The Ghosts Of The Jungle

At the far end of Bentong Estate was a jungle,a virgin jungle where there were few families of "orang asli" moving around.That jungle was a haven for a vast varieties of wild fruits plus also a home of many types of wild animals which included the ferocious tigers and elephants.

A few honey bears were common sights along those jungle edges.Those cute wild bear were often seem climbing trees but they escaped into the nearby vicinity as soon as seen by people. While I was there I used to follow some of my people into that jungle to look for wild fruits that is during the fruiting seasons.That was the time most of the natives can be located around but they do not bother with us.

I was told many people venturing into these jungle do get lost,lost because the ghosts of the jungle had lured them to stray away from others.Many of them can be located and saved following frantic search for them,failing which they will walked around the jungle in circles until their frightened tired souls broke down and dehydration takes its toll.The poor guys thus wary and wasted away in the jungle.

That was why I was told never to response to any voice or sound calling out my name in the jungle.Never turn around in response to those call,that could be a call from the ghosts of the wild.I was fortunate I followed some experts into that jungle.Those stories about people lost in the jungle were true.In my case my main worries were those swarm of mosquitoes which were constantly harassing us and leeches lurking on the ground.

Therefore I was kept busy beating to smash all those mosquitoes attacking me and to avoid all the leeches giving them no chance to climb on to me legs.No matter how hard I tried some leeches do get on to my legs and enjoyed their meals on me.