THE TALE OF LATE KALE AND KHAIRE

A beautiful word and bond known as friendship is amazing in its own way. All living beings have friends, and even non-living beings have their own friends. It’s surprising as well as confusing to know that non-living beings also have their own friends. But, is this even possible in a realistic world? But we have never realised the real meaning of friendship. Looking simply into it, a friend is the one who will be there to support us on every step of our lives until we reach the peak of success. The only difference between a friendship bond between a living being and a non-living being is that living beings can choose their friend, but non-living beings can’t choose their friend. We living beings are the ones who fix the friend for every non-living being. For instance, “A person who keeps his bag near the window will always put his bag there.” Making it simple, we can say that we love putting things in the same place, and we don’t want to change the place of a particular thing. We can even consider our kitchen cabinets: we open the cabinets, take out the sugar pot, and keep them back in the same place all the time. We can’t see it, but the strong bond between that place and the sugar bowl already exists. We never try to notice it because we believe in physical emotions and feelings. It’s human nature to think of ourselves first. The emotions and the feelings are unpredictable and uncontrollable. They vary from one person to another and from one species to another. As all living beings have emotions, they are able to make friends of their own choice considering the nature and vibes of another person. We human beings don’t even like to talk or smile at the one whom we hate or dislike from the heart. Even humans don’t live in harmony from their hearts; how can we see other species living in harmony? But I might have been blessed to be able to observe the friendship between two street dogs for my entire life. Let me share the story about their friendship bond, introducing Khaire and Late Kale.



I came to know that the friendship bond between Khaire and Kale continued for 15 years. Those 15 years of friendship have been an example as well as an encouragement for every living being. They were like the south pole and north pole of a magnet, which used to attract each other. If Kalee is going somewhere, it’s obvious to find Khaire at the same place, and vice versa. I think that was not in my fate to see and enjoy the 15-year-long bond between them, but I was blessed enough to see them and enjoy their bond for at least 2 years. Kale, a black and white street dog with a height of around 3.5 feet, whose front left leg was broken and was unable to walk and run like a normal dog. And Khaire was brownish in colour and was a little bit bigger than Kale. Kale seemed to be a very active and a clever dog. Meanwhile, Khaire seemed to be the serious one. Kale never felt that he was disabled, instead he used to compete with Khaire in everything. The bond between them was one of the imaginary bond, just like a lion and a fox. Here, a lion, Khaire used to follow a fox, Kale everywhere and every time. They used to eat and sleep together. They were always together, spending their lives with each other with love and understanding, without any selfishness. Not only this, they even used to fight with each other sometimes. Even the 15-year-old dog used to behave like a baby dog which seemed to be very cute. They learnt the way to live and never left each other’s side. They used to travel very long distances together. They might have wished to be able to talk to each other but rather than talking, it’s better that their hearts and emotions were connected to each other, which can be considered as a silent friendship. I moved here just two years ago and got a chance to meet them and observe their precious friendship bond. Although I was a dog lover, I used to be afraid of them because of their appearance and terrifying barking sounds. But as time passes, they became my friend too. Whenever I reached home, they used to come at my door to meet me for bribe I used to serve them as biscuits every time. They seriously used to look like a don of the whole area. Every people in our area used to love Khaire and Kale, although people had their own pet at home. I also had my own pet dog named Mojo, when we arrived at this place. Mojo, a white Japanese spitz, dangerous than a lion, didn’t used to be afraid of anyone. I made him meet both of them. Mojo used to bark louder as if he saw a monster in front of him when he used to see Khaire and Kale.



Those non-reacting friends started to react to Mojo’s terrifying behaviour. Mojo used to bark at them without any reason in a terrifying way. It’s obvious that everyone reacts when someone shouts at us without any reason. Same way, Khaire and Kale started showing who is a real boss. When we used to take Mojo out for a walk, Khaire and Kale used to follow us, and that used to be a breath-taking moment for us. Mojo, Khaire, and Kale used to show their attitude and bossy behaviour as if they were the king of that area. The surroundings used to be noisy and frightening. My dad, brother, and I used to take Mojo out for a walk. But one day, when we were not at home, my momma had to do the job. She had heard and seen the fierce behaviour of Khaire and Kale, so she made sure that they were not nearby and took Mojo out. It is said that the smelling power of a dog is 10,000 to 100,000 times sharper or it might be a fate too; both of them came where momma was taking Mojo for a walk. Momma got to see and experience the real World War between Mojo, Khaire, and Kalee. Khaire attacked Mojo and hurt him with his teeth giving him deep bite. My momma couldn’t do anything but, it was a lucky day for Mojo that the neighbour's kid helped my momma get rid of them and took Mojo home. The dominating nature is similar in every creature. The stronger one always keeps on dominating the weaker ones. Mojo used to get more irritated towards Khaire and Kale after getting well. Mojo used to bark like our earth is turning into Mars whenever he used to see Khaire and Kale around him. After that, Khaire and Kale stopped to be near Mojo. Both of them used to walk together with him but, maintaining the distance, just for teasing Mojo. But the disappointment that Mojo has for Khaire and Kale never got cooled down. Whenever Mojo sees them, either on walk or from the balcony, he used to bark louder. Not only that, he used to bark even if somebody takes the name of Khaire and Kale. Every person in our society used to be shocked seeing Mojo behaviour.


One day, suddenly, Kale disappeared without any sign. We didn’t see Kale for a long time, and Khaire was all alone. Mojo also started being calm and friendly towards Khaire. After Two days, dad came and told us that Kale got hit by something and was in mouth of death. It felt like an earthquake to hear that. I was totally speechless and I felt really bad to see Khaire living and walking alone without Kale. Khaire was looking for Kale everywhere. "Even after being together almost all the time, we cannot recall some of the memories, even if we want to." Khaire always wanted to know where Kale had gone and forgot that Kale was hit by something. Khaire and Kale might have been together at the time Kale got hit. But Khaire didn’t know the meaning of death, so he had no idea of Kale’s death. He didn’t even know that he was going to be alone, and Kale wouldn’t be with him anymore. What will happen to us if we can’t imagine the meaning of life? We won’t be able to be happy or share anything with someone. We won’t be able to decide what to do, where to go, or how to react when our loved one disappears suddenly. Khaire was in the same condition. The only thing he knew was that Kale was alive and that he would be back with him. Kale was his one and only best friend. He was in the belief that Kale would come to meet him. And out of nowhere, Kale came to our place to see his friend Khaire for the last time. We were totally shocked and speechless to see that. The jelly-like liquid was dropping from his nose, and he was taking his last breath. It might be because of their strongest friendship bond, that they got a chance to reunite and meet for the very last time. That was the last time we ever saw Kale. After that day, Khaire was all alone, suffocated, and frustrated. That was a tragic moment for him. 

Those living beings who don’t even know how to speak and express their emotions are very good at making friends. Isn’t it an amazing thing to know? It might not be amazing for us because friendship is not a big deal for human beings. But it’s interesting as well as amazing when we observe and think from animal's perspectives in a realistic world. Am I right? We need to understand that life is very precious, and it will be amazing when we have a good friend throughout our life. A single trustworthy friend can help us win the world without saying anything and make us happy. How strong is this bond?.Our family bond is found to be stronger as it’s the bond bounded by blood. But the bond, named friendship, is not even bounded by the blood relation but it’s meaning and feelings are deeper than the blood relation for every creature in this whole world, which creates an emotional family bond even belonging to different blood relation. We, human beings can talk, share our feelings and can be understood by everyone. Even the pet which we have can understand our feelings and mood but some human beings can’t understand the feeling of a pet or animal which they have.