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A Long Shadow and A Sleeping Cat – Short Stories
Amar Mitra
Translated by Moulinath Goswami
He stepped into the garret with his father. There, sitting before the hurri-cane lantern, father had said to him, “I will be happy if you win.”
“But I don’t know how to play!”
“Let me teach you. First, get familiar with the cards.”
That was one incredible game! He had this intense desire that father should win. He would be happy if his father won. However, the man made him understand that a father always wanted to lose to his son.
“No daddy, it’s obvious I would always want to see you win.”
“I’ve lost to everyone all my life. Why would I want to win against my son?”
Sitting on the terrace and staring at the sky, he used to listen to his father, and to the annals of his defeats. People lose because of their impaired brains.
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