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Its 3 o clock in the afternoon. He had been planning and waiting for this day since almost three weeks. He ran the plan carefully in his mind. "finish the dishes...press his 'seth's' feet till he falls into his afternoon nap...leave the room and latch the door from outside...tip toe to the puja room...remove goddess Lakshmi's framed picture hanging from the wall...use the key he forged to open the safe behind the picture...take exactly 1000 rs...lock the safe...put the picture back...tip toe back to seth's room...slowly unlatch the door...walk slowly to the servants quarter...pick his packed bag...jump the wall...walk to the station and take a train to his village...never come back to this horrid place..."
It went perfectly well, till he came back to his seth's room. The door was already unlatched. He could feel the fear drain his throat. "How could this happen, no one's supposed to be here," he turned back to make a run for the door, 'Whack!' he felt a stick ram his head, he fell down, knocked out! Next thing he remembers is sitting behind a police jeep and looking out at his seth's scoffing face and his son's mocking grin waving him off. "He was supposed to be in his aunt’s place," he thought as tears rolled down his dusty face.
Source: http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/prison-program-for-juveniles-pune
It went perfectly well, till he came back to his seth's room. The door was already unlatched. He could feel the fear drain his throat. "How could this happen, no one's supposed to be here," he turned back to make a run for the door, 'Whack!' he felt a stick ram his head, he fell down, knocked out! Next thing he remembers is sitting behind a police jeep and looking out at his seth's scoffing face and his son's mocking grin waving him off. "He was supposed to be in his aunt’s place," he thought as tears rolled down his dusty face.
Source: http://www.artofliving.org/in-en/prison-program-for-juveniles-pune
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