Phillauri Page #4

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Don't lie to me.

- I...I...I didn't. I just woke up.

And you...you were there.

- I know, but what did you do before that?

I went into my room and slept?

Idiot, what did you do before that?

I had gone to that tree.

Tree!

- 'After marrying the tree

all your problems will be sorted.'

- 'The ceremony is now complete.'

- Kanan.

What are you doing?

You're...you're a ghost.

I'm scared.

Okay.

Take me back.

Wh...where?

- To the tree.

The tree...tree isn't there anymore.

What do you mean?

It has been cut down.

Why?

I'm born under a cursed star...

- So?

So they cut down the tree

after I got married to it.

So that's why I'm here.

Why?

You don't marry a tree,

you marry a girl.

And there was only one girl there... me.

You didn't marry the tree.

You married me.

- Hey Kanan...

- Kanan?

Kanan?

What happened, my dear?

Huh?

You had a bath with your clothes on?

What...?

You...

- Namaste. Namaste...

Whoa, whoa!

How old are you?

I, ... 26?

What?

- 26?

That's a long time to wait.

For what?

For you to die.

'I....I...I......

'I...I...I......

Why do I have to die?

Death is inevitable.

For everyone.

And I can be free only

on your death.

It's not like I can

do any more dying.

So, for me to get rid of you,

I...I'll have to kill myself?

Stop talking nonsense.

You will die when it is your time.

You could have an accident.

Or I...l could even live to be a 100.

Please don't say that.

I hope that you die soon

so that I am free of you.

Here I'm the one who

is saddled with a ghost.

You want to get rid of me?

Yes, but you are

the one who married me.

But...but I didn't do it on purpose.

I'm not exactly having a party here.

I agree I've made a mistake, but is

there no way out? Apart from me dying?

Can't you just go?

Where?

You have cut down the tree.

So...you...you...

Were you alive before you died?

No, no. I was born a ghost.

What?

What! Are you daft?

So didn't you have a home,

why don't you go there?

Home...

Here... one minute.

Take a deep breath.

- Once more.

Hello, brother.

What's the problem?

Oh, my heart.

Should I ask brother

to give you some medicine?

Shut up, you idiot.

I don't need medicine.

Then, what's the matter?

Is it there?

- Yes, it is.

You keep saying you

don't like Phillauri.

- But you look forward to

reading his poems every Monday.

Our village is called Phillaur

so all of us are Phillauris.

So, how can you say that

this was written by that fool?

You...you don't call him names.

Everybody knows that he's

the only one who is so talented.

Oh!

Oh my, do you want

him all to yourself?

You won't be able to handle it.

Please read it.

"An unfolding.

Like an unfurling of wings..."

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