chapter 6 :
finding Zahir and the first clue :-
randhir don't you think we should look up for finger prints on the envelop and the letter ? i said breaking the silence
FINGER PRINTS ! really sanyukta , we have all handed up the letter and the finger prints of the sender , if any , would have been messed up ! and plus you would be cleaver enough to wear gloves before sending anonymous letters -_- ..
you and i are cleaver enough randhir , but i doubt ,the illiterate village people ... i protested !
okay sanyukta , so lets assume we find the finger prints , mind you i said assume and then what are we supposed to do with them ? there are no labs to test here you bimbo ..
ouch! that hurts .. i mean i thought it was a better idea than to keep looking for ivies in the entire oasis . randhir is rude i tell you . i bet he must have been one curious child in his childhood i mean he looks so excited with all this detective work !
he said he wanted to *enquire and research* before actually beginning anything . *enquire and research* i wonder what does that even mean ? anyway he told me to leave him alone and i went out to kaustuki .. now that i had randhir with me i was less nervous , plus we were in an oasis which , as he said ,was a neutral place , no wars , no threats . i thought to enjoy the place as much as i could .
kaustuki was sitting on a place high above and was surrounded by a number of people , she was narrating the stories about the great cities and a boy near her was translating it to the citizens who were listening with great interest .
kaustuki ! i shouted
everyone turned around me . some children came to me and took me with them . they said something and the boy translated it . they want to learn about your city .
i joined kaustuki and started telling stories , lol i even exaggerated the facilities and the people listened wonder struck to listen about our lives which had such glories !! only if they knew how much we have to study
after sometime we excused ourselves and kaustuki and i went back to my little tent to take rest .
aren't they so innocent ... kaustuki sighed
i wanted to tell her the truth , the people whom she thought were innocent , actually were so cruel when it comes to life and competition anyway i controlled my urge , i did not wanted to scare my friend away .
yes ... i replied
have you seen vardhaan sir ? she said
vardhaan sir's name cached my attention . did she find out about that letter and the war ?
no ... no why ? i asked trying to act normal .
no just that i have not seen him anywhere . neither jiggy , vidushi , shail or yoyo have seen him ...
vardhaan sir is missing ? i tried to remember the last time i saw him .. yes ! when he was returning back to the caravan after meeting the hooded stranger . he did even return ? was he kidnapped ?
what happened sanyukta ? what are you thinking ?
no ... nothing ... i said . i have to discuss about this with randhir . once he gets free . i thought .
sanyukta ? you okay ? you seem lost ! ... anyway i wrote a poem .. but am stuck ! it took me the whole vacation to write 4 lines and now i can't go on . can you help me sanyukta ? you are the cleverest girl i ever met..
cleverest ? woah ! i was so happy to get such a compliment . In excitement of getting a compliment i promised kaustuki that i would help her with her poem . without remembering at once , how much i sucked at it .
sure kaustuki ... go on ... read your lines ..
okay she blushed and took out a paper from her pocket .. in a serious tone she started ...
THE oasis and the tents
by : kaustuki sherpa
In an oasis with so many colourful tents ,
one little tent was there ,
which did not had the flare ,
that was once filled with folks
but now was sad and empty
and to me it spoke,
they have all fled ,
am alone and sad .
wow it's good kaustu ..
but am stuck sanyukta ... can you complete it ? please
personally i did not know what to say ... i sucked at this i already told uh . but i could not disappoint my friend , so i took the note from her and said that i'll complete it , only god knows how ?
she said thanks and left to her tent . i lay down and read the poem again and again ... it doesn't makes any sense . i mean why would anyone write a poem on tents ? i wasn't questioning kaustuki's sanity but it all seemed extremely stupid to me at least . i already told you , i suck at this .
suddenly someone closed my eyes from behind and placed something sharp on my neck ! i felt numb but was smart enough to do what i was supposed to , i tried to shout ! but the person seemed smarter and placed his hands on my mouth !
easy bimbo ... its me ! said a voice i was well acquainted with .
RANDHIR !
is this how you enter someone's tent ? i questioned ..
no ... this is how i scare the life out of them ... came his sly remark
well i won't argue with that , neither i was in a position to , i mean i was really scared ! but hey anyone would be under the situation so it wasn't really my fault ..
what's this ? he snatched away the paper from my hand and started reading ..
it's a poem which kaustuki made .. she told me to complete it .. but seems like am stuck as well -_-
i can help ... he said
like really ? did i listen THE RANDHIR SINGH SHEKHWAT offering help to someone ? i did not believe my ears .. and that too in making POETRY ? i wonder if he has even read any poems in his entire life time !
yes sure go ahead ... i said
THE oasis and the tent
In an oasis with so many colourful tents ,
one little tent was there ,
which did not had the flare ,
that was once filled with folks
but now was sad and empty
and to me it spoke,
they have all fled ,
am alone and sad .
you say i complain
but hey ! i have my right to get mad !
no one to look after me
i miss children running around
all alone in the darkness
with the desert wind's sound .
no one to call me --- it's mine
i think i've met my fate .
i was once called -- The ivies
but now am out of date .
there was a silence after this . i stared at randhir in astonishment and admiration . how did he do it ? kaustuki has slaved so much on the first few lines and then randhir stood up and recited the rest of it without even thinking ! i sorrowfully confessed that his lines were much better tahn kaustuki's ...
wow randhir -- i say it was fancy how you included the bit about ivies as well .. i mean the name ivy wasn't because of ivies growing there but because the name of tent itself was the ivies . that's genius randhir .. you are one true poet !
but randhir didn't seem to listen anything ... he was staring in space blankly .. was he ill ?
randhir !! i shook him ..
we have got the first clue ... was all he said
WHOO !! LONG ENOUGH 😉
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Edited by maths_geek - 11 years ago
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