electric eel swamp

At first I was busy playing around the house, my father as a new forest ranger on duty here to protect wildlife from poachers. We as a family have only moved here for two weeks and are still adapting to the new environment in the depths of this tropical forest,

The father who is accustomed to his work surviving in the open survival while my mother and I have to learn and adapt in a new environment with the locals who are in the depths of this tropical forest in order to quickly blend in with nature.

At that time I saw a lone puppy who was crying that he seemed to have lost his mother who looked thin and his body was covered in mud and then I tried to approach him but the puppy ran towards the forest hiding among the bushes and I approached him the puppy barked at me showing a reaction that he did not like me

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However, I was curious and called him but the wild puppy ran into the forest then I continued to follow him until I saw the puppy stuck between the roots of the tree I tried to calm him down by approaching him slowly at first I tried to stroke him it seems that he began to surrender which then released him from the bondage of the tree roots wrapped around him

After being comfortable then I carried the puppy then I began to get confused and looked around to find the direction of the way home I was lost in the forest and it was getting dark the fear in me began to appear instantly

under the big tree I sat down resigned to the anxiety of the heart, the sound of forest animals began to be heard muttering to each other which added to the sense of horror that I felt then I decided to stay in place and take refuge behind the big roots around the tree.

My parents who were helped by some local residents searched for me that night using torches in the darkness of the night they walked and called me but only the reflection of their own voices echoed and scared them

My mother in desperation still asked to continue her search but the villagers advised her to stay silent while resting waiting for tomorrow morning to wait for the light of day

it is very dangerous if we look for it now besides the dark footprints are not visible my mother who cried with a troubled heart obeyed the advice of the locals finally with makeshift equipment made a shelter with the lighting of the torches they had to wait for the morning sun

they didn't realize their resting place in the peatland was adjacent to the swamp the next day they continued to search for me by calling my name.

Then I heard it and followed the source of the voice and finally we met but were blocked by a muddy swamp with a lot of moss growing around it, the water seemed to be drying up, the swamp would be connected to the river when the water was high tide.

then I saw a group of people with my mother then I called her so loudly that everyone turned to me on the other side of the swamp my mother cried after seeing me and she called me.

at the edge of the swamp there were many dead animal carcasses, some of which were just bones, but there was one that was still intact, only the carcass began to rot without any sign of attack from other animals.

the locals looked around the edge of the swamp with a strange unusual situation one of them said maybe the water was poisoned thirsty animals tried to drink the water which then died along the edge of the swamp then they asked me to stay away from the edge of the swamp because it was dangerous one of the residents took a little swamp water to smell the smell of the water and then studied it but there was no sign of poisoning

They suspected that there were predators in the swamp water that could paralyze the nerves of their prey. From this, they ordered to hit each edge of the swamp with a tree branch to make the peat soil vibrate, but they were very surprised that many animals such as eels came out of their nests and gathered in the swamp.

And they had solved the puzzle of the death of animals at the edge of the swamp which turned out to be caused by electric eels and they made a decision that some villagers along with my parents were looking for directions to get to where I was without having to cross the swamp, some of them waited in their original place to guard and keep me calm.

And finally I was picked up by my parents and asked why I got lost here and then I told them from the beginning of the incident while showing a stray puppy who was limp and finally they allowed me to adopt the puppy which then one of the residents shouted to the residents across the swamp to ask to go home.

My parents are very grateful that I survived the danger, with the incident that I experienced the inhabitants of the interior discovered where the nests of electric eel predators were located who were ready to sting with their electric voltage and they the inhabitants of the interior will be aware of every swamp in the forest.