I woke up early today to find a little turtle on my body and the little ones still in the basket.
I kept Luna (name of turtle) right in front of the cave to give him a sunbath.
I opened the basket.
The little ones seemed to be angry as they kept hissing one after another.
They finally showcased something other than obedience.
The children ignored my hand and went to the nest to search for the baby. After not being able to find him, all three heads looked towards me.
"Oh now you know that I am still here. I sent him away because of your behaviour yesterday"
The children seemed to be shocked and started hitting the ground with their tail running around in circles.
"Will you do that again? I understand you love him but yesterday you made him very uncomfortable"
The little heads desperately swung from left to right.
"Oh really then did you-"
There was a little tap on my shoulder.
"Ok fine! he is outside in the sun"
As soon as I said this they dashed away..
"See….. now they don't even need me"
A vine carriesses my head.
"Yea…. at least they are getting better"
I walk towards the cave to see the childrens. I touch the little ones carefully. Luna did not even open his eyes.
I laughed a little and went to bring the berries from yesterday.
As I brought the berries to Luna, he suddenly opened his eyes startling the three and came towards me.
"You really love to eat, don't you?"
The little turtle kept looking at the berries in the basket even when I fed him. He finished all the berries on the basket then finally went to the sun and squinted his eyes once again.
The three snakes watched him for a while then left the cave one after another.
"Now they don't even care about their brother. You guys are off already. See this children are not filial"
I sigh as I change into my half human form.
Luna looks at me for a while then at him and then me. This happened a few times and then all of sudden there were big drops on his eyes.
"Oh no no no no why are you crying baby? What's wrong? Shh shh o tell me"
Luna sees himself then looks at my tail, another big drop falling from his eyes.
My child just found out that he was adopted…. what to do? ahhh
"Well.. Um.. You look different because Um.. You are powerful and stronger than all of us.. Ya more good looking too."
Luna looked up with stars in his eyes.
"Yes and Um.. you have this beautiful black body because.. god sent you to protect us"
Luna stretched his body a little with a little smark.
"And this shell I wish I had, you can protect yourself anytime. Oh your legs, if I had them it would be so fun."
Luna shakes his little tail very fast acting all mighty.
So cute.
There was movement outside.
The little snakes had come back.
They bought berries in their mouths and approached us.
They slowly put down the berries on the ground. The little one struggled to go down.
I kept him right in front of the berries as he started to gobble them one by one.
After finishing it, he burped.
The little snakes seemed to see tears in his eyes as they surrounded Luna and started hissing at me.
"Now I am the villain. This is so sad. Where did my cute babies go?"
They ignored me and took the turtle outside to play.
"tsk ungrateful brats. Only Pujan is there for me now…. where is it?"
I looked around to search for him but he was not there.
Where is he? Did he move on his own?
I looked around and went outside to see Pujan also feeding the little one berries.
"tsk Are you all raising a pig? Why are you all feeding him so much? He is going to be sick if it goes on like this"
The feeling stops and Luna starts looking at the berries again.
"No no not anymore if you get sick you won't look beautiful anymore…... you will not be powerful anymore"
I said as I picked him up, kissing on his head.
Only after listening did he stop eating and started yawning.
"Sleep for a while"
The baby started snoring as I kept him in my chest. I transferred him to the nest as four beings observed my every move.
"Don't wake him up….. I am going outside for a while"
The four nodded a little as they kept on staring at the little one.
Oh my heart can't bear it...they always cried when I left ...what is this behaviour.
"I am really going…. OK"
They nodded again and kept looking at the child.
These idiots, I won't care about you too.
I went outside and there was still a bonfire today. I won't take the children this time because the last time was too risky.
Nothing went wrong this time when I finally came back to the cave. It was already past noon.
All eyes were on me when I came in.
"What? Did you finally remember that you have someone called Simu"
"grumble.."
"tsk I am just someone who feeds you in your eyes."
I gave everyone their share of food. Then they went to their sleeping place.
"Haa.. Each and every one is selfish"
Luna comes near me bobbing his head.
"hahaha.. Only little Luna is my favourite"
Luna stretched out his head a little.
"Oh my god, you're a cutie."
I kissed him on his head then his shell.
Luna stretches his head a little asking for more.
I laughed a little as I fulfilled his demands and put him in the nest then he started to climb through my hands.
"I will eat and come, okay?"
Luna started climbing higher and rested on my shoulder showing he wanted to follow me.
"Ok then, let's go"
I started roasting some bird meat for myself and boiled an egg.
After the egg was fully boiled, I took it out and started feeding Luna who finished it and happily rested on my scales touching it from time to time.
I finally ate the meat and picked up Luna who fell asleep at some point and looked towards the sky where there was no moon, only stars.
"Thank you for this little blessing…. I hope you live happily in next life"