By now it was early morning 2 am and every one was very worried about the where about of HERO and Jolly. Sheru was taken to the place where HERO and Jolly had their last meal – milk and bread given by Mr. Alvin. Sheru started walking and we were following Sheru. After 5 km Sheru stopped near a hospital and started entering it. We were puzzled is Sheru getting smell of HERO and Jolly in this hospital. The watchmen at gate stopped all of us including Sheru. He said no visitors are allowed into the hospital at 5 am in the morning and also pet animals are never allowed. We all requested the watchmen and told him the complete story. He asked us to take permission from the senior doctor on duty for permission to enter the hospital at this time. Dad spoke over phone to the senior doctor on duty and although he was very reluctant initially but he eventually allowed us to come in including Sheru.Sheru took us straight to the Operation theatre. To our surprise we saw that both HERO and Jolly were sitting outside the Operation theatre looking straight into the red light on top of the door. On seeing us a nurse came running towards us and enquired are we relatives of the patient inside.
We were all puzzled as to what has happened. After sometime the operation theatre red light was switched off and a doctor came out. He too asked us if we came for the patient. We told the doctor that we came searching for our dogs. Dad told the doctor he is our HERO and he is Mr. Alvin’s Jolly. On hearing the name HERO, doctor started looking in astonishment towards HERO and said so far I had only heard about HERO and read about his good deeds in the newspaper but I always thought these are well thought out stories rather than reality. I have seen everything with my eyes today and he said your HERO is really an ALLROUNDER.
We were still unable to understand what the doctor was saying. Mrs. Ruby requested the doctor to tell clearly the full thing. Doctor started narrating the whole thing. He told it was 9.30 pm and he was about to finish his duty which ends at 10 pm and was slowly winding up his work when he suddenly heard a loud sound of some vehicle tyre rub on the road as though somebody had suddenly applied brake to a truck. I took it easy as there was a big speed breaker on the road just opposite to the hospital and many times vehicle in night noticed this late and had to apply sudden brake.
Within five minutes I noticed both these dogs enter my room running in. The watchman was chasing them behind. HERO started pulling me by holding my trouser in his mouth as though asking me to come outside. HERO also started pushing the stretcher. I could not understand anything. I came out of the hospital and saw one cycle was there near the speed breaker in completely broken condition and a man was lying next to eat bleeding heavily. I saw his pulse was still there. I thought if these dogs could do so much for a stranger why not I , as a doctor , do my duty of trying to save a life.
I called for stretcher and immediately took the man into the operation theatre. It was serious injury. We searched in his pockets but could not locate anything by which we could establish the identity of the man.
The doctor said I salute to your HERO and Mr. Alvin’s Jolly who saved this man or else he would have been dead.
Dad told the doctor that he will bear all the expenses of this man’s treatment and it is now his duty to find out the where about of this man. Dad thanked everybody who helped us in locating HERO and Jolly and who were on our side during the tense night. We specially thanked Mrs. Ruby and Sheru for the help.
Everyone returned home except dad and me who waited in the hospital for the man to get into his conscious.
It was 8 o’clock in the morning and we were very tired and feeling sleepy and unable to sit awake on the sofa. Suddenly we saw the nurse running towards the doctor’s chamber and we saw doctor also rushing out and heading towards the ICU where the patient was kept under observation after the operation. On his way the doctor told us that the man has regained his consciousness.
The man had regained his consciousness but he was still unable to speak. Doctor told dad that now he is out of danger and I could go home and get fresh and come back. Dad took the list of essential things to be brought and we left for house.
Evening dad and myself again went to the hospital. We carried fruits, juice, milk and water for the man. By now he had recovered quite a bit and was able to speak. He told us that he had no body in this world. He told us his name is Rozer and he works in a private company as administrative officer. We took the phone number of his office and informed his office. A number of people from his office came to the hospital within an hour and started taking care of him.
After a week Rozer was discharged from hospital. After getting discharged from hospital Rozer came straight to our house. He was carrying a number of gift packets with him. He had brought gifts for HERO, Jolly and Sheru. He told although he has no relatives in this world but that day HERO and Jolly both came as god and saved his life. Rozer had got attached to our family.
Rozer used to work in a private company as administrative officer was a fact known to us but he further told us today that on the day of accident his final interview for Indian Administrative Services had taken place and he was coming from Church after praying to god so that he qualifies in the interview when the dreadful accident happened. After three days Rozer’s IAS exams final result was to come and he was eagerly waiting for it.
After three days the IAS results came and Rozer had got selected in IPS cadre and was to go for the training after a week.
Rozer left for his one year IPS training. He did not know where he would get posting after his training. Before leaving for his training he had come to our house and thanked each one of us and particularly HERO, Jolly and Sheru because of whom he was safely going for his training today. He had tears in his eyes so had we all including HERO.
We again got busy in our life and slowly started to forget Rozer.
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