Strange Tales

The Tale of Charming Beast

~Long long ago.
Somewhere among the Naga hills ,when the forest was dark and thick,when men lives mostly by hunting and gathering fruits .

There was a sudden rush above the forest ground ;well build -strong head hunters with the strips of tattoos ,voracious and barbarian like warriors were tirelessly running after a prey -their very substance of survival.

It's said the hunters chased the targeted animal with so much of commitment, that they chased it, for days and days until they claimed the trophy.

So, as the winter leaves crushes under their bareless foots and rhythmic steps with shouts of warrior cries.

The youngest among them ,felt a strong sense of thirst .He was a naive and most good looking man among the equals.
This certain young man secretly broke the code of purification as a blessed hunter must forbid before every hunting expedition.
He lay with a girl that previous night.
And yes, much to blame and add to the guilty feelings of this young man ,the targeted stag mysteriously kept its continuous pace ,taking the hunters to the mysterious unknown -mountains after mountains , deeper and deeper into forest.

Until luckily,for the young man they came upon a clearing by the valley with crystal looking lake.
The lake like a beautiful eye of the dark forest reflect itself at every eye of the hunters .

But such a beauty don't deter the spirit of hunters ,they passed by, without even a second glance but not the youngest.
He stayed behind, signalling his brothers to moved on.

Now, the young man headlong put his dry lips on the fresh water and then the story begins .

There was sudden splash ......!
Repeat sounds of dripping water and a magical sight too much to behold.

The young man raised his eyebrows to meet an amazement of his life .
A beautiful naked maiden of his dreams dived out from the fathom lake.
In a moment, birds stops singing ,the monkey retreat headlong from the adjacent trees,the sunbeam stops dancing in the ripples .
And now nothing but an evil silence filled the mystery place .

The lady had a curvy body, white skin,blue innocent eyes, small rosy lips, rounded face with deep dark hairs and a fairy look of a moonlight face .
And now all he can feel and see was a hunger in her eyes ,a thirst in her rosy lips and a burning hot desire like she was an enchantress, burning the cold lake into fire of lust .

The young man stood enchanted and barely moving , feeling nothing and hearing nothing ,except the sounds of his big heartbeats
"Lubs- Dubs" ..."Lub- Dubs"..

And as the women wade closer and closer to him .
And he waited there like the hungry wolf of the midnight.
Waiting to welcome all and for all, because this was his untold woman of his dreams ,the very moment where ecstacy meets the eye of the highest climax , he awaits it all..

Mountains away, a good friend felt his unnatural long absence .
He stop his pace and run back for his friend .
Along the way with horrific face and his muddled head with voices inside.
Widows weeping .
"My husband don't returned from that forest "
A lone sister doubting
"Something is very wrong in the forest by the lake,it took my brother"

So,with heavy head of worries, he finally arrived by the beautiful lake to see a premotion of an unbelieving fatal sight.

He saw the monster ....!
The Ancient Charming Beast.

Two bamboo long in length, this black gigantic 'phyton' was captivating and hypnotizing his friend.
The monster was spitting white ozzie substances on his motionless friend .

"Ohh..Lichaba...What a terrible pungent smell and a terrible sight" he uttered.
('Lichaba' was the supposed creator and God of nature that the pagan Naga worship.)

But finally he got the answers to all disappearances of his village kins.

And without wasting much more time, the brave and mighty warrior raised his shinning spear to throw at the monster head .
But the giant snake disappeared into the thickness with a lightning flash.
""Swash"""
The moment broke and the birds started the sweet songs and the monkey started mocking around the trees .

And there was his friend who stood like the forest stone ,unmoving with an astonished eyes of acceptance.
So he broke the branches of a tree and whipped his friend to face the reality .

After hearing all his story about the the enchanting maiden and the confession of breaking the code of purification .

They came to a conclusion about how hypnosis, charmed and shallow their prey easily by creating the illusion of opposite sex and things the victim desire most
.. THE END..

"Beware of Charms ..
They came in the sweetest forms ."

Jingba Naga
Folklore of Nagas..

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