By A. K. Srikumar
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Look! " Bharti pointed. "Gives me an idea," Sanjib started to unwind the lungi that he had wound over his tattered shorts. " clutching two ends of the cloth Sanjib cast his lungi into the water. It swelled like a balloon at first, then settled into the water. The boy waited for almost a minute. With a sudden twist of the wrist he lifted his impromptu net clear off the pool. " Writhing on the wet cloth, gasping for air, were a pair of fat, healthy fish. " Moloy applauded, having finished gorging himself with the water.
You can make yourself a walking stick with... with... there! " Soon the trio were on the road again, hunger satiated and Sanjib moving with renewed vigour, thanks to the aid of his newly acquired crutch. "We ought to have carried some of the fish in that pool with us," complained Moloy after a while. " "Stop bickering ! " "Where are we going, Didi? " Moloy started to say. His scheme remained unstated. The vegetation opened out suddenly in front of them. They were at a clearing. It was ringed by heavy undergrowth and some trees.
It was a fort a long, 62 long while ago. " Moloy wondered. " "Ah, yes, most certainly! Now, then, please make yourself comfortable, fellas. " He pointed to the huge blocks of stone scattered about the enclosure. " "I'll rustle up some grub first," was the reply. " Lunch, prepared by the 'king' of the abandoned fort with some help from Bharti, was meat accompanied by some boiled roots. " Moloy's eyes were round with apprehension, "Let us get out of here as quickly as we can.