The Princess Of Roohani

chp#5 the book

The hut had 2 small rooms . It was lightened up by 2 lanterns. It looked very old and smelled of mud and manure. The roof was thatched. There was little furniture within the  hut and straw was used for lining the floor. The two windows were just holes in the walls and instead of a door there was a curtain but the other room had an old wooden door.

The man told me to live here for a few days and eat the fruits from the trees outside. After saying that the man went to the other room and locked himself inside.
Three days passed and he was still inside the other room .I ate the fruits and drank water from the river. I would walk outside in the greens for hours and talk to the birds. I was feeling better.

On the fourth day , the old man came out of his room and asked me to walk out of the hut with him.
He went to talk to the other people who were also there for treatment and after 30 minutes we started to walk back towards the hut. On the way back we found one patient lying ill in the way , the old man told me to bring him along in the hut. I helped the ill man get on his feet and took him inside the hut.
The old man seated the patient on a chair and started to whisper something in his ear. After a minute, the patient smiled , rose up , hugged the old man and walked out as if nothing had ever happen to him. I was curious so I asked the old man if he could also tell me what he  said in the patients ear.

As soon as I asked him , his face turned red with anger , he pushed me aside and ran out of the hut. I ran after him shouting that I didn't mean to upset him . He stopped by one of the trees , dug around it with his hands and took out a bottle of poison . He turned around, looked at me with anger then drank the poison and died.

I couldn't understand why he did that . No one was nearby. I fell on my knees and cried for hours then decided to bury him  near that tree .

While I was burying him, 2 keys fell out from his pocket. I took the keys and after burying him I went back inside the hut.

I tried to open the door in which the man locked himself inside with the key and it opened easily. I walked inside the room and was surprised to see the room filled with gold and precious gems and a book with a lock . I picked up the book. The book was covered with dust so I brushed off the dust with my sleeve and read out the words on the book aloud ,
" the book of spiritual powers and knowledge to communicate and control the djinns."