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Every time Bapa stepped out of the train compartment at a station where the train
stopped, he would warn Biju about the bundles—‘Sit on them, lie on them, rest your
head on them, but do not take your eyes off them for even a minute. Someone may take
them away and then all will be lost for us.’ Biju felt very important guarding the bundles
but he was terrified that the train would leave before Bapa returned. What would he do
then?
It was only after his father, carrying some hot oily pakoras and kulladhs of tea for them,
returned to the compartment (usually after the train had started moving) that Biju’s
heart would start beating normally again. So most of the time Biju pretended that he
wasn’t hungry and didn’t want anything to eat or drink.
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