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Chapter 6
The next morning Shanika woke up extremely early, yawned, realized something and leapt a foot in the air, landing on Shargra.
"Hey Shargra are you awake?" she said, nudging him. She got no response from this.
"Shargra!" she whined. Shanika bit him hard on the paw.
"Aahh! That hurt!"
"Are you awake?"
"No."
"Oh, okay." Shanika walked a little way away, frowned, walked back and shook him. "Shargra!"
"GO AWAY!" was the muffled response.
"So you are awake then!" she said brightly, and she was ignored again.
"Do you know what day it is?" She asked, undaunted.
"Thursday, isn't it? Now go away!" he said sleepily.
"No, it's my birthday, so what's my present?" Shanika said hopefully.
"You get to get me breakfast, now off you go!" Shargra said, rolling over onto his back.
"Why don't you get your own breakfast? It's my birthday!"
"Look, Shanika, you are the lioness. I am the lion. You hunt, I bark orders at you and snore a lot."
"You forgot didn't you, how could you forget?" she asked tearfully.
"Look, I'm sorry Shanika… I will get you something-" She breathed in, "- but only if you let me sleep!" Shanika let her breath out and with that he rolled over and went back to sleep.
Four hours later when the sun had started to rise, Shanika bit him again.
"WILL YOU STOP DONG THAT?"
"Hey Shargra! It's morning now and I want you to come and see something!" Shanika said.
"Can't it wait?" Shargra groaned, still half asleep.
"No! Come now!" she grinned, and started to pull on his ear.
"Get off! I'll come, I'll come" he sighed, slowly getting up.
Shanika led him out of the cave and began to climb on top of it.
"Shanika, I've seen the big rock, I don't want to see it again, okay?" Shargra said.
"I know you've seen it but something's happened. Please?" Shanika said.
"Okay," he said exasperatedly and started to climb.
Eventually he reached the top. "So what is this incredibly important thing?" he said, panting once more.
"Look over there - what's happening at the rock?" Shanika asked.
"Loads of animals are gathered around it and I think there's someone standing on it…" said Shargra, squinting. "Yes- yes, someone holding something up!"
"Where?"
"Over there!"
"Ow!"
"Screw up your eyes and don't look directly at the sun."
"Oh, oh, that's better. Gee Shargra, how'd you learn all this stuff."
He groaned again. "Years of practice, Shanika."
"I think I see it now. What do you think it is?" Shanika asked, still looking closely at the rock.
"I don't know but it doesn't affect us so it doesn't matter," he said, starting to climb down, "and if you don't mind I'm now going to live up to my name as a lion and go and have a lie-in!"
"That's a very old joke!" Shanika shouted after him.
"Whatever! You coming?"
"No, I'll stick up here for a while."
He shrugged. "Suit yourself."
Shanika stared at the rock in fascination, and suddenly ducked as a hornbill flew over her head. He gave her a haughty look and continued on his way, and as the tiny figure held up the object the animals let out a great cheer.
She looked over at the rock as some more figures joined the other. It was important, that she knew. Very important. She just didn't know why.
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