My Friends Are Still There
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (35572)
India
March 17, 2024 10:11am CST
As planned;I visited my "old friend"- the jungle last evening. .Iwas curious to know if something had changed within last four years.
But nothing had changed; except that four small huts that had come up near the jungle.
As I entered the jungle;a fox rushed out of a bush and disappeared in the jungle.
I climbed on a old banyan tree and looked around to spot any hyaena or jackal;but there was none.The loneliness of the jungle was haunting me.
I came down and went inside the jungle.The jungle was calm and lonely.I saw nothing.
I stayed there for an hour and then left for home;sad and disappointed.I was wondering where all the jungle inmates had gone.Did they leave the jungle and went somewhere else??
It was getting dark.
Suddenly a jackal called from inside the jungle and the next moment many others joined him.Then I heard hyaenas calling out.
I don't have words to tell you how happy I am.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
17 Mar
@LadyDuck Yes;I'm very happy today.My friends are safe ..I'll go there tomorrow again and try to see them as I used to do before covid lockdown.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
18 Mar
@LadyDuck Last night we had a little rain.If today it rains in the evening;it would not be possible for me to go to the jungle.
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@RebeccasFarm (89870)
• Arvada, Colorado
17 Mar
Maybe they will come out more, the inmates, as you visit them.
Perhaps they also were just meandering there, waiting for a solitary friend like you.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
17 Mar
@RebeccasFarm I know.They his themselves in the bushes..When I left the jungle;they started coming out from their hideouts.Perhaps they have forgotten me in the last four years.I hope I'll befriend them soon.
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@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
17 Mar
Do the Hyaenas come near the humans?
Or do they fear or avoid them?
Doesn't that forest has any Leopard/Panther/Tiger from whom one needs to be careful?
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@ptrikha_2 (46968)
• India
19 Mar
@Shivram59
That sounds fine.
Yet I wonder if a pack of them could occasionally become aggressive towards humans?
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
17 Mar
Glad you at least got to hear the jackals and hyaenas calling.
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@Happy2BeMe (99380)
• Canada
17 Mar
@Shivram59 that is good to hear and so interesting.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
18 Mar
@Happy2BeMe Yes;it is.It's very very interesting.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
17 Mar
@Happy2BeMe Yes;I'm so happy to learn they are still there.Four years is a long time.I think they have forgotten me.But Im sure we will be friends again within a few days.
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
18 Mar
@satin1 Thanks;my friend.Have you ever visited a jungle??
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
18 Mar
dya80dya Who fears from small animals??They are harmless.But a hyaena may become violent IG you chase and corner him.But why disturb them??
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
26 Mar
@dya80dya Yes;such people are here in my family also.My sister fears lizards and rats.
@dya80dya (36656)
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25 Mar
@Shivram59 Yes, small animals aren't dangerous. And they are afraid of people. But many people have a huge fear of mice and rats. I am not afraid of mice.
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@LotusEyes (2711)
• India
17 Mar
Wow...You go for a walk alone in the forest. Do you see so many wild animals there? Aren't you afraid?
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@Shivram59 (35572)
• India
17 Mar
@LotusEyes There are small wild animals there;just like foxes;jackals;monkeys;hyaenas etc.They fear human beings.When they see me;they hide themselves.I just enjoy their movements from one bush to another.I enjoy it so much.But I never go there in winter as that's the time when paddy is harvested and wild elephants come there searching for food.
