The Gorilla Scare

One day, King Ranav entrusted his minister, Matsu, to capture gorilla that had escaped from the zoo.

- S Varalakshmi

However, this request didn't go down well with him.

Furious, Matsu thought: how dare he? Does he expect me, the minister, to run behind an escaped beast? Let him go search for it himself if he is that interested! I will teach the King a lesson one day!

A few days later, when Matsu was leisurely strolling in the royal park, he was approached by a guard and a man alongside him.

After bowing, the guard gestured to the man and said, "Sir, Herman the Scientist, wished to see you."

"What do you want?" Matsu asked.

Herman explained, "Sir, I have created a potion that makes people invisible for a couple of minutes. Would you be interested to try it?"

Matsu was intrigued. He took the tiny bottle and asked Herman to come and collect his reward later.

The men bowed and left, and Matsu continued his stroll.

As he took a turn around a bush, he bumped against something black and huge. He tried to shove it away in anger, but instead of budging, it gave out a huge roar.

Horrified, he found that he had bumped into a gorilla.

He let out a scream, as it bared its teeth at him and gave out another mighty roar.

Shocked out of his wits, Matsu's legs started to tremble.