Decision making, courage, compassion and tiger attack

Pappu, Sanju and Bholu along with their parents shifted to another secluded house along with office building in state of Uttarakhand. High-speed wind used to blow every morning and evening from one side of hill to another. Bhotu, a bitch used to live in the office building. Whenever family used to have food, they started feeding Bhotu as well. Slowly Bhotu started becoming part of the family.

After school, kids used to play in the evening and come back home before sunset. It was a land of Himalayan bear, so every one used to close their doors as soon as sun sets.

Everything was hunky-dory unless one fine evening Bhotu started barking loudly. Howling with all of her might, she was running to and fro in the front yard. Suddenly sound of her crying came and sound diminished.

Father came out, after him kids and mom came. Father threw stones to downhill where from the last sound came. Sound of people and stones made the tiger loose his grip. Bhotu came back running with a huge bleeding wound in her neck.

Courage came from compassion.

After 30 years, one of the grown-up kids was driving his car alone in ghat section of Karnataka. He applied brakes as the car ahead of him stopped. A truck fell off the road after a head on collision with a car. Bonnet of the car was almost gone. He saw a family trying to come out from a damaged car. Everyone in the car was ok except about 10-year-old small girl who had got a head injury. One of the family members asked for help from the first car’s driver, who sped away. They turned to second car’s driver pleading for help. In his car, he took that little girl to hospital which was about 5 kilometres away.

Grown up kid didn’t decide. His behaviour came from childhood memory in subconscious.

In the hindsight, a well thought decision would have had a totally different outcome and memories.

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