The whimsical shopkeeper. Part 3.

.... Contd. from part 2......

Mahto's family members were happy to know that now after the surgery, he would be okay.  They signed the consent form for operation happily, as it was for some good. But, Mahto was a bit worried as he was the one on whom this had to be performed. However, his wife and child consoled and later on motivated him with the argument that it was for good.

   Finally the day arrived, and Mahto alongwith his family went to the hospital and he entered the operation theater at last. The doctors were fully dressed and well equipped. Mahto was frightened at first seeing those big knife's and scissors, but calmed down later on. Later on, after the anesthesia he was unconscious and couldn't make out what was happening. 

  The surgery lasted for around two hours or so, and was successful. The surgeon came out with a big smile on his countenance as if he was victorious in a big battle. Mahto was still unconscious, and the doctor informed them that they were successful in weeding out the entire gamut of parasites from his brain.

  The family rejoiced at this proclamation. Later on, after a couple of hours when Mahto regained consciousness, he was shown the extracts of the worms inside his brain, everyone was scared as it was a bunch of worms about 500 grams, flocked together and they were crawling alive. His son screamed out of fright. Mahto was also amazed at this sight, and pitied on himself that everything was discovered so late.

  Now he was feeling very light, almost feather-like and the pain he used to experience earlier faded away. He thanked the surgeon many a times for his care and benevolence. The doctor consoled him by holding his hands. Mahto was to be discharged after a couple of days when the stitches settled down.

The day came and they took him home. He was bedridden for a week, and then when he felt good, he wanted to visit his shop and they took him to the shop one fine day. The customer's clogged on his shop that day when they learnt that he was medically treated for his ailment. Some of the customer's were still scared to talk to him as they remembered his misbehavior. But, after a little while they realized that he was okay. They also felt happy for him. Ultimately the whimsical shopkeeper became a calm and poised person with all the traits of a gentleman.

Author                                     Prityarth.