Chapter 1: The Little Girl Cub
In the jungles of India, there are large trees with vines, bushes, and trees that contains food. There are rivers with rocks, rapids, and some lead to waterfalls. There are the sounds of monkeys, birds, and other kinds of wild animals.
There is also a village that contains human beings. There are hunters, weavers, and even young children. All the humans are going on with their everyday lives. Among the humans, there is a young man walking into one of the stone houses.
The man has dark hair, tan skin, and brown eyes. He is wearing a dark red shirt, brown pants, and a dark brown cloth wrapped on his head. He walks inside to smile to see a woman wearing a blue dress, a dark blue sari on her head covering her long black hair, and has brown eyes, and a red bindi on her forehead. She is holding a four year old girl. The little girl is wearing a red dress. She has tank skin, short black hair, brown eyes, and a red bindi on her forehead. The three are very happy.
One dark night, a terrible disaster arrive at the village. The man village is on fire, and it's destroying the homes the humans are living in. Many of the them try their best to put the fire out and rescue their own kind.
In one of the homes, the woman and her child are trapped inside while the house continue to burn. The woman is holding her daughter tight and is trying to find a way to escape. The mother quickly turns her head to see the roof is coming down, and fallen on top of her.
Outside the house, the man look in shock to see the house is coming down. The man is stunned to see his home is going down. What's more, his family is inside.
In the house, the little girl look up to see her mother is down and large wooden pieces are on her.
The little girl and scaredly asks, "Mommy?"
The woman looks down to see her daughter is not, but knows that she doesn't have much time to live.
She turns to her daughter, and says, "My child, you must escape and run from here as fast as you can."
"No mommy! I don't want to leave you!" The child cries.
"Please sweetie, I need you to runaway from here as fast as you can. You need to get away," the mother says.
She lifts her arm out, and removes a golden bracelet on her hand. She then places the bracelet on her hand.
"You must leave here, it's not safe for you. Promise me that you will never lose hope, and you will be strong for both of us," The mother says.
The child begins to cry and gives her mother a hug. The mother does the same. After the hug, the little girl sees the hole at the corner of the stone wall, small enough for her to escape. She then makes her way to the hole, but stops to see her mother.
With tears from her eyes, the mother says, "I love you, Mishti."
"Me too mommy," The child, Mishti sadly says.
Mishti beings to make her way the exist, but another wood falls to the ground, and pieces of the wood hits her right out. She lets out a scream in pain.
The mother cries, "Mishti!" as the fire engulf her.
Mishti hold her arm, and screams, "Mommy! It's so hot!"
Mishti knows that she needs to get out of the house, and snow. Mishti crawls through the hole and is out of the house. But then the fire is able to get in front of her. The little girl screams in fright, and run away as fast as she can. She then sees an opening on the fence leading to the jungle. She runs through it, and make her way into the jungle.
The young girl continues to run as she shed tears from her face. Mishti has run far and far from the village until she is unable to see it anymore. Soon, Mishti is all alone.
Later in the night, Mishti walks into the jungle as she holds her arm feeling the pain from the burn. She soon comes across a river and begins to rub water on it. The burn is about the size of a flower and it's a dark color. Mishti continues to cry and remembers her mother being trapped in the fire. She knows that her must is gone, forever. And has no clue about her father.
Suddenly, Mishti hears rustling in the bushes. She becomes scared that she takes a few step back and scared on what it's coming this way. Suddenly a head of a large black panther with yellow eyes. Mishti is scared and yet, interested to see the large cat. She has never seen a pather before and this close distance. The panther is surprised to see the young girl too.
The panther shows a reassuring smile, and says, "Don't worry, I'm not going to hurt you."
At first the young girl is surprised to hear the pather talking, but eventually calms down. Although her eyes are still red and watery, and her arm still hurts. She can tell that his eyes and words are true.
The panther walks over to the child and asks, "What's a young cub like you doing in a place like this? I'm sure you're parents are looking for you."
"My… my home was on fire… and my mom told me to run away. I don't know what happen to them," The young girl answers, and begins to cry.
The panther soften to see the girl has been through something awful.
"I'm sorry for your loss," the panther says.
"Thank you," the girl replies.
She is soon able to trust the panther.
"What's your name?" The panther asks.
"Mishti," the girl answers.
"It's a very nice name. I'm Bagheera," The panther says.
"It's nice to meet you," Mishti shyly says.
Bagheera can see the girl is warming up to him, but knows that she has no place to stay.
Just then, Bagheera has an idea, "Would you like to come with me Mishti? I know a place for you to stay."
Mishti quickly smiles, and nods her head. Bagheera help Mishti on his back and takes her somewhere to live and have a family to look after her.
At a cave that is really a wolf's den, there live two grown wolves who are blessed with a litter of pups. The mother is feeding her young cubs as she is watching some of her other cubs play. The mother is Raksha while the father is Rama. The two then hear something and look at front to see what it is. They are surprised to see Bagheera. They are more surprised to see the girl on his back.
Rama walks over, and asks, "Hello Bagheera, why is there a young man cub on your back?"
"I'm afraid the girl have lost her parents in a fire and have nowhere to do. I thought maybe you would like to look after her," Bagheera says.
The news shocked to two wolves. How could someone small as the girl cub could go through something awful.
The girl look to see the two grown wolves and the six wolf pups. The wolf pups become curious and run up to the girl sitting on Bagheera's back. The girl gets off of Bagheera's back and begin to play with the pups. It's obvious to the grown animals to see the young girl and the wolf pups are bonding.
Raksha smiles, and says, "She is a sweet and pretty young cub, and our cubs are getting along with her."
It's not hard for Raksha, thanks for the motherly instinct.
Rama is a little skeptical about it at first, but smiles to see how his cubs are getting along with her.
Rama nods his head, and says, "Don't worry Bagheera, we'll take care of her."
"Thanks Rama. I promise to come by every once in a while to see how she is doing," Bagheera says.
"So what should we call her?" Rama asks.
"She told me what she is called, it's Mishti," Bagheera says.
Raksha says, "Mishti, that's a beautiful name."
The two wolves and the panther look to see the girl cub and the wolf cubs are getting tired.
"Looks like it's time for the young ones to rest for the night," Rama says.
"Time to sleep children," Raska says.
The wolf pups make their way to the cave to sleep for the night. Mishit then hugs Bagheera and thank him for helping her. Bagheera promises to visit every often to check on her and help her whenever he can. Rama and Raska then takes Mishti to the den and they all sleep for the night. Soon, Mishti becomes a part of the wolf family and make the jungle her home.