Aunty,
where is Rinshiro?
He hasn't come to play with us for many days. Is something wrong with him?
Is he sick?
My mother said,
"Rinshiro goes to play with Tomar on the road." But our friends said,
"No, aunty —
he hasn't come to play with us for the past ten days."
We thought maybe he was bitten by a snake (saaf) and was unwell.
When my mother heard this she became very angry and asked me where I had been every day.
That evening, as soon as I reached home, my mother looked at me with a very angry expression.
She said,
"So you have come back after playing with your friends?"
I said, "Yes, mother — I had a lot of fun playing today."
But I was exhausted.
I said, "I'm very tired today. I'm also very hungry."
My mother replied,
"Don't lie. You're saying you're tired? At your age you are already telling lies.
Tell me the truth — where do you go every day?
I know you don't go to play with your friends."
She said,
"All your friends came today and asked me, 'Aunty, how is Rinshiro?
Is he okay?'
I asked them and they all said,
'No, Aunty — he hasn't come to play with us for the past ten days.'
So tell me, where do you go? Only then will you get food; otherwise you will sleep hungry tonight."
I didn't say anything.
I stood there silently. Seeing me quiet made my mother angrier and she raised a stick to beat me.
When she hit me, the stick broke.
My mother wondered how such a small child could be so strong.
I am only ten years old — how could I have so much power?
At that moment, the neighbor uncle who lived next door came in and scolded my mother.
There was no one else at home — neither my father nor my grandparents were there.
Another uncle from the neighboring house came in and grabbed my mother's hand.
She shouted,
"Let go of my hand! What are you doing? Leave me! Help — someone save me!"
I became angry.
I grabbed that uncle's hand and twisted it.
I held his hand so tightly that his wrist gave out; he cried out and ran away, shouting that I had broken his hand.
Then the neighbor uncle's wife came out. Seeing her husband in pain, she asked, "Who broke his hand?"
People started to scold me and my mother. I became extremely angry and shouted at everyone.
"Be quiet! Shut up! No one will say anything.
I don't even know what I would do to you!"
In my rage, I sounded completely crazy.
The village head (sarpanch) found all of this very strange — he had never heard such a loud, powerful voice from someone so young; it was like a lion roaring.
The sarpanch came and asked me, "Why did you break his hand?"
I explained,
"Sarpanch Dada, there was no one else at home and he came and grabbed my mother's hand.
She was screaming for him to let go, but he wouldn't. I got angry, so I grabbed his hand and pushed him out.
I don't know how his hand got broken. I'm telling the truth — please believe me."
After the sarpanch spoke, everyone went back to their houses.
The next day I got up and, without telling anyone, went again to Mata Mumba's temple. I didn't know that the sarpanch had started following me secretly.
I sat in the temple in deep meditation. My concentration became so intense that I began to levitate while sitting.
The sarpanch, watching me from a distance, was stunned and became greedy for such power. He watched us secretly, hoping to learn.
After a while my friend came — appearing in human form right in front of me.
The sarpanch watched everything, filled with desire for the power I had.
But he had no way to get it; all he could do was listen secretly to our talk.
At that moment, Yashihito suddenly felt something strange.
He looked around and said to me, "Rinshiro… I feel like someone else is here. Did you bring any of your friends with you?"
I replied, "No, my friend. I didn't bring anyone here. You must be mistaken.
I always come here alone and secretly. Whenever I come, I stay alert. I make sure nobody sees me coming."
"I come here carefully and clean Mother Mumba Devi's temple.
Look —
I have cleaned the whole temple. Now it looks so pure and beautiful."
Yashihito smiled and said,
"Yes brother, you made it look new again! Wow — well done, my human friend.
Tomorrow, when you come again, bring flowers and milk. Tomorrow both of us will worship the Goddess together. We will do her aarti and receive her blessings.
With her blessings, you will become even stronger."
I said, "Alright, friend. I will come tomorrow. And yes — tomorrow bring your mother and father with you.
But don't tell them where you are taking them. The pooja will be done by their own hands."
"Ok friend, we will meet tomorrow."
Then he said, "But listen, Rinshiro… tomorrow be very careful, because tomorrow night the full moon will be in the sky and Amavasya has ended — which means evil spirits will be at their strongest.
Tonight before sleeping, remember Mother Mumba Devi. You will receive a mysterious power tonight."
The sarpanch was secretly watching all of this. Suddenly a wild leopard appeared there.
The leopard attacked me, but with just one strike I knocked him unconscious.
The sarpanch saw everything clearly. He got terrified and immediately ran back to the village.
When I returned home, my mother asked, "You went there again? Why don't you tell me where you keep going?"
I replied, "Mother, if you want to know then come with me.
Tell father to come too. Don't ask me any more questions now.
When you both come with me, you will understand everything yourselves."
"When I grow up, I will make this village better. From now on, the people of this village will not die like this.
Because the one who kills the people of this village… will soon meet his own death."
My mother said, "Son… what strange things are you saying?
I don't understand anything.
Explain it in a way I can understand."
I told her, "Mother, just come with me tomorrow.
You will understand everything. Right now I am extremely hungry.
Please give me something to eat quickly."