PART 6:
Abhi tries to make small talk with sameera....but se doesnot evn respond to him the whole day.
The hawks will have a mission....to cut logs of wood and then make fire with the help of stones. Abhi decides to test Sameera nd asks her to cut the logs of wood and bring them....while he gives Farhan the job of lighting a fire.
Farhan looks at Abhi quetioningly....What would Abhi do...But Abhi doesnot answer him and he sits down to cook for them.
Sameera takes her saw and goes to the tree branches she is supposed to cut....it is very hard work and the labour and energy that she must spend is enormous!!!
Next to the tree, she sees some parts of another tree cut previuosly by Farhan....she takes them and cuts it into smaller pieces.
Then Sameera carries them back to the area where their tents were there...She places the pieces on the ground.
Abhi looks at her...amazed at her strenght...this girl is strong he realises...unlike what she wants to look!
AbhI cuts th veggies while Farhan lights the fire....
THen they all have dinner....Sameera eats very little and doesnot even talk to Farhan when he asks her whether he coul help her put up the tent.
Abhi tries to figure out wht is wrong with her....but she acts as if the world matters nothing to her.
Night befalls and Sameera puts up her tent with the greatest strenght she can muster.
The next morning , after 8 Am , all th hawks meeta nd resume their journey together more deep into the woods.
On the way , there would be nothing to eat.
All the hawks would be famishd by now and would be losing their energy.
Sameera hears Tanvi complaining to Isha about how difficult it aws going to be for her...to carry on.
Sameera then stops on the way....in front of evrybody...opens her bag and produces 6 packets of Lays.
The hawks shout and greedily snatch the packets....Tanvi and Isha hug Sameera....still Sameera says nothing...she keeps quiet all the time...with not even a smile on her lips!
Farhan , Samrat..also hug her...but she doesnot respond.
Abhi wouldnot have moved even an inch till now...so Sameera offers him one...so he moves forward and accepts it, trying to read her expressions...
Sameera puts the extra packet into Tanvi's hand and closes her bag and starts the journey forward...All the hawks look at her...she eats nothing but is offering everything she had to someone else!
Tanvi tries to give the remaining packet back to Sameera...but she alresdy would have walked a mile ahead of them.
Tanvi looks at Abhi asking him what was wrong with Sameera...Abhi looks away..because he knows what is wrong with her...she is suffering some loss that is binding her as if a question of life and death.
Abhi doesnot have his packet but instead walks behind Sameera leaving all the others to finish their packets.
Very soon , he catches up with her.....he then asks her:" Sameera tum hamesha se itne weak ho kya?"
Sameera looks at him..th word weak striking her fast and hard.
Abhi , glad to have her attention continues:" Sameera shayad tum nahi jaanti ho...har insaan jo born hota hain, usse ek na ek din maarna bhi hain."
Sameera looks at Abhi and then turns away....tears coming again to her eyes...falling on her cheeks nad then down to her chin...she mangaes to still reply:" Main jaanthi hoon....lekin mere apne ko khone ke baad -"
Sameera stops in mid sentence...thinking why on Earth was she at all explaining to him...she turns away and wipes her tears.
Abhi understands the change in her actions and holds out his packet to her...she refuses...but he pesters her saying taht then she will laso die os starvation.
Sameera unable to get rid of Abhi takes one piece.
Will cont soon....do tell me how it is...I am trying to bring out Sameera;s emotions slowly one by one...hope it is as interesting as I want it...
Aranya