The Chronicles of Chamatka

Chamatka was a wily fox, but one day he got lost in a dense forest. He got scared and panicked. He kept running around trying to find his way out beyond the hills to his home. Hunger made him mad, he tried to hunt some hares but his fear and insecurity overcome his sense to prey. Very soon he met Doob Doob who was equally scared and nervous. “I am lost” said Doob Doob crying his crocodile tears. I cant find the river which leads to our home beyond the hills. “Boo hoo hoo, what will happen to us now, we will die of hunger” wept Doob Doob.


Chamatka sat down in the shade of a tree and licked his fur free from irritating flies. Just then, he saw Kalia the crow. Kalia sensing his friend to be in trouble came for his help.

“What happened, you are looking gloomy?” he said
“I am lost. I don’t know my way out of this forest” said Chamatka
“Oh its simple, keep walking straight and you will get out of the forest. Once you are in the clear you can walk around the periphery and find the hills.”
“Get lost, Kalia, don’t trouble me. I know you are making fun of me”
“Chamatka, trust me”
“I don’t”
“Take care and all the best”. Kalia flew away.

Shikari Shambhu was out in the forest doing what he did best – hunting. He couldn’t control his joy at the sight of a tired fox. Smug with having found one, he exclaimed “Got you, can’t run away he he”. Chamatka woke up with a start and pleaded, “I am lost in this forest and now this!”. “Ha ha” Shambhu bellowed, “This forest runs wide and you are in the centre. You can’t run away from me”.

It was a miracle that Chamatka ran away from the clutches of Shikari Shambhu. For the next one week, he kept running from tree to tree, valley to valley but couldn’t find his way out. He never saw his home ever again.

Moral of the story: to be continued in next post. However would like people to write in their morals. I have written this story after great thought.

Update (13th Feb '08) - story continued...

One month had passed and the deciduous trees in the forest had begun shedding their leaves. Chamatka was a emotional wreck. He missed his loved ones, his friends, the caves of his home. In this saturnine state did he come across Mooshik the rat. Chamatka had never seen Mooshik before, but felt like confiding his problems. After hearing his story, Mooshik laughed and remarked, "What will you do going back to your home. Look around you, this is such a beautiful forest. The water in those springs is sweetest in the entire country. And there are many young vixens around too he he, Mooshik winked."

Chamatka never saw his home, but he happily lived ever after.