Kalu's house in the middle of the village. In Kalu's house lived his daughter, fair complexioned, beautiful, well behaved, playful, with playful eyes, skilled in household work. Kalu was a labourer, a farmer, who worked in other people's fields to support his family. His wife Narangi was ill due to a long illness. Both father and daughter took care of her. She could not walk. The village doctor was treating her. In those days, people did not take English medicine and treated themselves with herbs. Kalu used to bring wood and herbs from the forest for the doctor's house. The