Champakvan was an extremely beautiful jungle . It was blessed in abundance with the gift of nature full of flowers, trees, birds and animals. Tiny Squirrels jumped up and down, naughty monkeys painted their face red and scared the little birds on trees then laughing and rolling on the branches . Itsy Bitsy spider weaved an intricate web with utter patience . Deers and wild horses galloped all around the bushy vegetation.
Mighty Lion roared and ran after the herds of wild boars smiling and thinking "Ahaa what a lovely meal I am going to have today " slurrp . The thought did not even end and he screamed in agony "Oh mother..." sharp long thorn pierced through his paw making him limp. he started crying like a baby and tried hard to remove the thorn. But Alas! thorn has found a comfortable place and rested there hidden beneath the nail.
Limping with one feet he went back to his cave to rest. The whole night passed with grumbles from his stomach . He was very hungry now. He started having hallucinations of warm fresh juiciest flesh all around him and its aroma was making him hungrier . Suddenly he woke up and found himself in a cave all the more - hungry.
"How can that red faced monkey or that rabbit or that deer relish those fruits and bushes. yuck. I can only think of warm, blood dripping, soft flesh under my teeth satiating my hunger." Growl.. His stomach rumbled again.
"Now I must go out in search of food . Maybe if I am lucky I might be able to catch an injured animal" thought the lion. And lo he limped and limped towards the forest . He went here and there , searching for an animal but Alas!! no where he could find any animal. "Oh! it seems like an unlucky day for me . No food anywhere not even a dead animal in sight ." he walked and walked deep into the jungle and he found himself standing beside a small cave.
"Ahaa ! it seems like a home to an animal . I am in good luck finally, let me go inside and check." so, he went inside but it was empty. "It seems as if some animal do stay here. It seems like that animal has gone out in search of his food. Let him return and then he will be my food. Ha ha haa haaa"
he hid behind a small rock inside the cave and was waiting impatiently for the owner to return.
That cave was indeed a home to a wolf. He was a clever , intelligent and a vigilant wolf. He used to go out every morning and play around . Running after petty rabbits and Squirrels playfully and sometime simply grab them and gobble down his tummy and when the sun sets he would return to his cave. That day also when he returned he noticed footprints of a large animal going inside the hut, He immediately got skeptical and tried to devise a plan to know if his fears are true or not. Suddenly an idea hit his head like an arrow piercing an apple.
He shouted from outside "O dear Cave ! how are you today ?" cave did not answered back. How could it? after all that was merely a cave.
Lion was waiting breathlessly .
Wolf shouted again " What happened My dear Cave ! why are you not speaking to me. Have you forgotten your promise ?"
Now this felt like news to the lion "what is he saying ? Can this cave really speak ? world has progressed so much ? I had been living in old age it seems . Now the world has advanced and the caves had started speaking." Lion was thinking all this when he heard the wolf again
"My Dear Cave it seems as if you have lost your manners. We had decided long ago that you will always call me in whenever I return. Since today you don't want me to come inside I am going for good . Bye Bye dear Cave"
Hearing this the lion got alarmed that his food is about to go . Without thinking twice he sprang up on his feet and shouted " O my dear wolf please come inside. I have been waiting for you so long that I fell asleep. Sorry for not calling you before "
Hearing this wolf got the confirmation that his instincts were right . There is indeed someone waiting for him inside. And he ran away saving his life and laughing after all with his sharp brain and wit he was able to fool a Lion.
And the foolish lion kept waiting for his food to come inside making him hungrier by each passing moment.
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Mighty Lion roared and ran after the herds of wild boars smiling and thinking "Ahaa what a lovely meal I am going to have today " slurrp . The thought did not even end and he screamed in agony "Oh mother..." sharp long thorn pierced through his paw making him limp. he started crying like a baby and tried hard to remove the thorn. But Alas! thorn has found a comfortable place and rested there hidden beneath the nail.
Limping with one feet he went back to his cave to rest. The whole night passed with grumbles from his stomach . He was very hungry now. He started having hallucinations of warm fresh juiciest flesh all around him and its aroma was making him hungrier . Suddenly he woke up and found himself in a cave all the more - hungry.
"How can that red faced monkey or that rabbit or that deer relish those fruits and bushes. yuck. I can only think of warm, blood dripping, soft flesh under my teeth satiating my hunger." Growl.. His stomach rumbled again.
"Now I must go out in search of food . Maybe if I am lucky I might be able to catch an injured animal" thought the lion. And lo he limped and limped towards the forest . He went here and there , searching for an animal but Alas!! no where he could find any animal. "Oh! it seems like an unlucky day for me . No food anywhere not even a dead animal in sight ." he walked and walked deep into the jungle and he found himself standing beside a small cave.
"Ahaa ! it seems like a home to an animal . I am in good luck finally, let me go inside and check." so, he went inside but it was empty. "It seems as if some animal do stay here. It seems like that animal has gone out in search of his food. Let him return and then he will be my food. Ha ha haa haaa"
he hid behind a small rock inside the cave and was waiting impatiently for the owner to return.
That cave was indeed a home to a wolf. He was a clever , intelligent and a vigilant wolf. He used to go out every morning and play around . Running after petty rabbits and Squirrels playfully and sometime simply grab them and gobble down his tummy and when the sun sets he would return to his cave. That day also when he returned he noticed footprints of a large animal going inside the hut, He immediately got skeptical and tried to devise a plan to know if his fears are true or not. Suddenly an idea hit his head like an arrow piercing an apple.
He shouted from outside "O dear Cave ! how are you today ?" cave did not answered back. How could it? after all that was merely a cave.
Lion was waiting breathlessly .
Wolf shouted again " What happened My dear Cave ! why are you not speaking to me. Have you forgotten your promise ?"
Now this felt like news to the lion "what is he saying ? Can this cave really speak ? world has progressed so much ? I had been living in old age it seems . Now the world has advanced and the caves had started speaking." Lion was thinking all this when he heard the wolf again
"My Dear Cave it seems as if you have lost your manners. We had decided long ago that you will always call me in whenever I return. Since today you don't want me to come inside I am going for good . Bye Bye dear Cave"
Hearing this the lion got alarmed that his food is about to go . Without thinking twice he sprang up on his feet and shouted " O my dear wolf please come inside. I have been waiting for you so long that I fell asleep. Sorry for not calling you before "
Hearing this wolf got the confirmation that his instincts were right . There is indeed someone waiting for him inside. And he ran away saving his life and laughing after all with his sharp brain and wit he was able to fool a Lion.
And the foolish lion kept waiting for his food to come inside making him hungrier by each passing moment.
©Copyright Deeप्ती
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