Deeda ne ghoshana kee ki vah pados ke gaanv mein apanee bahan ke ghar jaayegee. meree mausee bhee mere saath hain. unhonne mujhase poochha ki kya main jaoonga. main lagabhag sahamat ho gaya. lekin maamee ne hastakshep kiya. unhonne kaha ruko. bahut dinon ke baad aaya hai, tum jao. vah kal jaayega.
maamee ka prastaav abhee bhee samajh nahin aaya. dopahar ko aur ghar par main aur meree mausee. khaana-peena khatm ho gaya. is phurasat mein mainne maamee se nazaren milaeen, lekin mainne nazaren vaapas kar deen. haalaanki main kuchh der tak apanee mausee ke paas hee ruka raha. kha-peekar main lep lagaakar leta hua tha.
aadhe ghante baad maamee ghar mein daakhil hueen. vah sheeshe ke saamane gaya aur khud ko theek kiya. maamee mere paas aakar baith gaeen. unhonne seedhe poochha, mainne raat ko kisase kiya, deeda ya maasike. main aise savaal ke lie taiyaar nahin tha. usane phir kaha, agar aisa nahin hua to vah apane chaacha ko bata dega.
mainne dar ke maare sveekaar kar liya. unhonne aur kuchh nahin kaha. uthakar mainne turant lep laga diya. thodee der baad mujhe baahar get band karane kee aavaaj sunaee dee.
mainne kavar nahin hataaya, lekin mujhe ehasaas hua ki meree chaachee phir se mere paas aakar baith gaeen. thodee der ke lie maun. aakhirakaar mujhe samajh aa gaya ki meree chaachee ne mujhe jaane kyon nahin diya.
usane dheere se apana haath odhanee ke neeche daala, usane apana haath lungee ke oopar se dhon par rakh diya, main apana haath hataane gaee, lekin usane apane doosare haath se mera haath pakad liya aur doosare haath se usane dheere se meree chunchee daba dee.
main ab aur nahin hila, aantee ne dheere se dhon ko dabaaya aur lep hata diya, nateeja yah hua ki mere sir par lep hone ke baavajood bhee main dhon par nanga ho gaya. maamee kee cheekh sunate hee dhon khada hone laga aur kuchh hee minat mein dhon phir se aasamaan kee taraph munh karake khada ho gaya.