Late at night, almost midnight, we heard sharp yelps. Really loud, as if the pup was in pain. I am not too much of a use in such conditions and found Shobhs heading out to check things out. With mixed feelings I found one of the pups (later found out it was Zor) was under the Ertiga and yelping, perhaps in pain. Its mother Akela was trying to console it but obviously wasn't doing a good job of it.
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I normally slink away from such situation simply because I find myself very inadequate while handling pups, cats, birds - need to get over this fear of not being able to handle their unpredictable responses - but I found Shobhs more than equal to the task. The pup had by now limped across, yelping, on its own, and Akela seemed rather lost. Shobhs decided to get into the act and picked up the pup, held it, and miraculously, it started calming down, like a cranky or upset baby. Since we could not see any outward injury, we felt it was just scared out of its wits. If Shobhs released her grip a bit, she would yelp.
So Shobhs brought the pup back in and watched the rest of the movie we were watching with the pup in her arms. Couple of times it yelped, like it remembered a bad dream, but otherwise it slept exactly like how a baby would. After a while Shobhs deposited Zor on a doormat and she slept quietly.
In the morning when I started out, I saw three brown pups - Zor and Sona seemed to have returned from their adventures, looking a lot worse for the wear. Anjali woke up and we updated her on the night drama. She quickly figured out with her instincts that Zor was being abandoned by Akela, who would not let this one under the car. Anjali nursed, fed it until its tail was up and then, Akela admitted her back. The animal kingdom has a strict sense of survival perhaps. No sign of Kroor yet though.
The drama continues.
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