He was looking at the banana as though he was looking at his own long separated friend whom he had just met and was speaking with him. The banana hawker has gone. But he was not out of my view.
Just then I saw a monkey jumping from the tree behind his bench and took the banana. He was silently staring at the monkey as though he was feeding his own pet. While the monkey unpeeled the banana, threw the skin on the bench and ate very happily, he kept staring silently at the monkey. The monkey finished eating and thanked him with a look and went back to his tree.
I really wondered at his attitude. I don’t know why, but I thought I must ask him for his name and the reason for his uncommon attitude, perhaps despair - or anything else. So I walked towards him slowly.
I sat beside him. He did not see me. He was still watching something in the sky which I could not see.
“Hello!” I said, looking at him. Now he returned to consciousness.
“Hello Sir!” he said.
“I have seen you many times here. Are you living around this area?”
“Yes Sir!” He said.
“May I ask you one question?”