We found the way of the path. Unfortunately there was a road and we do not like to walk down a road, so boring. So we went to a little path which went to a temple and later joined the road. We walked for about a mile and asked a girl for directions. The view which was to come was really soothing, not a sign of human presence anywhere except us we walked. But there still no sign of the temple and the village surrounding it. After some time we saw a man with a I pod on his ear. He looked like the typical Indian villager except for the I-pod. Who says India is Technologically backwards.
He told us that " oh ta parle he ha ji" ( It is just here only sir) We found out his " parle he ha " after we walked about 8 km, but that is a later talk like I said before the place was growing wilder but there was a path and a path always leads to somewhere but my mother could not understand. She thought that we would come to an dead end. But alas! Now the beautiful scenery came to an end. There had been a forest fire and a real raging one too. Everything was black except the top of the trees. The heat was suddenly increased. Where ever you touched your hand became black. I took some soot and some glue which was oozing out from the trees and stuck the soot on my face And so I looked like a Native of ancient times. My mother was scared when she saw me. Some of the soot is still stuck on my face and it will take some days to get it off. If you see someone with something on his face which looks like soot, he'll be me!
The black forest continued for about 5 km after which we arrived at the village and I slipped and cut my palm. We walked for another kilometre and then we saw it. It was in its full power raging through the trees. A huge forest fire with 3 main staring points . Just like a tigers claw. Clouds of grey clouds were floating about. When we were sat in our car we saw a fire fighting truck zooming towards the source of the fire. It had come dangerously close to a house.
After that we went to a restaurant on the riverbed. Our feet were being washed by the water. We ate our lunch and I watched some tiny fish. There were hundreds of them. They were so quick and alert that if you put a finger in the water they would suddenly move a little. Me and my mother sat in the cold water, splashing water over each other. I found a dead fish floating in the water. It was bigger than I had seen earlier. I took it to my brother and he tried to act as if he was going to eat it ( very bad acting! ). We saw a bird with a tail bigger than its body. It dived into the water and came out with a fish in is beak. We stayed for some time and then went towards home.
It was great there in the forests of Chail. Save it. Before it's gone too.
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