Why are you looking so sad?" Ullu, the wise old owl, asked Kabbu, the white pigeon.

"You too would look sad if you were going to lose your job," snapped Kabbu.

Kabbu was the head of the Postal Department of their jungle Olango, which was the biggest and most prosperous jungle around. Kabbu and his fleet of 21 pigeons carried letters, parcels, money orders, postal orders, etc., from Olango to the other jungles and back. Their fleet was considered the smartest, fastest and easily the most efficient in all of Jungledom. Kabbu's Postal Department had won several awards for the quality and the efficiency of its service.

"Who told you that you are going to lose your job?"

"No one has to tell me. It is pretty obvious. Have you heard of the Internet?" Kabbu demanded.

"Is... is it some new kind of net the humans have designed to trap us?" Ullu made a wild guess.

"Ha! You are supposed to be wise, but your wisdom seems to be all outdated. To put it simply, the Internet is a way for all the computers to talk to each other. Sitting in one corner of the world, we can be in touch with anyone anywhere through the great power of the Internet. We can also access every imaginable piece of information using the Internet. It has already come to Olango in a big way. Our King, Cybersher, has the latest computer with an Internet connection. He spends the whole day surfing the Net. He has also made many friends in cyberspace and chats with them for hours. His wife, Sherni, is quite upset with him. He refuses to take her shopping and doesn't help with their cub, Chhotu's, homework. The other day, when Cybersher's mother-in-law came for a visit, turned out to be the last straw. Do you know what he did? He refused to even greet her with a roar because he was so busy on the Net! When Sherni complained, Cybersher said, "I am now a netizen -- a citizen of the Net. Cyberspace is my world and the World Wide Web my universe!"

Ullu's head started spinning after listening to Kabbu's long description of Cybersher's new fascination. All these strange words were getting too much for him: Internet, cyberspace, surfing and netizen!

"Tell me Kabbu, where does your job fit in to all this?" Ullu asked.

"Cybersher is now sending e-mail all over Jungledom. And he is also encouraging the other animals to do the same. He is planning to open Cyber Cafes where the animals can sit and surf the Net as well as send Email. Now, tell me if everyone starts sending e-mail what are my boys and I supposed to do?"