Khaki Mouse

    Written by: Asma Kakar

White and Piebald were the names of two mice living together in a big jungle with other mice. The drought was caused to find nothing for eating.

One day, White and Piebald left their house to find something for eating. They met Khaki mouse along the way. Khaki said that she is new to this jungle. White asked that why she did she come to this jungle because nothing is found for eating in this jungle. Khaki showed a mountainside to them and said there are plenty of eating staffs in that mountainside. Piebald asked Khaki to go with them but she pretended that she has some important work to do it first.

White, Piebald and some other mice walked toward the mountainside and after many difficulties, they reached to the appointed place but found nothing else without mud that they could walk in it.

When they came back to their houses, they asked Khaki that why she was deceiving them. Khaki denies and said that she saw many edibles in that mountainside a day ago.

Khaki was enjoying telling lies to others. One day, while Khaki was going to deceive mice, she saw an unknown mouse in the jungle. The unknown mouse said that she is new to this jungle and asked about other mice. Khaki said that she  is the bigger of the mice and she has sent some mice to bring somethings for eating and those who did not accept my order, I exiled them to a faraway jungle. The unknown mouse laughed on her. Khaki warned her that if she did not stop her mocking, she would also exile her too.

The unknown mouse said that she is the biggest mouse in the jungle and she had come to listen to Khaki’s lies. The unknown mouse called the other mice to come out of behind the bushes.Khaki went away.

Next day a heavy rained caused the water to inter Khaki’s house. Khaki asked White, Piebald and other mice’s help but they thought that Khaki was telling lie and they did not help her.

Khaki was crying in front of her house. The biggest mouse asked her the reason. Khaki said as she was used to tell lies and when she faced problems, and now no body accepts the truth.