ziko.....

he was his fathers pet n his pet was ziko....ziko incidently was a baby bear. Ziko would go everywhere that dudul went, rode the bike with him, had mock fights, threw tantrums, climbed the coconut tree outside his house to pluck coconuts for his ma. He stayed in a shed at one end of the courtyard at night.....they literally grew up together. The neighbourhood at first was terrified of Ziko and inturn of his owner lest he let Ziko upon them, but with the passage of time Ziko became an integral part of the neighbourhood, he was loved by all for his antics which surpassed that of his master.......one fine morning Ziko followed his master n friend to the shops at Fancy Bazar, people ran amock while both enjoyed the attention garnered.....dudul entered the "golden hawn" restaurant and ordered soup, a bowl each for him and Ziko. The restaurant owner was furious and threw them out on the streets with an order saying "entry for animals prohibited". The restaurant owner justified that he maintained certain standards, which had been relegated by the entry of an animal in to its premises. Dudul came back home with Ziko, left him there, went to Lakhtokia n gathered a group of street children  all dirty, smelly and with dripping noses and took all seven of them to the "golden hawn" and fed them to their gilts while making them feel at home all over the self acclaimed posh restaurant........the owner stood silently and watched from a corner, these were not animals after all.....