CHAPTER 3-THE CALL
BACK TO THE VILLAGE
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Balu was in a fix and he had no one to turn to since everybody turned to him for help and advice.As the village leader he was the one to whom all the villagers looked to and turned to for advice.But it was time for action and not for dilly dallying for another girl had gone missing.The previous girls who had gone missing were thought to have eloped with their lovers but three in a row was too far fetched for that and everyone knew that something bad was happening in the village.The past few weeks people who lived on the outside edge of the village nearer to the forest that surrounded them had been complaining that they had been hearing strange noises and screams and did not dare venture outside after the dark.All this was new and strange to the vilagers who were by nature very brave folks and did not bother too much about walking in the dark even inside the forest.But everyone had somehow subtly felt a malevolent presence in the forest and even inside the vilage sometimes and now the problem had become to big to ignore.
After lot of thought balu decided to go to the local police station and talk to the sub-inspector and file a complaint.The people gathered there for the meeting decided that would be the best thing to do and also agreed to organise nightly rounds of the village and everyone would take turns in doing so.Balu watched the crowd disperse with a heavy heart and also worried about the fate of the missing girl.An idea came to him but he hesitated,would it be too petty of a problem to call his friend and inform him about what was going on in the village.
He reminded himself of the time when all of them had gone to the forest to play and had been suddenly confronted by a leopard which had then attacked his younger brother mani and how his friend had managed to chase of the leopard single handedly and then carried Balu's wounded younger brother mani on his shoulder's back to the village and saved his life.Balu knew he would come if called for their friendship spanned nearly four decades.But he hesitated for he knew his friend was a senior police officer in chennai and would have lot of things occupying his time and might not be able to come immediately when called.yet it was better that he was kept informed for wasn't the vilage his own and the place where he had spent his childhood and he surely would rush to the aid of his own people.so balu decide he would make the call to his friend.
CHAPTER 4-RUDRAN
HEROES AND MONSTERS
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Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2
