Parvati, a thin and slender girl, was looking at Dhanush intently. May be she realized the inner turmoil he is having. He remembered taking the treacherous journey to the valley, collecting the consumables and then the memory becomes fuzzy.
"You are not looking good, have you got a fever?' Lata asked with a worried look, as she hold Dhanush face closer to look.
" No, nothing like that,' Dhanush stumbled as he tried to change the subject, 'Its just that I am tired from the play."
"Lata come, let's play. There are so many flowers remaining to be string together." Parvati called her and took her away from him.
Dhanush sighed as he saw them go away to play. Dhanush tried to calm himself up as he looked around his surrounding. He remembered the place since he came here from his childhood times. He loved the tall trees surrounding the valley, laden with fruits. He loved the wild flowers growing there and loved to play and lie around on the grasses will were softer here without their pointed heads. As she was viewing the landscape to relax, he noticed some anomalies.
Flowers were evidently more with some species he had never seen before. Same goes with the trees, as they were of varied sizes and some were totally new. Sun was directly overhead but he was not feeling the intensity of heat that he normally felt. Though his biggest worry was that, he didn't feel any presence of dangerous wild animals in the vicinity, nor heard the alarming cries of birds afar. What he heard instead were the sweet sounds of birds like a flute, which were smooth and easy to the ears. If he noticed closely, the whole place was so peaceful and relaxing that it felt like it had came from some fairy tell. But real life is harsh and they knew it very well.
He was so engrossed in his analysis that he missed the call of Sambhu and Lochan and only came to know after getting a hard slap in the back by Sambhu.
"What are you doing, standing here?' Sambhu asked annoyingly, ' we have been calling you for so many times."
" Huh, oh sorry, I was lost in some thoughts." Dhanush asked for his forgiveness.
Dhanush take a last look at Parvati before he went ahead with Sambhu to play. A thin girl, with a bright smile as she was talking with Lata but somewhat delicate as if fading presence. If he looked closely, he could even see the birds or small mammals were looking at her attentively from where they were sitting and it had some mysterious feeling to it.
He decided to discuss about this with his friends before talking to Lata as they play and went with Sambhu.
"Sambhu, did you feel something strange about this place?" Dhanush asked as a query.
"Why strange, its the same old valley we always come,' Sambhu answer, ' I don't feel anything wrong at all."
" Is that so, then tell me about this flower or that tree, have you ever seen that before?" Dhanush signals to those mysterious flowers and tree.
Sambhu looked closely to them. He hadn't seen them too and may be ignored these small differences when he had woken. He gestured Lochan about the same and got the same questioning look in return.
"Yes, you are right Dhanush,' Sambhu said, ' There are lot of strange things here. Come to think of it, I too felt something odd for a while now."
"Let's talk with Lata, I think this is something to do with that girl Parvati." Dhanush replied.
Lochan went to call Lata as Sambhu and Dhanush thought of some plan to confront Parvati about the same.
---- to be continued----
"You are not looking good, have you got a fever?' Lata asked with a worried look, as she hold Dhanush face closer to look.
" No, nothing like that,' Dhanush stumbled as he tried to change the subject, 'Its just that I am tired from the play."
"Lata come, let's play. There are so many flowers remaining to be string together." Parvati called her and took her away from him.
Dhanush sighed as he saw them go away to play. Dhanush tried to calm himself up as he looked around his surrounding. He remembered the place since he came here from his childhood times. He loved the tall trees surrounding the valley, laden with fruits. He loved the wild flowers growing there and loved to play and lie around on the grasses will were softer here without their pointed heads. As she was viewing the landscape to relax, he noticed some anomalies.
Flowers were evidently more with some species he had never seen before. Same goes with the trees, as they were of varied sizes and some were totally new. Sun was directly overhead but he was not feeling the intensity of heat that he normally felt. Though his biggest worry was that, he didn't feel any presence of dangerous wild animals in the vicinity, nor heard the alarming cries of birds afar. What he heard instead were the sweet sounds of birds like a flute, which were smooth and easy to the ears. If he noticed closely, the whole place was so peaceful and relaxing that it felt like it had came from some fairy tell. But real life is harsh and they knew it very well.
He was so engrossed in his analysis that he missed the call of Sambhu and Lochan and only came to know after getting a hard slap in the back by Sambhu.
"What are you doing, standing here?' Sambhu asked annoyingly, ' we have been calling you for so many times."
" Huh, oh sorry, I was lost in some thoughts." Dhanush asked for his forgiveness.
Dhanush take a last look at Parvati before he went ahead with Sambhu to play. A thin girl, with a bright smile as she was talking with Lata but somewhat delicate as if fading presence. If he looked closely, he could even see the birds or small mammals were looking at her attentively from where they were sitting and it had some mysterious feeling to it.
He decided to discuss about this with his friends before talking to Lata as they play and went with Sambhu.
"Sambhu, did you feel something strange about this place?" Dhanush asked as a query.
"Why strange, its the same old valley we always come,' Sambhu answer, ' I don't feel anything wrong at all."
" Is that so, then tell me about this flower or that tree, have you ever seen that before?" Dhanush signals to those mysterious flowers and tree.
Sambhu looked closely to them. He hadn't seen them too and may be ignored these small differences when he had woken. He gestured Lochan about the same and got the same questioning look in return.
"Yes, you are right Dhanush,' Sambhu said, ' There are lot of strange things here. Come to think of it, I too felt something odd for a while now."
"Let's talk with Lata, I think this is something to do with that girl Parvati." Dhanush replied.
Lochan went to call Lata as Sambhu and Dhanush thought of some plan to confront Parvati about the same.
---- to be continued----
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