But around 10.15 p.m. The door bell rang. When I opened the door I was surprised to see the same man. I invited him in and he sat down on the sofa. Wi...hout wasting any time he said (Since many days you have been looking from the window. But today I have come to invite you to join us). I was not surprised but I was also apprehensive. We both will contact you. I gave him my telephone number and noted down their number. His name was Swaroop and they were a Bengali family. He was around my age 37. Me ja reha ta tabi mummy fir se didi se kuch bat karne lagi, me chala geya, sham 6.30pm ta tandi ki karan jaldi andera hogeya ta, me jaldi jaldi jakar biscuit le aya. To deka mummy kushti aur behan bi, mere samajme kuch nehi aya achanak kya jadu ho geya sab kush hogeye. Me biscuit mummy ko dene mummy ke pass geya to didi muje dekkar shrma te huve bedroom me chali geyi, mummy muje apni pass lekar muje pooch dera age 15 haina? Mene kahan han, tu itna chotabi nehi hai, maine mummy se pooch kyon?. He heard us at The White Lion and he wants you and I to play a couple of gigs up in Jax weekend after next.’ He sounded excited, ‘He says it’s at one of the big hotels downtown for some kind of a big radio station promotional dance. He called it ‘Son Of Prom’. It’s supposed to be for all the folks that didn’t get to go to the prom when they were in school.’ ‘Sounds like we can handle it. He doesn’t want the rest of the group?’ I asked. ‘Nope, just us. He says there will be about ten musicians. “Tomorrow night everyone comes home. Tomorrow morning we go hunting. All the men who are here, who have a rifle will be going, either as hunters or protectors. We will be taking the truck, ATVs, tractor and wagon with us. We will only shoot enough to fill the truck and wagon one time. There are still a lot of animals left on the plateau. If we kill too many, then we will not have any more the next time we need them. Depending on what we can see, will dictate how many animals we shoot. Unless.
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