The Pirates.

Ten days later, one morning, two ships were standing at the port ready to sail.

On one ship, Zubair was carrying orphans and widows.

On the other ship, Dilip Singh was carrying gifts of elephants, gold, silver and diamonds from King(Raja) to Hajjaj ibn Yusuf and Caliph Walid.

There were ten elephants in number.

The King(Raja) and the Crown Prince came to port to see off Zubair and his companions. The King (Raja) had given each of the widows and orphans valuable gifts.

He offered many things to Zubair but he only liked the rhinoceros shield.

Queen(Rani)was able to wear her precious pearl necklace to Naheed after strong insistence.

The Queen (Rani) came to her home on her sick leave,Naheed was given her diamond ring.

Before boarding the ship at the port, the prince embraced Khalid and took off his pearls and put them around his neck. I put, The sails of the ships were unfurled and gusts of wind began to push the ships.

The towns people bid farewell to their ancestors with tears and sighs.

Apart from a spacious room inside the ship for women,a curtain was also arranged on a part of the upper board.

Khalid was roaming around and taking interest in the work of the sailors.

Naheed was standing on the board with Ali looking at the tall and lush coconut trees.

In whose shadow,She had spent the best days of his life.

Morning turned into evening and the coast of Sarandeb became a pale green line on the horizon.

Slowly this line was also hidden in the evening mist.Those tears were collecting in Naheed's eyes for a long time,they dripped,Ali was also not happy to leave his native land. But the joy of going with Khalid and Naheed was more than that in his heart.

At night the information was clear.

Children and women slept in the open air on deck.

Naheed kept looking at the stars shining in the sky for a long time.

On the other side of boat man,

Khalid was talking to Zubair and the sailors. Hashim,An eight-year-old boy,was lying near Naheed.His mother had died and his father had gone missing with Abul Hasan.

Hashim sat up and started looking around in the darkness with wide eyes.

Naheed asked, what happened Hashim?

He asked,

"Where is Ali?"

"He's talking to the sailors with Khalid."

I am coming now to ask him one thing.

Saying that,

Hashim slowly reached Ali in the dark and started asking,

Ali!

What happens when a ship sinks?

Ali replied obliviously,

"Goes to the bottom of the sea"

The sailors laughed heartily at this answer.

Hashim said again.

Wow!

"I knew it." I ask, where do people go?

"People get eaten by fish"

Lying !

People eat fish!

Ali replied,

"On land men eat fish.But in the sea fish eat men."

Hashim understood something and did not understand anything and came back and lay down on his bed.