Tygra and his father

Chapter 2 A hard descion

Javan loved his son very much. Sirbreina loved Tygra very much too. "You are so sweet little Tygra mommy loves you so much," Sirbreina said.

 Then a monster that had plagued the village for generations attack and today some spirits appeared.

Sirbreina saw a spirit go into the house. Fearing for her sons life she rushed in to save him. "Huh?" she said.

But this wasn't an evil spirit it was on of good and it was defending Tygra from one that was evil. The evil spirit saw Sirbreina and grabbed her.

"Let me go!" she said.

Javan heard his wife cry and ran into the house and saw an evil spirit take her away. "Sirbreina!" he said.

The monster and evil spirits left. the cradle was knocked over and Tygra was crying. Javan rushed over to the cradle.  "There, there, it's okay daddy's here," Javan said picking Tygra up.

"Daddy's got you, I promise I'll do whatever I can to keep you safe Tygra." he said. He started to rock Tygra in an effort to calm the cub.

"Shush, Tygra it's okay," Javan cooed. Tygra's crying finally stopped. "It's okay, daddy's here, you're safe son." he whispered. Tygra was now sleeping against his father's chest.

Javan knew soon Tygra would be hungry and he was still suppose to be feeding on mother's milk. 

Soon Javan began to look for a tigress to wet nurse Tygra. 

He came up to a tigress. "Miss I need to ask for you're help, my wife is gone after the attack and my new son needs to nursed still , so will please you wet nurse him I'll make sure you get paid well for it." Javan said.

"I'm sorry Javan, I have my own new cub to worry about." the tigress said.

Tygra started crying. "Shush, Tygra it's okay." Javan said rocking him.

He went to another tigress. "Miss, I need to ask for your help. My wife is gone now and I need someone to wet nurse, my son. I promise to make sure you stay paid for it." Javan said.

"I'd like to Javan but I can't I'm not producing milk." the tigress said.

Tygra started crying again and this time louder. Javan positioned the cub at his shoulder. "It's okay Tygra daddy will take care of you he's going make sure you're going get fed." he whispered. He even began to rub the fussing cub's back.

Every-time time he asked the tigress said she had her own cub to feed or wasn't producing milk. Javan was starting to feel desperate. He even asked the council members what he should do. He was so worried because Tygra's hungry cries were continuing and kept on getting louder. The cub was also getting harder to soothe.

"I suggest you talk to the doctor." Caspin said. 

"Okay," Javan said.

Javan searched for the doctor. Tygra was getting really fussy he wanted to be fed right now. He was starving. Tygra even tried to suckle his father's chest as if he could get milk from him. "Sorry Tygra I'm not a tigress." Javan said. "So daddy has no milk," he said.

Tygra just wailed. 

After awhile searching, he found the doctor and explained about his wife and how Tygra was really hungry and his cries to be fed were going unanswered and how desperate he was.

"They don't seem to care if the future of our clan's leadership starves." Javan said. "I becoming really desperate I wish I was Tigress so I can feed him, if Tygra isn't fed soon he'll die, he's all the family I got and I'm all the family he has." he said.

Tears were running down Javan's face he wanted to do something to feed little son.

"I have an idea Javan I'll be right back." the doctor said and left.

The doctor went to the farmers and told them the situation.

The farmers agreed to it this was the future of the Tiger clan after all.

Javan was at home busy rocking Tygra trying to soothe the hungry child.  "I hope the doctor comes soon I don't know how much longer Tygra can wait." Javan said. Tygra continued to cry. Javan tried to hum a lullaby to calm his son. It wasn't helping much.

Then the doctor came in with a bottle and some fresh milk.

"The farmers agreed to give the milk of their livestock to you so you can feed Tygra." the doctor said.

"Thank you I was so worried that Tygra would surely starve." Javan said. He felt relieved now Tygra can get the nourishment he needs.

"The bottle won't be easy for cub who had been nursed to take to but he'll learn." The doctor said.

The doctor got a bottle ready by filling it with milk and warming it up and he took the cub into his arms. Then he gave Tygra the bottle. The cub started to suckle after some persistence from the doctor.

"See it's just like I told you, you must keep at so he try to eat." the doctor said. After drinking about half the contents of the bottle. Tygra let go, he seemed content. The doctor burped Tygra.

Soon Javan began to feed his son with the bottle. After a couple of days Tygra got use to the bottle. But unlike nursing with his mother the milk took awhile for Javan to warm up.

Tygra was crying to be fed. "Hang Tygra I'm almost done warming it up." Javan said.

Javan then came over with warm milk. Then fed his son. Feeding took up a lot of time. Sometimes Javan would have to wake up in middle of the night just warm up some milk for Tygra. 

Javan knew his son was completely dependent on him.

The care for Tygra was tiring out Javan. Tygra would cry a lot so Javan had rock him, or feed him, or change him, or burp him. Doing it day and night without a break was exhausting. So the council would sometimes send a member of council to help assist Javan with his duties and care of his son.

But Javan felt his fatherly instincts growing stronger. He knew soon his son will open his eyes. He wondered would Tygra's eyes be blue like his or deep brown like his mother's.

He loved son dearly.

Soon the winter became very harsh. The monster took the food for the life stock and even began to take the livestock itself.

That meant milk would be in short supply.

Tygra needed the milk the farmers provided to live and he was too young to survive such a harsh winter.

Javan didn't know what to do. He remembered his friends in Thundera he knew he couldn't burden his friend king Claudius with his problems maybe he could save his son.

Javan went to Thundera and gave Tygra to king Claudius and queen Leonara. "I'm sorry my son, I'm so very sorry." Javan said. He kissed his son and left.

Javan cried the whole way home.

Meanwhile Tygra could no longer smell his father or hear his voice and immediately began to cry. The queen held Tygra close and began to sing a very soft and soothing lullaby. 

"Poor little cub," Claudius said as he stroke Tygra's head.