While the elders of the jungle were concluding their meeting the young ones were having the time of their life since for the first time in their life they got the chance to interact with their counterparts across species and were very excited about it.
Rambo the lion cub who had come with his parents in this kind of gathering had a very curious expression and wanted to know more about the other animal species which were there.
His father lion who was one of the elders and the leader of the jungle did not want to bring him but the mother lion had brought him along since these days there had been a lot of incidents of poaching all around the jungle. Not only the kids, even the adult lions were getting captured and then shipped to different zoos in the human world. So they had to be absolutely careful since all the animals were vigilant and tend to hide or run if they get a slight intimation that a human is going to come near their area.
Rambo's father was there under the banyan tree giving a speech with the other leaders of the jungle and he was with his mother with the Lioness Lakshmi.
Rambo asked out of curiosity to his mom: "Mom why have we come here in the first place? We have never visited this place before. Also I have never seen so many different species of the Jungle assembled in the same place. All I know is that most of these species are our food and you and daddy go out to hunt these species so why we are coming together now."
Lakshmi the Lioness answered and said: "Son You are right when you say most of these species are our food and I and daddy go out to hunt these species only to fill our stomach and to feed you. There is actually a law of the jungle which says that the stronger species feeds on the weaker species and we only hunt for our survival that's all. But recently there has been a new enemy of the Jungle where the humans come and hunt the jungle species or kidnap them. At first we all thought that it was temporary but the incident kept on increasing. Also it was not like they were hunting us for food or survival. They just liked to kill us for fun. They not only target a single species but they hunt and kill almost all the species of the jungle or capture them to be kept in their zoos."
Rambo asked: "Mom, what is a zoo?"
Lakshmi said: "A zoo which is again a prison for animals like us. In a zoo they keep us in captivity and their kind comes and observes us just for fun."
Rambo said: "How cruel they are that they like to torture us only for fun. Don't they have any soul or heart in them. Please tell me, mother?"
Lakshmi said: "Not all humans are like this, many of them are good humans who actually help us a lot and save the jungle. A few centuries ago the human kings were so good that they had built natural habitat for the jungle animals and we used to roam in the jungle freely without any fear of getting hunted by these poachers. However, all that changed when some foreign human came and invaded our kingdoms. From that time onwards the hunting of animals had started and recently more foreign humans had come after which it has become like a sports to hunt animals and show off their might."
Rambo asked: "But mom, you have still not answered my first question. Why have we all from different species gathered in this place."
Lakshmi answered: "That's because the humans not only hunt us the lions but they actually hunt everyone of us so everyone has a sense of danger from them so that's why we all have come together to find a solution to this problem as to how to get rid of this problem named "Human beings" and so for this special day we have made an agreement among us that no one will hunt in this place and everyone can be together and discuss. Your father has gone to discuss this problem with the leaders of the other species."
Rambo saw around himself and found that there were different groups of animals who were playing together in which there were different kinds of species who had come together some of which he had identified as Deer's, Hyenas, Leopard, Owls, Honey badger, Fox and many more and all were the younglings of their respecting species like himself. So naturally he also wanted to see them and wanted to play with them.
Rambo said to his mom with puppy eyes expectantly: "Mom can I go and play with them."
The lion cub looked so cute with his big eyes that it was hard to deny him however Lakshmi was a mother and she had to look at the best interest of her son regardless of whether her son will be happy or sad after all it was a matter of her son's safety which a mother will never compromise for her son that mother can be of any species across earth which is a universally accepted fact.
Lakshmi said: "No you cannot go be here with me. I have already said this once that you cannot leave my shadow and you have to be with me all the time. My Son you have to understand the seriousness of this issue by the fact that this whole meeting was arranged only to be safe from the poachers and get safely away from the human hunters."
While the mother and son were discussing among themselves the father came and said: "What happened son? Why are you giving that look to your mom?"
Rambo said: "Dad is not letting me out to play with the other species. Please convince mom to let me go. See how all of them are enjoying themselves."
Shershah the Father Lion said: "Lakshmi let him go he will be here in the clearing only and play with the other kids. After all it has been in our pact that we will let our children mix with each other and that will also build trust among ourselves otherwise the other species will always have one reason or another to be suspicious of us."
Lakshmi said: "I know what you are saying but still my heart does not allow me to leave my son alone at this point of time."
After convincing for a bit, Lakshmi reluctantly agreed to let her son go and play with the other kids of the different species and Rambo became delighted and went off to play with them.