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THE BUGGY
CART
Suji and his
sister Nipu lived in Kalutara, a small town in
One day the price of gasoline went up and Suji’s could not pay for so
many car trips. He decided to eat his lunch in the office and he paid Tikiri to
bring the children hone in his buggy cart.
Tikiri was about forty years old, but he looked older than that. His back
was bent. His face was small and his eyes were deep. His hair was turning grey.
Tikiri lived in a very small cottage close to Suji’s house. The roof was
made of coconut leaves. It only had one room, but that was enough. He lived
alone and had no relatives or friends. Twenty or thirty years ago he came to
the village from some place else. Even after 30 years, people said that he was
a stranger to the town.
His only companion was his bull called Kaluwa, Kaluwa means the black
one. About eight years ago, Tikiri bought Kaluwa and trained him to pull the
buggy cart. Kaluwa was smart and he understood Tikiri very well.
Every morning Tikiri used to take the buggy cart downtown. He stopped
near the bus station and waited for passengers. There were usually people who
came to Kalutara from nearby villages. Some came to get treatment at the
hospital. Others came to do their shopping. From the bus stations, some of them
would walk, but others would take buggy carts.
But there were some days when Tikiri waited from morning to evening
without getting any passengers, and then he went home empty-handed. On those
days Tikiri had no money to buy food for himself, but he always made sure that Kaluwa at least had
some straw to eat. On days when he earned extra money Kaluwa got one bucket
full of copra meal. That was Kaluwa’s favorite’s food.
When Suji’s father asked him to bring the children to and from school,
Tikiri was happy to have a regular job.
At first, Suji and his friends didn’t like the buggy cart. It was slow
and uncomfortable, and Tikiri did not look smart.
But slowly the grew to like him. Tikiri was very kind and polite. They
had more freedom with him than with their own fathers. They also had more fun.
Before the school bell rang, Tikiri was waiting at the school gate. Navin
always came out running and he liked to jump into the buggy cart. Kaluwa shook
his head. Navin liked to hear the sound of the bells around the bull’s neck.
Arosha used to come out with his sister Ranmali and they sat on the back seat.
As Nipu was small, Tikiri always had lifted her up and put her in the cart.
Suji was the eldest and sat on the front seats. When everybody was in the cart,
Tikiri got on the driver’s seats, looked back, checked the number of children
for the last time, and started his daily ride to the children’s homes.
First Kaluwa started to trot, then after a few minutes, he slowed down.
Tikiri ordered Kaluwa to run faster. He followed his master’s command for a
short while, but then he slowed down.
From the small road in front of the school, the buggy cart moved on to
the main road. It turned to the left. There were more cars then and Tikiri had
to be more careful. He heard the tooting of a bus behind the cart. He let it
pass. The bus went past the buggy cart, and Tikiri continued on leisurely.
The first stop
was at Navin’s house. Even before the buggy cart stopped completely, he already
jumped out. Tikiri always had to shout at him.
“Wait till the buggy stops!”
Navin walked up to Kaluwa, patted his neck and ran into the arms of his
mother. She was always waiting at the door.
Then it was the other children’s turn. Tikiri turned at the Na tree
junction, and went past the railway crossing. He dropped Ranmali and Arosha.
The last children to get down were Suji and Nipu. Tikiri got down and opened
the gate. Kaluwa quietly walked towards the house. Once Suji and Nipu got down,
Tikiri went back home for his lunch and a nap.
The trip to and from school in the buggy cart became familiar for
everybody, especially for Tikiri and Kaluwa. Tikiri didn’t need to command
Kaluwa anymore. The bull knew where to slow down, where to turn and where to
stop.
The children loved Kaluwa. They patted him on the back. Sometimes they
even gave Tikiri their pocket money to buy food for Kaluwa. Kaluwa seemed to
understand everything.
One morning Tikiri woke up not feeling well. He had a fever. He decided
to see a doctor, so he got into the buggy cart and drove to the hospital.
The doctor gave him some medicine and told Tikiri to go home and rest.
Kaluwa brought him home. He was still not feeling well, but he had to
bring the children home from school. He looked up at the sky. It was still too
early to go school. He had time to lie down for a short time. He went inside
the house and fell asleep.
Kaluwa started to chew his straw. After some time he felt sleepy too.
Suddenly he looked up at the sky. The sun was almost over his head.
“Isn’t it time to pick up the children from school?” he asked himself.
He looked inside the house. Tikiri was still sleeping.
“Should I wake him up?”
Kaluwa was thinking,
“I’ll shake my neck and the bells wake my master up.”
But when he saw his master, he knew the old man was really sick. He had
never seen Tikiri sleeping during this time of day.
“He needs a rest. But the children have to be brought home from school.
What can I do?”
Quickly Kaluwa drew the buggy cart out. He was very careful because he
did not want wake his master up. He looked back to make sure Tikiri was not
coming outside. Then he got out onto the road. Kaluwa knew that he had to hurry
because it was almost time for school to be out.
Just as he arrived at the school gate, he heard the school bell ringing.
He was on time! Kaluwa was tired, but he was happy because he was there before
the children came out.
Soon children started to scream past the school gate. Arosha all got in.
Kaluwa turned his head and looked back at the children. Everybody was there.
“Where is Tikiri?” Arosha suddenly asked as Kaluwa pulled the buggy onto
the road.
“Where is Tikiri? The other children shouted too. They looked round.
There was no sign of Tikiri. Kaluwa started his usual trot.
The children were quiet because they were surprised. Would Tikiri join
them somewhere?
The school bus whizzed past the buggy cart, children inside waved at
Suji. Kaluwa stopped for a while and continued on his run.
The buggy cart arrived at Navin’s house the main road. Navin did not jump
out of the buggy cart as usual, but waited till Kaluwa stopped. He quickly got
down and knocked on the door. When the door opened and Navin went in, Kaluwa
looked back, shook his head and started to pull the buggy cart along the road.
Kaluwa came to the turn. He waited till the car went past, turned right
and walked on.
They came to the railway crossing. The gate was open. He could have just
gone on, but he stopped before going past the crossing. He looked to the right,
then to the left, and finally he quickly went past it.
Arosha and Ranmali got down at the gate and walked up to the house.
Kaluwa waited till they went in the house. Only Suji and Nipu were left to be
dropped at home.
Kaluwa felt that it was little late. He started to run. There were no
cars on this part of the road. Kaluwa stopped in front of the gate.
Suji said.
“Kaluwa, wait. I will open the gate. Nipu, don’t get down.”
Suji opened the gate and walked in front. Kaluwa came up to the door and
stopped. Nipu opened the door and ran in. Suji patted Kaluwa on his back,
caressed his and followed Nipu in to the house.
“Mummy, Tikiri was not there today,” Nipu shouted.
“How did you get home? Who brought you?”
“We came in the buggy cart,” Suji replied.
“Who drove it?”
“Nobody. Kaluwa brought us home.”
Their mother couldn’t believe it. She went the door and saw the buggy
cart going out past the gate. She could not see Tikiri. Usually he closed the
gate before he left, but today it was left open.
The buggy cart was clopping along quietly, and Kaluwa was smiling. He
would be home soon. When his master found out what he had done, he would surely
pat his back and smile at him. The he would get a bucket full of his favorite
food. It was a special day for Kaluwa and the buggy cart.
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