Monday, October 30, 2023

page 162

....both of them were   hiding in different trees near the river,  there were  several  places though on the ground  from where they could  see bhashu tge zamindar  s man  but Tahir shah had  this suggestion  to  take safe position on a higher  tree to check not only on bhashu but anyone else following him , certain  that the  clever zamindar fazal khan would  never send his man alone  but  more men for his safety will follow him 
Tge river was  surrounded with trees   growing in the fields  spread out for miles  , no village  was around,  after a very long time  bhashu appeared   with his  cattle  on the scene,  both  hiding in their respective trees searchinly  scanned tge whole area , tgeir doubts were  apparently   wrong  , only some  workers were  doing their work in the fields in the distance  some of them were women 
Bhashu had reached the spot and was  crossing  from there with his cattle to reach the river  to  let his cattle   drink water m amidst the cattle were the usual  beasts cows goats and  two  jersey cows  the jerseys were they were after 
Bhashu  herded his cattle towards the same daily spot at the river where it was shallow,   Tahir shah and  nawab Alam  climbed down from their  hiding  , surveyed their surroundings and began moving towards the cattle drinking river water , they intended to reach bhashu without being seen,  o be on the safer side both of them had covered themselves  and also their faces with  bedsheets

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