“Adi, we have come a long way”
“Yes, we are Havi”
“It’s almost 2 hours since we left bridge, we should have crossed Chanamma Lake by this time!”
“Don’t you think we are lost?”
“Yes adi, she is right, I first doubted when we made to take that u turn near the neem tree”
“Why didn’t you say somu? What shall we do now? Going back is not easy, it’s already dark”
“Hey adi, my GPS says we could connect to the same road if we peddle 10 miles east by taking the next narrow mud road which will be two miles from now”
“Ok havi you go first, I and somu will follow you”
It was almost night they could not see a single person walking on the way. They doubted their choice, abhi started crying.
“Abhi I told you to go with your mom, why you stayed back home with me? Now don’t cry, next time I will not take you anywhere”
“Adi I saw something”
“What is that abhi?”
Every one joins their chorus
“It was eyes! Staring at me”
The little girl continues to cry pointing her finger at the white rock near the big tree now she rises her voice louder than earlier. Havani warns her not to look around, and imagine anything. They decided to move faster till they reach somus elder brothers house which was 20 miles away from the village where they supposed to halt tonight.
Along the way abhi pointed many rocks many strange creatures nevertheless they decided not to stop anywhere. It was the crossing of the ‘crowcat’ which made their heart to stop for a while. Crowcat is a very strange creatures and always a rare sight to the people. Which talks like men, nobody knows its language nobody understands it. What if it knows human language? It was a question unanswered.
It was almost half a mile away crowcat was crossing the road it stood still at the mid of the road staring at the dynamo light which was still glowing from the havanis cycle. Abhi had her mouth shut by ‘havani’ and advised not cry. “Let that crowcat pass she said” from the far sight it was it was only the illuminating eyes of crowcat which was visible. If one could watch it in details then the blood marks on its mouth is seen. It was almost like a human except black hair on the body and the hands which were used to walk some times.
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