posting english translation of a 1968 classic garth adventure "the wakening"----from hindi version [इश्रान का शैतान]---
THE WAKENING----
5 millian years ago a
hermit called zukanor lived in a big cave on a place called ishran which was
located at where there is present day north atlantic ocean
zukanor-
"so thorblen
,people of ishran are pursuing you and you want me to help you?...
thorblen--
"so where else
could i go my dear uncle?"
zukanor-
"runt!..you
spoiled their women..?"
thorblen-
"they came to me
willingly..i taught them the art of living.."
zukanor-
you pillaged the
temple of asunzai,,made fun of gods of ishran,you killed.."
thorblen--
enough of this
list...will you help me?
zukanor-
Yes for the sake of
your dead father, but first i shall put you to sleep,,
thorblen[aghast]--sleep?..oh
...no...
don't put me to
sleep,no magic tricks uncle
zukanor...there is no
other way[pouring a magic potion in to roaring fire and a vivid scene of an army of soldiers riding on backs of
mammoths springs up in the flames..]
"people of
ishran are crossing the snow-clad high mountain peaks, you are finished.."
thorblen -
oh! ok. in that case
i am prepared to sleep!how long will i be asleep?
zukanor-
"as long as
there is a threat to your life ,my dear nephew..."answers zukanor while
mixing a magical potion...
thorblen [pointing
towards a huge wooden log sticking out from a gaping hole in the cave wall]-
what is that thing
uncle zukanor?
zukanor-"you
know i am the guard and gatekeeper of the great sluicegate which is holding up
outside sea
thorblen--
"what if i
remove this"?
zukanor -"you
fool would you like to drown the people of ishran?"
thorblen [thinking
while pushing out the massive wooden log and relesing the path for outside
seawater to come in] why not? they are after my blood,let them drown,i pity
their women."
zukanor is unawre of
what i have done ,when the glaciers will melt the water will rush in sinking
ishran and it's people.."
thorblen drinks up
the magic potion of long sleep-"long live uncle long live your beard and
long live your arthritic bones.."
zukanor-[seeing
thorblen slumping to ground]----
i will have the last
laugh ,dear nephew! Leeno! prepare magic potion for this worthless
runt!..zukanor instructs his subordinate...
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giant thorblen is
helpless in the faceof his uncle jukanor’s mighty magic
“poor thorblen—says
jukanor whil thorblen lie in deep sleep on the floor of his cave…” this magical
potin will reach every fibre of your body circulting in your veins and it will
make you sleep for 5million years”
“He will wake up in a
strange new world of super beings”-zukanor says to his underling.
“You think so
master”?-says a doubtful leeno
“but I can conquer
time itself ,I can roam invisible around the space,then those people wil be
godlike…”says zukanor.
Zukanor slips a magic
ring into sleeping thorblen’s right hand, “guardian of life’s mysteries. This
ring of sycultra will protct you”
“what is that scroll
of papers at hi sfeet ..master?”-asks leeno.
That is our message
to feople of distant future.. now seal this box and throw it in to the
sea-“-zukanor asks his underling leeno
Glass box sealed with
thorblen’s body is thrown from aclifftop in to the ocean –“by the time you
wake up we shall be long gone and
forgotten, best wishe for a new future”-zukanor thus bids farewell to thorblen.
5 mill. Yers have
passed, drillin for oil is going on in north atlantic
“We are laying explosives
[mines] at a depth of 50 feet for our exploration”
Thorblen’s box is
thrown up to surface as the mine explodes
There is acoffin with a body inside it says on eone worker on
the ol rig,”let us haul it up” says another
Boss what shall we do
with it?
Our ob is only exploration,
send it to shore where they will decide what to dothat night in garth’s londan
flat-“they have found this coffin in north Atlantic garth informs lumiere reading
from newspapers
“home office has
brought it to London and forensic expert professor Gilpin has asked me to be
present when they open it ,you can also come along garth!---says proff lumiere
In a famous
specialized research London hospital-“gilpin when will you open it? Asks proff.
‘that is our problem we have used hammers ,acetylene blow torches
and even laser rays but we failed to open the box.” It is impenetrable.
This is very
intriguing says lumiere
Body is well
preserved , but of course there is no question of his coming to life –says
Gilpin
“that man is not dead
he is alive and waiting to be resurrected”---garth says watching thorblen’s
apparently lifeless body in the glass coffin .
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YOU are a fool young
man ,this person here is as lifeless as a log of wood –dr Gilpin tells garth
But Gilpin ,garth
has miraculous intuitive powers and I
respect his instincts are you very sure
,garth-asks proff lumiere
I am certain , I
sense something trying to come out to surface ,he must be alive ..says garth
After a few more futile
attempts to open the box containing thorblen –dr Gilpin addresses the
technicians working with blow torches that it is already midnight and and that now they should go home and come
back in the morning.
Press reporters are
waiting outside the laboratory and as garth and lumiere emerge they are asked
questions –whose body is inside that coffin professor?”is it all a big joke?”
If it is indeed a
joke I would like to meet the person who has played this joke , he must be
brilliant!—responds professor lumiere.
Garth you seem to be
disturbed”-says proff lumiere
“I am only exited and
curious, let us go back to the box after the crowds disperse”garth says.it is
fascinating.
Garth and lumiere
speed back to lab. Meanwhile thorblen inside the box suddenly wakes up “where
am i?..what is happening?is it a trick of zukanor? Where are you zukanor?—he
shouts frantically.
“zukanor help me I am
trapped inside this box buried alive
No thorblen ! you are
a low life you deserve this.. press the button near your shoulder says suddenly
appearing spectral form of uncle zukanor..
You have the ring of
sycultra . goddess of infinite mysteries on your finger it will protect you,
but use it carefully!-warns zuknor as thorblen is released from the glass
coffin.