Monda suggested we go hunting. Dressed up to beat the rains and the unpredictable weather we ventured out at night with the two Dawas. Annie had baked a cake for Rumpanol.It started pouring in spurts but nothing could beat the enthusiasm.The junior Dawa was to drive us to a place around fifteen kilometres up the north Sikkim highway.We would come across three rivulets of sort where we could possibly find the edible frog.The senior Dawa was already at the spot making a pathway in the jungle for us to proceed.
We reached the spot at around eight at night.in the pitch dark one could hear the sound of frogs of all variety and we started seeing quite a few but none of edible variety.We shuffled around in the rain with an umbrella,raincoat and torches like Nancy drew exploring the grasses and having eye contacts with stunned frogs which seemed to have lost the ability to run .The two boys did a Tarzen and was lost in the jungle with a sling bag ,a torch sans any cover from the rain.While we prowled around in the vicinity sticking as close to the car as possible the boys were lost in the jungle walking up the waterfall.
Jungle at night is another world.The rains added to the sense of adventure.Wet to the hilt we ran back to the car .I found myself locked in trying to manoevere the key with so many buttons.The two girls were out in the rain frantically banging on the door to get in.
Saw two slick foxes out on the prowl getting ready to venture into civilisation to get hold of some chicken
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