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Tuesday, March 5, 2013

CONCLUSION OF GARTH STORY"TIME CAURIERS"



POSTING[ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF] LAST ३  PAGES OF GARTH STORY ORIGINAL IN HINDI CALLED-काल डाकिया -



Page-19
Garth and friends make plans to finish off the remaining quarks-
Guy and eid are looking out far Garth with guy holding a burning torch in his hand at the top of a wooden bridge made of round logs-
“That round quark is chasing Garth”
Eid! Ask ut and his men to be ready after the bridge’
Garth being chased by quark thinks-“he is fast!”[y-289]
Chasing Garth the quark advances on the wooden bridge slowly-
‘set fire to the dry grass’-orders Garth as guy ready with a burning torch bends forwards to set fire  to a heap  of dry grass kept midway on the bridge as Garth sprints to the safety of other bank beyond the make shift bridge
Quark hesitates a little facing the fire-
Garth and guy are running along the bridge as Garth shouts –“bring the large hammer![y290]
Garth and friends strike the bridge with a large wooden log as the bridge made of round logs starts rolling over therollers,as the rollers kept underneath the wooden logs are displaced and fall down in the river below bridge made of wooden logs give way and collapses into the river carrying the quark along with it
Quark falls over large sharpened stakes of wood and dies to revert back to original size of a microbe [y291]
After 15 day- 5 of the quarks have been trapped and killed—
Guy- eid, we have now become experts in the art of toppling the bridge
Eid- but always you or Garth become baits for him….and guy today you had to run a lot ,I was afraid he would catch you.
Guy- don’t worry eid, Garth will be looking after you anyway.
Eid I am worried for you I have worked hard to  prepare  this meal for you! Eat!
Ut overhearing the two murmurs in Garth’s ear-‘now she wants his company!
Garth [amused smile]-most certainly! [Y-292]

Page-20
Garth- ut are you sure that one more quark is left?
Ut-yes .it is as long as a snake but always lives in the jungle.
It never comes out of there, so unlike others we cannot kill it on  the river bank.
Garth- we will have to think of something else, we will have to watch and study him carefully before we make an attempt to trap it!
Garth studies the habits of this last and reclusive quark [he watches it crawling out of a hole]-oh! So it hides in there and only comes out during day time to hunt!
Quark tries to shake off Garth watching from treetops-‘he has sensed my presence and now he is trying to make me fall down this tree’ Garth thinks as huge snake like creature strikes it’s head against the tree trunk again and again trying to dislodge Garth from tree branch.
‘wish I was somplace else…thinks Garth …’I am beginning to see a way to beat him’
 Garth this snake like quark sleeps at night that is the time we should trap him.
Guy- you found it’s hiding place?
Garth -yes… [noticing eid coming towards them with two glasses of steaming beverage..]ok eid you have come.. You are part of the war council!
Eid- I am not very imaginative ….is there anything I can do?
Garth-Yes  a dirty job ,you lead those women and make them dig out soil from the river bed!
Eid and tribal women collect a lot of dirt from the river banks….
Guy- I will have to be the bait for this one Garth!
Garth-Why?
Guy-‘That tough grass rope will have to be cut in a single strike ad you are stronger than me!’


Page-21
For two nights when the serpent quark was sleeping in it’s hole trap was being set for it—
I have tied this rope tightly, give it some slack and see how it hangs out [garth and and friends have prepared a huge sharpend log and tied it’s one end to to a treetop branch
Garth climbs down the rope-while eid is telling guy that the stake was not properly balanced.
Guy- it will be corrected after Garth finishes and comes down here, we will use a mixture of soil and grass![y-297]
 On one end of The big wooden spear like log a mixture of soil and is stuck and wrapped around with grass.
Garth—let it harden for a day!
Garth shows eid that after blunt end of the wooden spear was stuck with hardened soil and grass it was now evenly balanced.
Next night—[on the treetop Garth and friends are busy making final adjustments to their crude wooden spear like weapon-
‘Take a deep breath’
‘Pull it up a bit more then it will come to the right place![y-298]
Guy lure the serpent quark as it crawls out of it’s hole during day time---”
Eid warns garth-‘here he comes’
Garth ready to strike thick rope holding one end of huge wooden sharpened log to act as a spear with a large sword poised with arms held high above his head.—he is coming eid tell me as soon as he reaches that line.
Guy reaches the line drawn on the forest floor as spear above swings.[y-299]
Eid calls out Garth! Get ready!
Now! Shouts eid
Garth strike a mighty blow with the big sword and the rope is cut cleanly
The huge heavy spear falls swinging like a pendulum
Quark is destroyed as the spear finds its’ mark and it reverts back to the size of a microbe.[y-300]
Page-22
Guy[exults]-
We did it! The last quark is dead!
Eh? What happened to eid? Questions a bewildered guy as he watches gart climbing down the rope holding eid in the crook of his arm who has swooned!
Garth- she is coming around now knowing that you are safe.
Guy- That is the real femininity  emerging in her, now she seems to have changed somewhat from her earlier self.[y-301]
Garth-[cradling eid in his arms as she recovers from her faint, watched over by a visibly happy guy]
You have changed yourself!
Last quark is also killed and celebrations are going on in the camp-
Eid- [offering guy a bowel of snack in the shadows of the huts]oh! How you were saved from that quark , I will not allow you to do any more dangerous stunts/
Guy- oh don’t tell me what you will not allow me[to do]
I going to do a dangerous thing just now .i will grab you and take you as my wife!
Guy grabs eid by wrist and carries her off on his shoulder
Garths stop him! [Inwardly thinking-‘don’t you dare!]Says eid as a smiling Garth watches the whole scene in amusement[y302]
Ut- all the quarks are killed now we can go back ,you can live here with your friends-ut offers garth as he is practicing javelin throws.
No ut men will come from skies in a while guy and eid will go with them and I will return home!
Garth we want to go with you we will return to future some other time –says guy as he returns with arm thrown around eid’s shoulders .
eid who is happy and content-yes ! We are sorry that we gave you so much trouble .please take us from here before our people come to pick us back to our times![y-303]
page-23
professor  lumiere comes back home—
lumiere- how did you spend your time these last few months while away from this place?
Professor –I had a good time had fun helping out a couple of postmen.
Lumiere-postmen?
Garth – yes! They used to work for Trans time postal service but they were lost here in the past and now they work for GPO.
Lumiere- eh? What are you talking about?[y-304]
Two figure in overcoats trudging through snow and carrying satchels  are seen outside Garth’s cottage[guy and eid]
Guy- hello garth due to overburden during chrismas eid is helping me out.
Garth – I am happy to see you two, we will have coffee if you can spare five minutes of your time.
Garth introduces the couple to professor lumiere-‘professor this is guy and his wife eid, they have strated at the bottom rung but you are probably meeting future postmaster!’
Guy[to professor]- do you know I have experienced the future?
Lumiere[surprised]- you do?[y-305]
Lumiere-[having coffee with eid]- are you two really from the future?
Eid-yes! Garth once told us that you could tell us a lot of things on this subject!
It is boring that women should run everything and men work like slaves, oh! They are not like my guy!
Guy- garth has provided us with a beautiful little flat and a job we like but I have thought of a scheme how to run GPO more efficiently.
Lumiere- let us drink to that![y-306]
END OF THE STORY-“TIME CAURIERS”























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