yet another casual morning

While standing on the rustic roadside, I noticed something walking down the mud road… a mongoose. As I looked up, there were two more behind it… a family of them walking together in a group. I just couldn’t believe it. They were looking at me occasionally but still walking down past me as I stood motionless.

They were shy, wild, animals … yet there was this magical moment of trust… they were continuing to walk past me – barely a couple of meters away.

Talk about timing – just then a scooter came rattling down the same road… they disappeared into the bushes.

Still it had been a magical start to the day 🙂

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