Continued....Read Part 1 here
For sometime, the ass play by the animals of
the Bandipur National Park continued. The animals still longed for the calmness
and serenity of their forest sans the humans and their catcalls, boohoos and
flashes. They retrieved farther into the forest, away from the bumpy road and
came out onto the road only to shit.
The next batch of tourists could not spot any animals
but they found loads of shit along the kaccha road. All kinds of poop of
different shapes and textures were lined on either side of the road.
The tourists went away disappointed.
The forest officials understood that the animals
were boycotting the humans but they cannot close the Safari and neither could
they plead the magnificent creatures to come out. They figured out a new way to amuse the tourists.
The next time a disgruntled outsider on the
Safari told to the bus driver that seeing the animals in Bandipur is farce, the
driver asked the tourist to step out. The tourist wore shorts and had a camera
hanging by his neck.
He did not like the suggestion of stepping out of
the bus.
He said, ‘Hey! Wouldn’t the animals come out? Will I not be in danger?’
The driver replied, ‘Do not worry Saar. No
animals at this time, in this place’
The guy stepped out.
The driver asked the tourist, ‘Saar, do you see this shit?’ and pointed towards a considerable size of dark grey mass.
‘Yeah! So?’
‘You see Saar, this, elephant
shit’
‘How can you be sure?’
‘You see how much ground
covered under it and the way it spread’
‘So?’
‘It must have come from
up there to spread like that. Big animal, so elephant. You see that other small
pieces of shit’ and pointed to some black pellets, ‘came from small animal, may be deer. This is a proof that
there are animals at Bandipur.’
The tourists felt that it
would be silly to put up pictures of different textures and sizes of poop on their facebook
page, so they returned unhappy.
And hence the story goes.
The animals never came out and the forest rangers tried to pacify the
tourists by showing them the shit lined along the road. After some time, the
tourists stopped visiting Bandipur and the animals lived happily ever after.
The End
No more Animals were sighted at Bandipur National Park. You can still go there for nature's beauty and serenity
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This story was inspired from my collegues' discussion during Safari Trip in Bandipur
If you like this story, there is one more Bannerghatta National Park Safari Story
Well written Soumya. Liked it.
ReplyDeleteThank you Amma
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