Addiction

 

A Love Story

Have you seen how little sparrows chirp and spatter? How they push each other to grab hold of a grain of rice? They look so adorable even when they fight.  For reasons best known to their tiny little minds, they never trust me even though I have seen them comply with or accommodate the  loving approach of strangers or other humans equally unknown to them . They don't seem to get the instinct that I can be trusted for a little while .
The tiny creatures' conduct surely matched my mother's opinion of me !
 
    Do you think it is only the tiny cute birds that grab my attention always ? I love all the  cute innocent creatures in the world except ....
well except the harmful and evil lot of the human animal which do not deserve any kind of love or kindness! OK I will tell you about that lot some other time.

  I should inform that I do not live too far away from a huge house of animals which is called a zoo in the urban perspective and a jungle in the wild. Here I mean a zoo!
I often walk into the confines of the well constructed accommodation which is shelter (of sorts) for  various wild creatures.
    The lean Royal tiger who seems to possess both the natural wild instinct to attack and also a capacity of old age wisdom hidden behind its intruding eyes always attract my attention.  It is  also known as the Royal Bengal Tiger.
         I wonder what if it gets out somehow and pounces on some one without a warning sign? The moment I wonder of the possibility, I get a shiver which is intimidating. I wonder about numerous possibilities if  I lose my way inside a jungle? But here it is imprisoned!    

         I look back at the tiger like a brave warrior who might say " Don't  look at me like that ? Just eat your chicken !"
I saw there was raw skinned chicken  on a rusty plate close by the door of the tiger cell !
As if it read my mind, the tiger really moved like a sinister villain  towards the chicken.
I stepped back too. I heard the roaring, barking, howling and screeching of  animals and birds emanating from all sides and corners of the zoo!
I was walking alone, all alone treading over the well cemented lanes winding up the hilly terrain of the landscape inside the zoo. But the zoo was not  solitary at all. It was full of  crowds comprising friends , families, and other strangers who made  groups together to roam around the zoo to see the animals.               

"Make sure you show us everything here! " one man said to their guide. That was   one similar interest ,all the visitors had.
     I was getting late and since I lived nearby ,I decided to move out of the place. The main gate was about half a kilometer from where I stood. As I turned around to walk towards the gate, a huge monkey screeching loud ,was swinging on the trees and seemed to be moving towards me. I was at my wits end, when I saw that I was  totally exposed to a heinous assault by a member of very similar ancestry!        

   Well, keeping aside the wild instinct of the jungle and zoo dweller, there is not much difference non the less! The human animal has the worst propensity for any crime or sadistic indulgence! I was getting into the imaginary mode and before it was too late, the sight of the jumping swinging monkey moving towards me, gave me a sinking feeling for which I ran towards a crowd of visitors ! Some people in the crowd saw me and the monkey and they started running to different sides. Thankfully a few security personnel caught sight of the conditions and rushed to help . By God's grace ,the monkey also sensed something and moved away screeching and howling in a disgusting manner!
  " Madam , you know that you should not venture alone into every corner of this place. Today you are safe because we came on time." said one of the guards.
"Oh thanks a lot bhaiyaji !I will be careful in future" I answered.
One of the guards escorted me till the zoo gate and ensured my safe passage till a safe spot on the road outside. I walked back thinking of monkeys, guards, the face of some creature peeping through a hole in one of the cells whose identity I had decided to find some other time and many other things! 

 Love needs great care!