Tid Bit from My Diary

  Photo credit Lurii Lvashchenko @ pexels In June 2005, in the highlands of southwestern Ethiopia, a twelve-year-old girl was walking home from school when her world changed. A group of men seized her—intent on forcing her into marriage, a practice that still lingered in parts of the countryside. They took her deep into the forest and held her there, her cries lost among the trees. Somewhere nearby, three lions heard those cries. Perhaps they mistook the sound for that of a cub in distress. Perhaps it stirred something instinctive—protective—in their wild hearts. Whatever the reason, the lions appeared, roaring through the clearing. The men fled, terrified. Then, something even more astonishing happened. The lions did not harm the girl. They stood around her, silent and watchful, keeping guard for hours until police and villagers arrived. Only then did they slip back into the wilderness, their vigil complete. Was it pure chance that the lions came? Or was it the Universe answering ...