The Post Office by Rabindranath Tagore
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WATCHMAN. Oh, there? That's our new Post Office. AMAL. Post Office? Whose? WATCHMAN. Whose? Why, the King's surely! AMAL. Do letters come from the King to his office here? WATCHMAN. Of course. One fine day there may be a letter for you in there. AMAL. A letter for me? But I am only a little boy. WATCHMAN. The King sends tiny notes to little boys. AMAL. Oh, how lovely! When shall I have my letter? How do you guess he'll write to me? WATCHMAN. Otherwise why should he set his Post Office here right in front of your open window, with the golden flag flying? AMAL. But who will fetch me my King's letter when it comes? WATCHMAN. The King has many postmen. Don't you see them run about with round gilt badges on their chests? AMAL. Well, where do they go? WATCHMAN. Oh, from door to door, all through the country. |
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