held him in her arms, he rested his head on her chest. They all walked over to the area they had set up for fire. Guy had built it by placing rocks all around the sticks used to make the fire to keep it from spreading everywhere. They huddled around the fire and Eep cooked some fish that they caught using one of Guy's nets. The idea was originally so the new villagers wouldn't go to far out in the waters but one day Guy went to check the nets he found multiple fish in the nets. So now he placed more nets just for fishing. The villagers dine on fish often than anything else now.
"So did you guys have fun today?" Guy asked his children.
"We did we played around the beach today. Huh Kid," Tiger asked Kid playfully tickling his stomach making him laugh. Kid nodded making some other motions. Eep and Guy weren't entirely sure why he didn't talk he could make noises so it's not that he couldn't speak but when ever he wanted to say something he would use his hands or he would take a stick and make scribbles. Guy said it was writing, like using words except my using your hands to draw something that wasn't pictures. Eep doesn't complain since she believes it's far better than what how Sandy was. All Sandy used to do was growl and grunt when she was his age. They all finished there meals and Guy put out the fire. It wasn't dark since the stars could be seen all around them. That was one of the reasons why they loved to live in the tree top. THey all curled around each other and fell asleep under the starlight. They had a big day ahead of them tomorrow, they were to go hunting.
The next day they all woke up and prepared to go hunting or as Guy says "Trapping". All the Croods were off to hunt except Grug who remained behind and their Grandmother who passed away just before Kid was born. Grug was surprisingly sad about her passing despite him always hoping she would be dead. The Croods all set off to the jungle riding all of their pets. Meanwhile Grug called the entire village together to warn them about the possible ice.
