Digging and tree-felling at Arunachala Hill

Kindly refer this post and this.
The cubs reached home from the ashram. Stripes was licking prasad off his paws. Then he began licking crumbs from the paws and whiskers of the cubs. Om-cub was yawning. Mum Lioness said, you kids can't sleep yet. I must prepare you a hot meal. You too, Stripes. Even though you were not cub-napped, you clearly need extra calories today.

Stripes licks off prasad crumbs

Stripes was overjoyed at hearing this. If only all days could be like this (meaning the extra calories only, not what had to be done to earn them)!

They had just tucked into a plate of pasta with veggies, and roasted potatoes when Mum said, "So cubses, what happened when you were there at the mansion?"

Tiru cub started,"Well, Uncle Krackaswami took us --"
"UNCLE Krackaswami??" iksploded Stripes with mock anger.
The cubs burst into laughter. Mum looked at them with concern.
"Well we thought, that Krackaswami too is the Self, so we should refer to him with respect.", answered Arunacub
They were all laughing, or trying not to, so the cubs could continue the story, when the cave shook!
"Oh my God, an earthquake!" exclaimed Mum Lioness.
Spotty peeped out of the cave. "There's a cloud of dust over there.", pointed out Spotty. "Oh I see!"
They all crowded at the cave door. The little cubses peered from between the legs of the older ones. Two figures were coming thundering down the hill towards them. One large one, and one small one.
"Why, isn't that Meditator Rhino and his kid?", asked Arunacub.
"Junior or Tiny or something", said Om cub trying to rememborize his name.

"Maybe they are coming over to play", wondered Stripes.
"No, Stripes. They would not be coming like that. There's obviously some emergency.", replied Spotty.
"Just wishful thinking", said Stripes.
As the rhinos neared Med Rhino shouted, "The end is near!!!"
The little one burst into tears and was inconsolable.

Med Rhino and Junior bringing bad news

The cubs immediately took Junior aside and tried to console him. He would not listen. Om cub tried to sit Junior on his lap and wondered why it wasn't working out.

Stripes took Rhino to the puddle on the side of the cave for a drink. Rhino lapped up and felt better.
"Some people have attacked our holy Arunachala!"
Everyone looked at Rhino with shock. Mum went pale.
All they could get out of Rhino and Junior was that some people had come with machinery and were breaking boulders, cutting trees ("CUTTING TREES!!!" reacted Tirucub) and removing earth too.
"We tried hard to stop them but they would not listen!", wailed Rhino.
"O Arunachala! Father!! Why are you letting this happen to you? Why are you silent?" demanded Mum Lioness unable to suppress her emotion.
"What have YOU done, to deserve this fate. If not for yourself, at least for the sake of our loving Lord Ramana, protect yourself. Imagine how this will pain our Bhagavan Ramana!"

The cubs were furious. "How can people chop down trees ?" asked one.
"What will happen to the animals of Arunachala?" asked another. "Does no one care for animal nowadays, apart from Bhagavan?"
Mum tried to calm them down.
Stripes was lying by Bhagavan Ramana's picture shaking and heaving.
Mum Lioness called everyone to attention.
I am off to the hill to check things out with Stripes. Stripes got up and straightened himself out immediately.
Rhino, i want you to stay here with the cubses. Amid protests, Mum and Stripes strode off towards the part of the hill Rhino had spoken of.
"I don't want to go to Bhagavan about this, unless necerary. We can't break his heart." suggested Mum to Stripes.

MEANWHILE, the cubs excused themselves saying they needed to go to the bush for a tinks before they went to sleep. As they reached out, Arunacub whispered something into their earses. Their faces brightened up. In an instant, all became big elefinks. In another instant, they were off and a hundred yards from the site where the destruction was going on.


The cubses (now elefinks) peered through the bushes in shock. Trees lay on the ground lifeless. Earth was being shovelled and collected into piles. Animals were crying out, "This is our home! Where will we go?"
"You animals have NO home! This earth belongs to humans. Get lost, before you get hurt!" replied one human angrily.
"Mummy, our house has fallen down!" said one baby monkey to his mother pointing at a felled tree.

Mum, they've demolished our home!

Shh! Some swami wants to build a temple over our home. Mebbe that's more important than our lives.

The four elefinks (Tiru elly, Aruna elly, Om elly and Spotty elly) charged out of the bushes.
Spotty went to the tree that was about to be cut down and put his trunk against the machine blocking it.
Om elly lifted the heavy boulders and began putting them back. Arunacub picked up some injured tarsiers and put them aside safely. He asked one monkey mother to take care of them till help arrived.

Then Arunacub told the animals, "Animals, friends, we are also residents of Arunachala. We live on the other side of the hill. Please have faith in the Lord. Until now he has looked after you providing you with a home and food. He will sortanly look after you in the future. "
The animals calmed down a bit.
"Remember the names Ramana and Arunachala at all times. These are two of the many names of the Lord."

At that moment, Stripes and Mum Lioness arrived. They were surprised to see some elefinks holding off the workers. They strode past the elefinks and marched up to the workers.
Then Mum heard a little voice, "What took Mum so long?"
She turned in disbelief. The cubs, again! "I will speak with you four later", she said.

She walked up angrily to the workers and asked, "Who is in charge here?"
No one took notice.
Mum Lioness asked the workers to stop their work. The animals also began voicing their feelings. Mum Lioness asked a few of them to go call the police.

"This land is under the jurisdiction of --" began Mum Lioness to the workers.
"We are under the orders of Bhagavan Krackedswami!", said one worker.
"Everything in the world belongs to him", said another with a look of awe on his face.

After about fifteen minutes, Uncle Krishnamurthy of the Forest Department arrived. The elefinks recognized him but he could not recognize them as elefinks.
The workers had been asplaining to the crowd that they had a patta (some kid of permit, thought Stripes) for the land.
Uncle Krishnamurthy negated their claims.

"We are devotees of Sri Sri 1008 Bhagavan Krackaswami and are contructing a meditation centre here", said one robed person.
"Bhagavan WHO?" asked the official in disbelief. "These trees you just hacked down were planted a few years ago by us as part of our reforestation drive."

Uncle Krishnamurthy of the Forest Department warns monks not to destroy Arunachala Hill

"These rocks, " said Uncle Krishnamurthy picking up one and holding it reverentially, "are Arunachala Himself. Arunachala is our protector and our father."
The devotee gave him an assurance that he would not continue with this work.

"Oh hello Stripes, and Mum Lioness!" said Krishnamurthy. "Wasn't it during the boll-weevil infestation we met last?"
"Lice infestation.", corrected Mum Lioness.

Police arrive and commence investigations

The police arrived. The elefinks helped move away the machinery, which was then confiscated.
"Now i must rush over to the press and tell them how I sorted out this issue singlehandedly", said Uncle Krishnamurthy.
"Oh, you did a splendid job!" remarked Mum Lioness.

"Hope to see you on the front page, Uncle!" shouted the cubs with joy. Uncle Krishnamurthy spun around.
Behind him stood four little cubs. They bounded up to him and lovingly wiped their very muddy paws on his starched, spotless dhoti.
"That's holy earth." reminded Om-cub before anyone (especially Mum Lioness) could scold them.
"The very holiest!", added Uncle Krishnamurthy.