Kangaroo cried for justice

There lived in a jungle a mighty tiger, Sarkar, who, by hisenormous power, had gained domination of entire land of the jungle. Two wilyhyenas, Dro-bur & Gro-jur, & an old cunning black wolf, U-Ghan, alsolived there in the jungle. Sarkar, the tiger, one day called the trio ofanimals to enjoin them upon with a whistling warning: “Animals, you know whyhave I called you here……..…..?” “No, Sarkar….no……we know not….”, replied threeanimals. “To bind you to my orders that I’m going to read out for your lifetimecompliance”, said Sarkar. “A boundary in this vast jungle has been drawn foryour living & hunting, which boundary, I must tell, you must never crossover to my side of empire. Trespass will be unpardonable offence ….”, Sarkarconveyed his order to the animals. “Which boundary, Sarkar…?”, asked threeanimals. “O……look, look, there is a row of pine trees on your left, the areabehind that has been limited for your living, enjoying & hunting ….. thoughthat limit too, to clarify, comes under my subjugation as king of thejungle…..”, said Sarkar. “Yep, yep,…we see, Sarkar, but land from that side isa small part of the jungle , can we manage killing & hunting for our livingin such a small ……..?”, asked U-Ghan. “U-Ghaaaaan,…… don’t ask too much…”,angry Sarkar roared like a thunder, and continued “what I have fixed for you,three, is more than your Awqat [worth] & need for your sustenance ..…..remember my diktat is irrevocable, pathar ki lakeer [line inscribed onstone], I mean, can’t be questioned, nor undone…” ” We don’t question Sarkarbut beg to submit , land from this side of the jungle, we mean, your Sarkar’sside, is too vast which we humbly believe your Sarkar has reserved for yourself….., are we right Sarkar”, asked Gro-Jur in a feeble voice . “You are rightGro-Jur, I am mighty, far powerful than you all, subservient filth….and note Iwon’t tolerate trespassing of my large expanse of land & any kind ofhunting there ….”, Sarkar cleared & warned the three savages. “Meeting isover, you can now return to the specified slot for living & hunting there,without invoking curse of my wrath….”, Sarkar left with this loud message for future conduct of living &hunting of the trio of beasts.

Among the three, U-Ghan was the oldest. Whenever Sarkar wasoff the jungle, U-Ghan would find opportunities to enter the Sarkar’s landsurreptitiously. Big hunting, killing & eating of inferior-animals inprohibited Sarkar’s land wouldn’t satiate his big belly to its fill. Like asexual predator, he had developed sensual taste of catching, grasping by milkynecks, & then sucking fresh blood from there, of beautiful multi-colouredhirans [female musk deers & fawns] of the jungle. U-Ghan was like a virtualsadist psychopath. As years passed, he became too fatty by too much eating ofanimal meat & drinking blood of young hirans , and in his dotage, wasn’table to move & hunt anymore. Before he retired finally to a cave for hisremaining-life-rest, U-Ghan had brought & adopted a little white Kangaroofrom a far forest whom he introduced to the two hyenas, telling them: “Well, atlast, I’ve decided to give up my hunting activity & retire permanently to anearby cave, as I’m too old now to hunt anymore, little Kangaroo will be a symbolof my goodness with you; being herbivore, he won’t a problem for yourcarnivorous onslaughts; just keep sending me through him little animal-meat formy sustenance in the cave; am confident you guys will patronize this littlecreature with love ..……”, U-Ghan uttered these last words before leavinghunting field for two hyenas & confined himself henceforth in the cave likeIndian Robin Hood in wood. U-Ghan’s violations of Sarkar’s prohibited zoneremained hidden from Sarkar.

