Its 5AM and I am walking back home, I don't know from where.
It’s still dark, the road is empty. Neither an animal not an insect. To the right, there is an empty plot, with just 4 walls and to the left there is a house with a tall gate and high walls. Just in front of me, there is a dead body. A man, in his 30's is lying in the centre of the road and I am standing there as if there is nothing so strange. I am absolutely clam and quiet, without any change in my expression.
The guy wasn't bleeding, so I donno how he died. I slowly caught hold of his hands and started pulling. I don't know if I made any sound while I was pulling him, but I was confident no one saw me doing it, my face expressions told me that. I took a right turn and even this lane was empty. It must have taken 30-45 mins to bring him home because now there was light.
The gate was open; I pulled him in and put him aside. My Dad was there. It was a water-day (We get municipal water every alternate day. The day we get water is called water-day and next day is called non-water-day). Dad was filling up water and I started ploughing between the two coconut trees. I ploughed for another 15mins, laid the dead body there and filled it with mud.
I entered the house and looked outside the window just too check if everything was properly covered. I was staring when i heard "Get up!!!! It’s late". My dad was calling me and I woke up.
I still look at the place where I found the dead body and the two coconut trees in my house and think, will this happen really in my life? Or is it past???
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