If You Love Me You Should Love My Dog Too
After many attempts, he got a job in the Indian Railways. Though he had aimed to become a great engineer since childhood, he could not live up to his dreams and aspirations. The financial condition of the family is also not very good. The financial condition is also not good to go to a good college far away. He completed his education from Central Institute of Technology, Kokrajhar.
After completing his studies, he passed the railway examination and eventually got a job as a ticket collector in the railways. He also assumed that the result of the sacrifice would be sweetness. Initially he stayed in Guwahati but later returned to Bongaigaon. It’s been a month here, happy with the job but not so happy. He is also studying for the APSC and UPSC exams as much time as he has got through his job.
It is his habit to go for a morning walk every day, get up early enough, take a bubble bath, and exercise. This way he keeps his body disease free, strong and healthy. Since his middle and high school days, he has not suffered from any serious illness or skin rashes.
It has been almost three days since he met a girl in the morning on a street near the railway station in Bongaigaon. She has good looks, white hair, fair complexion, long straight hair, a thick moustache, but not much of a moustache. He met the girl before yesterday. Yesterday also, he met the girl at the same place and time. Seeing her again and again in the same place once or twice, he started falling in love.
He couldn’t sleep well both at night and last night. I have never been attracted to a girl in my life. But this time is not too long and far away for me to get married to someone or the other in life. My lucky author is the one who sent the letter to someone. Is this my fate? I have fallen in love with her, I have to tell her what is going on in my mind, I have spent the night thinking about it.
Early this morning, Swmdwn met her again on the same road. A dog is holding in her hand. Not only today, but Swmdwn is also seen every time she carries the dog. As he moved closer to the dog asking for a ride, the dog began to bark him for closer to the girl. The girl said, looking her dog in the face.
“Shut up Khalu!”
The dog is silent. Showing respect and honor to the owner by waving the tail. Swmdwn came to the girl and said.
“Good morning sister!”
The girl looks at the Swmdwn from head to toe and greets him with a soft and gentle smile on her face from the soles of her feet.
“Good morning.”
“You were just seen here yesterday. Is this the place you want to be?”
“Yes.”
“My name is Swmdwn. It’s been a month here. I have worked in the railway department.”
“That’s how I thought of you. My name is Phulbi. I studies at first year of masters’ degree under Gauhati University. Since childhood, I have not been able to stay at home much. I studied at BH College for my degree.”
Swmdwn wanted to speak from the heart. The dog stares back at Swmdwn with a gentle look on his face. Swmdwn said looking at the dog.
“The dog has developed measles. Don’t you have a grudge against this dog?”
“This dog is very dear to me. I don’t have a brother, so I treat him like my own brother. I have been in the house only for a few days now, I have just returned home after getting the news that the dog is suffering from measles. No one in our family likes this dog as much as I do.”
“You take this dog to the doctor.”
“Yes, I will go…”
The dog was dragged towards their house and taken away. Swmdwn wanted to keep talking to her. After entering their house, Swmdwn ran away and came back. From eight o’clock in the morning he has work as a railway employee.
The next morning, while still on his morning walk, Swmdwn thought he would meet the girl again. But he did not meet her again. He was unhappy that he had not met the girl. When he comes to the railway station to do his duty at right time, he sees the girl with his own eyes at the railway station. The girl is holding the sick dog in her hands. He was very happy to see her from a distance. This is how he approached the girl and said.
“Good morning sister!”
The dog tried to bark, but it quickly recognized the man and wagged its tail. The girl softly replied him to identify Swmdwn.
“Good morning!”
I love you so much, that’s all I wanted to say. If you have love for me and affection for me, I will marry you, now what do you think? He wanted to say so, but he could not. Instead, he said something else.
“I forgot your name.”
“Phulbi Sinha.”
“Are you going somewhere today, or do you need someone to come?”
“No one wants to come, and today I don’t want to go anywhere far away except this railway station.”
“So what are you doing here?”
“By the way, I have come here. I keep coming here whenever I feel like it. At this railway station, people from many parts of the world stop for a while and walk back. I learnt a lot by watching them and felt happy too. Since childhood, I have had a deep attachment with this railway station. As a child, I was very happy to steal money kept in my mother’s pillow and sell it to hawkers and buy peanuts.
At the same time, a train from the west came to a halt, blaring a loud horn. People have crowded around each other. Someone is going up and someone is going down. A man carrying a bag with several large wheels crashed into the girl. The dog started bark him. In a fit of rage, he forced the dog to his shoes and gave it a loud roar.”
Phoolbi said as she saw the dog on its feet.
“Why are kicking the dog?”
“Whose dog is this that facing with measles?”
Saying this, he pulled out his wheeled bag and jumped into the train. Swmdwn, Phoolbi and the dog stared at him like a single face at the same time. Phoolbi said, looking at Somdon’s face.
“I’m going.”
“Phoolbi! Please have some tea.”
“I had tea just at home.”
“I’ll have a drink. Please don’t make too much haste. You just eat any food item of your choice.”
Phoolbi agreed. They proceed to a shop that stands right next to the railway station. Swmdwn has ordered a cup of tea. He gave Phulbi a piece of cake and took one himself. An old man in dirty clothes was drinking tea nearby. One of the boys was also smoking next to him.
The dog is watching the old man drinking tea. The old man is shocked to see the sick dog and throws the tea bag on the dog’s back. As the hot tea poured over his parched body, he began to cry out in agony and pain. Looking at the old man’s face, Phoolbi says.
“What kind of person are you? Don’t you have compassion for this dog?”
“Whose dog is this?”
“This is my dog.”
“Very bad looking dog.”
The old man walked away as he spoke. A man scavenging at the railway station sees the dog and tries to chase it away as if it is a dog, but Phoolbai tells him to stand up.
“Don’t touch it, the dog is mine. Don’t you see, Aunty is holding him in her arms with a chain?”
“What kind of dog is that? Is this a sick dog? How often do you see a naked dog? The stray dog is holding the dog, no problem, what kind of girl are you?”
The person doing the talking moves to the other side. Hearing his Language , Phulbi was moved to tears. She was not satisfied. She said as she looked at Swmdwn’s face.
“I’m going!”
“Stop just a minute!”
“What else is left?”
“I have few words to speak.”
“What is the matter with the mind?”
“Phoolbi, I will give you…”
Swmdwn did not want to talk about it.
Phoolbi said.
“I can understand your point of view. The mind of the youth melts in such a short time and they can also speak their mind very quickly. The hearts of us girls also melt very quickly, but girls can do a lot. I don’t even feel bad for you no matter what. I don’t know why you liked me. But I have one thing to say before anyone else, if you love me you should love my dog too.”
After saying this Phulbi started walking. The dog also started following him by wagging its tail. Somdon continues to watch them from a standstill. People waiting for trains at the railway station also look at them with their eyes.
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