   

After U-Ghan retired from hunting field, lanky & uglyhyena, Dro-bur, who had already learnt from U-Ghan how, in absence of Sarkar,he had to enjoy entering the Sarkar’s prohibited zone. He as a dangerouscreature by nature, had got the taste of hunting & killing animals in theSarkar’s prohibited zone, during Sarkar’s absence, and within small time, heput on a lot of weight of dirty fat on his trunk. Too much weight on trunkover-weighed the capacity of his weak legs bringing him down one day to theground, like a tall tree smashed by storm, and wasn’t, then, in a position towalk. He was crippled & got confined to a cave like a stray gutter-wormpushed back to gutter by heavy downpour.

Little Kangaroo though originally adopted by U-Ghan waslovingly nurtured by Dro-bur during his heydays of strength in the specifiedslot of the jungle. Kangaroo, during his growing days, was silently watchingrobust hunting by U-Ghan & Dro-bur.

Restricted to his cave by vagaries of time, Dro-bur too wasno more in hunting competition now.  Withno competitors in hunting & killing in the prohibited area of the jungle,the field was now wide open for Gro-jur to run for big catches & killings.Both U-Ghan & Dro-Bur were caved in to oblivion of time. Gro-Jur wascruelest among the three predators. He would first flay alive variety ofanimals before devouring them up. As U-Ghan enjoyed killing, & sucking thinblood of hirans in the Sarkar’s prohibited zone, Gro-Jur relished mostly meatof wild hogs. His insatiable hunger & greed for feeding on pigs in prohibitedzone had brought extinction of that species in the jungle. U-Ghan & Dro-burtoo wanted to have taste of wild pigs sometimes but Gro-jur hadn’t left sparedone of the species for them. Gro-jur then grew too fatty to carry oncomfortably the burden of his stinking old body which compelled him to restricthimself to his separate cave in the jungle, like U-Ghan & Dro-bur.

With three animals rested to their respective caves,Kangaroo under a wrong notion thought he could also play mischief in absence ofSarkar. He had seen three savages trespassing & killing in the prohibitedzone. Against his being a meek herbivore by nature, he tried to look like threecarnivores. He was grazing on grass & leaves. Now, with trio of animalsgone, he would run beyond his allotted portion of land & enter theprohibited zone, gather remnants of carrions there. He would then sit &foolishly laugh upon the heaps of carrions, getting pleasure by self-deceivingbelief, he was as strong as three carnivores of wolf & hyenas.

One sunny day, while he was lost in restless sleep on a heapof carcasses, moving his slender legs in different directions, as if animbecile posing for photographs or non compos mentis king thrust on throne,Sarkar appeared abruptly from an alley of the jungle. Kangaroo tried to runaway but Sarkar overpowered & caught him by his neck with strong claws.”So, it is, I’ve nabbed you, who has slaughtered beautiful hirans, animals,caused extinction of pigs in my jungle ….”, Sarkar roared while holding Kangaroounder his paws. ” Sarkar, how could I, herbivore…..”, answered shiveringKangaroo. With his powerful jaws on Kangaroo’s neck,  Kangaroo cryingly said: “Sarkar, Sarkar, Iwas misled & enticed by my patrons , wolf & hyenas, to misadventure ofentering your empire…..……pardon me Sarkar…..”.  “No, don’t know…..you violated my orders…..” , Sarkar roared again “Sarkar, I encroached upon your empire butnever killed ….”, said Kangaroo. “I caught you red handed, you red-cheeked liar……..”, furious Sarkar was tightening grip on Kangaroo’s white neck.”Sarkar, you know their  trespasses aredeeper in your empire, they killed countless animals….how can they go uncaught& unpunished by you, Sarkar…..” Kangaroo was pleading for equal justice toall.  “They are resting & hiding intheir caves…Sarkar drag them out from their hidden caves & punish them, fortheir bigger violations….”, Kangaroo continued pleading for equal justice.Sarkar was too furious to spare Kangaroo. So, Kangaroo was slaughtered for hismischief. Terrified small animals & birds around were mutely watchingslaughter of Kangaroo with a visible endorsement of Kangaroo’s demand for equaljustice “trio of old savages be dragged out from their caves, punished bySarkar, for their bigger violations of the prohibited zone”.

Note: It’s a work of fiction.

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