Richie Page #2

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'Significantly a single crow bugged me

by cawing nonstop till daybreak'

'I tried shooing it away and

hurling stones too, all in vain!'

'Perching itself on the roof...'

'...it watched that log keenly'

'That's when it dawned on me'

'Good lord!'

'This crow has been

following me from the sea'

'I hurled the very same log

it had fixed its gaze on'

'Aiyo!'

'Goodness gracious!'

'I couldn't believe my own eyes!'

A treasure

Telling Her name in Tuticorin is enough

People will queue up to grab Her

Is it that easy to get Her?

Princess of the deep sea, eh?

Stop...!

So-

Why are you referring

to that statue as a female?

Why do you name hurricanes after women?

Tsunami, Katrina, Nila, Nisa

Women = hurricane

Both will be quiet to start with

But if anyone messes around...

...it will turn the town

topsy turvy, in ruins

Then it will whimper

in a corner as if nothing happened!

So where is this?

You mean the hurricane?

No...no

That statue

Thought I'll sell Her

and plan my sister's wedding

But do I break or melt to sell Her?

'Ignorance is bliss' is me

I had a friend in the Customs department

I took him into confidence

He advised me,

'Hey, Peter, don't sell it here'

'If we sell it in Calcutta,

we'll get loads of money'

'We can split 50-50' he said

Do you know how much?

Lakhs...crores...millions

When I was wondering

if I could trust him...

...he gave me an advance of 10000!

Imagine 10000!

But my hopes crashed

He ran away with Her

and that was it

Later he called me one day

'Peter, She is missing', he said

'He claimed someone had taken Her away'

Have you heard of Isaac?

He also had an eye on my treasure

When he knew my plan...

...Isaac sent Richie to

crack the whip on me

As in

He threatened you and-

Yes

'He instigated me through Richie'

This...this statue...this myth

Your stories about Her

is just local folklore, right?

How can someone from Calcutta know

about Her value and steal it from you?

Today I won't spare you

For sure I'll kill you

'Sir, do you know who stole it?'

'Run Raghu Run'

'I can only say it is

Satan's handiwork!'

'Wonder whose curse it is'

Otherwise why should a chap working

somewhere on the other side of the sea

...come back here all of a sudden?

You tell me

Have you always been

in touch with him?

No, not at all

To collect the counterfeit goods...

...Doss will go to Calcutta

every now and then

On one of those occasions...

...I met this fellow

'Wondering why this face

was so familiar...'

'...Doss put 2 and 2 together'

It was Raghu

Doss got enlightened immediately

Who is Doss?

Arogya Doss

Yours truly!

Oh! Okay

Doss...I recognized him immediately

He is Raghu

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