My Humans Came Calling

It was in March 2022 that I arrived, part of a litter of eight. We were two boys and six girls, and spent the first few weeks climbing all over our mama – Raksha, they called her — getting our tummies full and then proceeding to nap. In a matter of weeks, my eyes opened and I discovered a world beyond the cozy corner we had been sleeping in all this time.

We began to venture out, little by little. First, out of the little crate we called home, then onto a large terrace that seemed too big for our tiny little legs. Mama, who’d cuddle and feed us all this while began to grow a little tired of us but I didn’t care. My belly was full and there was all this terrace to explore. Then, one day, a bunch of humans picked up my brother, and off he was shipped to what they called his ‘forever home’. 

I was too young to care. To me, it meant that I could boss around my sisters and that was a lot of fun. When were not asleep, I would chase them around the terrace, nibble on their floppy ears, and make them tumble and fall. And just like that, I was closing in on two months of being around. And then they walked in, two big humans and a tiny one. 

I, of course, had no idea who they were or why they were on my terrace. All I knew was that I had to be the first to get to them, and so I raced my sisters to be the first one to inspect the people on my turf. And the little human’s frilly little dress had me intrigued. So, I tugged and tugged till my pin-needle teeth had drilled nice little holes in that dress. 

One of the humans then picked me up and said, “Who is this naughty little guy?” And mama’s human responded, “Well, he is the one you’re here for.” And they laughed and hugged me, and smothered me with kisses while I struggled to free myself so I could back to ripping off the little one’s dress. By now, the sisters were equally intrigued and so we all proceeded to greet them with a generous dose of nibbles all over their feet and legs mainly because that was as far as we could reach. 

This went on until the humans decided to get away from us because mama human was awfully ticklish and sat on a bench placed in a corner of the terrace. My sisters tried to climb all over it, but I was smarter than them all and decided to sneak under the bench. Et voila, the little human’s dress was dangling from the gaps, and so back I went to tugging and pulling, intent on ripping it off. She squealed, and that just made me try harder. 

All this while the humans were talking. I didn’t speak human at the time, so I have no idea what about. Besides, I was too engrossed in that dress, and the other humans’ shoes and laces to care. This went on for a while, I was having a blast. And then, they petted all my sisters, mama human picked me up in her arms, and said, “Drogon, let’s go home. Shall we?” And so I did!