Bhunte was completely devastated when he heard about the death of one of his closest aunts. What scared him more was the way they (humans) killed her. Bhavini, Bhunte’s aunt, was roaming in the village of a place called Kerala, South India. She found a fruit on her way and ate it. Bhavini did not realize that in the name of a treat for herself there would be death hidden underneath. The crackers-laden fruit exploded to hurt her more. Like all of his relatives, she too took the solace in the cold water to prevent the pain and to heal the wound. But, like most of his relatives, Bhavini aunt too lost her life. Later when people operated (autopsy) her after her death, they found that she was pregnant!

This devastated Bhunte the most! Bhunte would have name her Chhaya, after all he too is expecting to be a brother soon. This news reminded him of his mom who is pregnant.

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And also of the dreadful stories from some of the places in Sri Lanka…where elephants are deliberately given the crackers hidden in vegetables (Hakka Pattas).

Read about this story: https://bhuntelephant.wordpress.com/2018/09/01/bhunte-and-hakka-pattas/

Bhunte shall miss Bhavini! And prays that no one should die the death she went through…