The feast of Rats
Robindranath Tagore
The boys
told, it's very bad, we never learn from the new master; The name of the master
who coming Kalikumar Tarkalangkur. After long vacation boys coming back in
school from home by the train. Among them one humorous boy made a poem named
black pumpkin immolation. Everybody was reciting that loudly.
By this time an old person got
on the train from Arkhola station. He had a bed sheet with him covered with
blanket, two or three pots, closed their mouths with some worthless cloth, a trunk
of tin and some little container. A
daredevil boy named Beckon shouted suddenly, there is no more place, the old
man, look for a place in another train'.
The old man said, 'there's wetly
around in the train and no empty place found. I will sit in the little corner,
you will not have any disturb bane'.
Saying that he quitted their
bench and speared the bed sheet on the floor. Then he sat down upon it. He
asked the boys where they are going and what to do.
Bichkun said, to have sradha.
The old man asked, whom are you going to have sradha? Bichkun replied black
pumpkin with green chilies.
The
train stopped at asansole station. The old man began to bathe at that place. As
soon as he came back to the train. Bichkun said, ''Sir, please, don't go by
this train''.
But why, please tell me?
Beckon
said, Sir, there is a very disturbing bunch of rats in it. Rats? Is it right?
You just see what they were entering in your pot.
The old gentleman looked, the
pot is empty in which he kept sweets. And another is also vacant.
Bichkun said, besides, what were
bound in your hander chief, they ran away taking those. There were probably
five ripe mangoes. The gentleman told laughingly, Ah! I see the rats are very
hungry. Bichkun said, no, no, the sepias is like that. They can eat ever they
aren't hungry.
The boys laughed loudly and
said, '' yes, sir, if there had been more food, they should have eaten that''.
The old man told, ''I have
mistaken if I had known it that many rats will go by the train, I would have
brought some more''.
In spite of having been
oppressed by the boys, the old man never got angry. They become calm as they haven't
got any fun from teasing the old man. If he had become angry they would have
got fun.
The
train stopped at Burdwan. In another note, the train needs to change.
The gentleman said, ''father, I
will not let you suffer any more. I will take place in another chamber''.
No, no, never, we never let you
quit the train. If you have something more in your hanker chief bound, we will
keep an eye on it, nothing will be wasted''.
The old man said, well, you get
on the train, I am coming.
Then the
boys got on the train. After a while, the sweet hawker come to the chamber
along with the old man. He served the
sweets by a paper bag one by one and said, This time rats feast will not
be a shortage. The boys shouted and started to jump happily. The mango seller
came there. They got some mangoes also.
Afterward, the boys asked him
where he is going and what to do. The old man said, I am looking for a work,
where I will find work. I will get down here. They asked him, what work do you
perform?
He said I am Tulu master. I
teach Sanskrit. They said clapping their hands, then you are well come to our
School.
- Why your principal accept me
there?
- He is bound to accept you.
- We never allow black pumpkin
and green chilies in our locality.
- You fill me in the problem!
- If the secretary does not like
me.
- He must like you.
- If he doesn't like you, we all
will leave the school.
- Well, you then take me there.
The
train reached the station. There was present our secretary himself. As soon as
he saw the old man, he told, please, come, Mr. Tarkalanker. Your home has been prepared.
Then he took him away.(Help Prothom Alo)
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