Song of Night

Nights in hills are so dark and silent that you can feel scared with the rustle of leaves. It always happens that you are wandering alone in night and suddenly bamboos come in mood of talk. And their shrill talk easily makes you feel uneasy! Why on the earth they have to talk at this hour when all other trees sleep silently. 

When you move further then howling of fox add music to the song of cicadas. Sometimes dogs also sing their sad Raagas at night which you can sometimes confuses with that of foxes if you're immature to the rules of hills. 

If you are lucky enough you'll get to listen the cries of cats. Old people say crying of cat is bad omen. How can this be bad when they are just asking their partners to spend night with them. Well, after destroying your night sleep these cats come to your house, in the morning, with their innocent meow and you forgive them! 

Then, comes the hooting of owl, song of cuckoo and other nocturnal birds. Few sing to attract mate, few as alarm to secure the territory and may be few sing for the night ramblers like me! 

After the darkest hour of night, when the sun has not arrived but there's daylight, you come to know that your kitchen garden has been raided. And the taros are missing along with their roots. Some say that it has been done by foxes, some put blame on pigs. But you'll never know who actually comes in the dark and takes taros with him even if you have spend whole night wandering in the dark.