Lost In The Jungle - S01 E04

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Lost In The Jungle - S01 E04

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 4

I woke up one day and saw my forest friend beautifully dressed in Gucci leaves and flowers (she wears leaves). Different negative thoughts started flying into my head and my body, especially the third leg in the middle was responding well to the situation. I approached her when I gathered courage to brush the evil thought aside, she was in tears again.

‘Lovina baby, what happened? Why are you crying?’ I asked and picked a stool to sit on.

‘Today is Isweli festival,’ she replied and cried.

‘What is Isweli festival? But stop crying first, please. Angels don’t cry’ I said cleaning the tears on her soft cheeks.

‘Isweli is a once in a moon festival where female strangers of this forest walks from their house to the palace naked. They dance naked in front of the crown prince.’

‘You are not a stranger and I am not a girl so why are you crying? What’s your concern about Isweli festival?’

‘I am a stranger like you’

‘What!’

‘The day I got into this strange land with my father was the day I became like a prisoner. I don’t know how I got here just like you but Ugeli, the crown prince saved me from the hands of the two blood-sucking monsters after they fed on my father that night. Since then, he had kept me in this tree.

This is Ngel Nyaki forest in Plateau not Manchester forest’ she confessed and I watched in utmost surprise as she narrated her ordeal.

‘Have you done this before?’ I asked.

‘Yes, this will be the fourth time’

‘Huh? Incredle.’

‘If it has to do with walking and dancing naked only, I wouldn’t mind’ she continued.

‘Do you do something else?’

‘Yes. I sl…e…ep wi…th Ugeli’

‘What! That ugly animal?’

I was taken aback by her confession. Sleeping and being bleeped by an ugly animal? It shouldn’t be my Lovina. ‘Do you love him?’ I asked foolishly which earned me two hot slaps that I can swear to see the moon that morning.

‘How do you expect me to love that thing? I did it to save my life’

‘Sorry, I was just concerned about your feelings,’ I said and rubbed my cheek.

‘Sorry too,’ she apologised.

‘Not accepted,’ I replied and squeezed my face.

‘I don’t accept that except you are ready to get out of this mansion’

‘Mansion indeed’ I replied and laughed.

‘You just like to argue, but I don’t have your time now. It is time I left’

‘I’m sorry I can’t save you now but I will surely get us out of here’ I replied and she hugged.