It was the year 2008 . We used to live in Rajkot in Gujarat. We had been living there for eight years and had visited almost all the tourist spots in the state. Some of the famous spots of tourist attraction were The Gir Reserve Forest , the historical cities of Somnath , Porbandar , Diu and many more. If any of our relatives used to visit Gujarat , they would surely visit us.
Back then , my dad had a friend...i can recall only his last name which was Mr. Chaterjee . He used to live in Kolkata . He , along with his family , was on a visit to Gujurat. He was accompanied by his son and his son's wife and the couple's seven year old son : Harsh.
On Monday night they arrived at Rajkot. My father quickly went to pick them up from the railway station. Our guests seemed very tired due to the long journey. It was raining outside , so mother served them with some tea and home made snacks. They were really very delighted to eat everything. Meanwhile I and Harsh were playing and we had already become good friends. They all freshened up and after some time , dinner was served.
In the night , after the dinner , a plan was formulated for a trip to Somnath. Everyone seemed very enthusiastic.
The next day , we woke up at five in the morning and my mother dressed me up quickly. A taxi was already waiting for us in the front of the main gate!
In about tirty minutes , everyone was packed and ready to visit the temple of the Great Lord Shankar.
We reached there in about four hourse. We were all very excited. We checked into the hotel at about thirty mintes past nine. After refreshing ourselves and having some breakfast , we were now ready to visit the Temple.
We reached the temple in about half an hour and it was 10:30 in the morning. We stepped out of the taxi and there it stood. The front porch like area of the HUGE Temple was all covered by pigeons. We entered the temple and worshipped. Everything inside the temple was just beautiful.
Now it was evening. The sun was drowing in the scenic beauty of the Arabian Sea. Slowly the sun disappeared and the full moon shun through the fleecy clouds.
Chaterjee family seemed really inspired by everything and they were enthused.They started going further into the sea. We tried to warn them of the violent sea but they wont listen to us.
They seemed to have fun. I sat there admiring the beauty. It seemed perfect.It was a erfect evening. It would not have been better.
I was almost lost in myself , but suddenly I came back to my senses.There was a huge wave in front of me. It looked like a hydra headed daemon . It sucked all our friends into its belly. There was chaos everywhere. Sea divers and life guards immidiately dived into the waters to save as many lives as possible.
I was nothing but terrified. I dont remember much. What happened there...i dont know. I remember we were taken to the nearest hospital. Many people were there for emergency, but what about Harsh? Harsh was nowhere to be found!
After four days of continued search , we at last found the corpse of the small boy.
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