AT THAT TIME I WAS ON MY WAY TO HOME WHICH IS 5KM FROM MY WORKING PLACE. I GOT LATE AT MY OFFICE. I WORKED UPTO 11.30 PM THERE. THERE WAS NO VEHICLE FOR ME. SO, I WAS WALKING AS THE ROAD WAS LIKE DESERT. THERE WERE NO STREET LIGHTS BUT I WAS HELPED WITH MOON LIGHT. I WAS WALKING BY SINGING SOME MOVIE SONG. SUDDENLY I HEARD SOMEONE WAS ALSO SINGING ALONG WITH ME AT MY BACK SIDE. AT FIRST I WAS NOT SCARED WITH THAT STRANGE VOICE. BUT..... BUT............BU...T....T.... I WAS LITTLE SCARED WHEN FOUND NOBODY AT MY BACK. I WAS LITTLE TENSED. I STARTED SINGING BY MY RAISED VOICE TO AVOID MY TENSE. BUT THAT PLAN DIDNOT DO ANYTHING. WITH DOUBLE VOICE OF MINE I HEARD THE SAME SONG SANG BY SOMEONE. BUT THIS TIME I HEARD THAT SONG AT MY FRONT SIDE SOMEWHAT FAR AWAY. I SUDDENLY WIDENED MY EYES TO SEE WHO WAS THERE AT MY FRONT. I FOUND NOTHING. I HAD TAKEN MY GASSES AND CLEANED MY EYES. THEN I FOUND SOMEONE THROUGH MY CLEANED GLASSES IN FRONT OF ME AT SOME FAR DISTANCE. WITH THAT MOVEMENT THOUGH THE CLIMATE WAS COLD, I WAS GETTING SWEAT. I DIDNOT KNOW THAT ONE IS MAN OR WOMAN. I SHOUTED WHO WAS THAT. I GOT REPLY THAT SHE WAS A GIRL WHO MISSED FROM HER FAMILY WHO WERE ON THERE WAY TO THEIR CITY.I WENT NEARER TO HER. SHE WORE WHITE SAREE. SHE MIGHT BE 18-20 OF AGE. I ENQUIRED HER, HOW SHE WAS MISSED FROM HER FAMILY. BUT, SHE TOLD ME " SIR I SHOULD IMMEDIATELY GO TO NEAREST RAILWAY STATION. SO PLEASE HELP IN SHOWING THE WAY AND COMPANYING ME UPTO RAILWAY STATION". AS SHE WAS ALONE AND AS I AM HELP MIND FELLOW I AGREED TO HELP HER. I AND SHE WERE WALKING ON THE ROAD TO RAILWAY STATION. I GOT SOME RELAXATION BY SEEING SOMEONE ON THAT DESERTED ROAD. WHILE WALKING ON THE ROAD, I ONCE AGAIN ENQUIRED HER ABOUT DETAILS.
SHE TOLD,"SIR! MY NAME IS------ . I AM FROM ----- ALONG WITH MY FAMILY. WE HAVE COME HERE FOR A FUNCTION. IN RETURN TO OUR HOME WE APPROACHED TO RAILWAY STATION. WE BEFORE ONLY HAD OUR RESERVATION. BUT THE TRAIN WAS LATE BY 2 HOURS. AS IT WAS NIGHT 10, I GOT SLEEP AND HAD SLEPT ON THE BENCH. AFTER ONE HOUR I GOT AWAKE AND FOUND NONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS WITH ME. I ASKED THE STATION MASTER ABOUT THEM. HE SAID THAT THEY HAVE ALREADY GONE BY THE TRAIN. I WAS ASTONISHED HOW COULD MY FAMILY LEAVE ME LIKE THAT AND LEFT AWAY. IN THE MEAN WHILE I FOUND SOME DRUNK FELLOWS ROAMING AROUND ME. TO ESCAPE FROM THEM I RAN FOR A LONG TIME AND REACHED THIS ROAD. I FOUND MYSELF ALONE ON THIS ROAD AND FORGOTTEN MY WAY TO RAILWAY STATION. WHEN I WAS SEARCHING SOMEBODY FOR HELP, I GOT YOU."
I FELT PITY TO HER AND ASKED HER." IS THAT ALL HAPPENED LAST 15 MINUTES AGO?"
SHE REPLIED IN A COOL MANNER," NO NO SIR ! IT ALL HAPPENED 40 YEARS BACK."
I WAS SPEECH LESS. LOOKING AT HER I ESTIMATED SHE WOULD BE 18- 20 YEARS OF AGE. BUT SHE TOLD THAT ALL THE INCIDENT FACED BY HER WAS HAPPENED AT 40 YEARS BACK. SO, IF THAT SOO, SHE WOULD BE ABOUT 70 YEARS. WITH THAT MOVEMENT, I STARTED RELEASING SWEAT AGAIN. I DONOT KNOW HOW I FELT AT THAT MOVEMENT. GOD ONLY KNOW'S.
SEEING MY TENSED CONDITION SHE ASKED ME," WHY YOU ARE LIKE THAT ? WHAT HAPPENED? ARE YOU THINKING ME AS DEVIL? NO NO SIR! I AM NOT DEVIL. IF I AM DEVIL MY FOOT SHOULD BE BACK SIR! SEE MY FOOT." I SAW HER FOOT AT BACK SIDE. BY SEEING THAT I WAS GETTING SHIVER. SHE AGAIN TOLD," IF I AM DEVIL, MY TONGUE SHOULD STRETCH LIKE THIS..." BY SAYING THAT SHE STRETCHED HER TONGUE UPTO 1/2 METRE. WITH THAT MOVEMENT I SHOUTED AND READY TO RAN AWAY. BUT, I WAS STOPPED BY HER AND WARNED AS," I AM SEARCHING FOR RAILWAY STATION FOR THE PAST 40 YEARS. NOBODY IS SHOWING ME. I KILL THOSE WHO DONOT HELP ME. JUST BY SEEING ME ON THE ROAD ITSELF MANY OF THEM HAD RAN AWAY. I KILLED ALL OF THEM. YOU ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO LISTENED MY WORDS. IF YOU RUN, I KIL YOU ALSO. YOU SHOULD HELP ME. I AM GIVING MY VISITING CARD TO YOU. TOMORROW YOU COME TO THAT PLACE AT SAME TIME AND SHOW THE RAILWAY STATION. I AM GOING NOW. IT'S ALREADY 3 AM." BY SAYING THOSE WORDS SHE PUT HER VISITING CARD IN MY SHIRT POCKET AND LEFT AWAY IN A MOMENT OF TIME."
I WAS VERY SCARED WITH THAT MOVEMENT AND I SUDDENLY FOUND RAIN. AND HEARING THE WORDS.." TEJA TEJA TEJA ... GET UP. TIME IS UP. WE GETTING LATE TO OFFICE." I SUDDENLY OPENED MY EYES. I FOUND MYSELF IN THE ROOM. IT WAS MY ROOM MATE WHO AWAKEN ME BY POURING SOME WATER ON ME. ALL OF A SUDDEN I GOT RELAXED WHEN I FOUND ALL THAT HAPPENED PREVIOUSLY AS DREAM.
I HAVE WAKEN UP AND WENT TO BATH ROOM. I WAS REMOVING MY SHIRT. I FOUND SOME CARD IN MY POCKET. I HAD TAKEN IT OUT AND AGAIN GOT ASTONISHED, BECAUSE THAT CARD IS THE VISITING CARD GIVEN BY THE STRANGE GIRL IN THE DREAM.
I FOUND THE ADDRESS AS " ON THE ROAD"
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