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At The Seaside

Ten-year-old Sami loved to visit his grandfather's house in Puthur in Tamil Nadu.
Grandpa's house was near the beautiful blue sea. At the seaside stood thick and tall palm
trees with green coconuts hanging from them. When the coconuts fell down, the children
would break them open and drink the coconut water. Sami loved it there.
Sami liked to play with the rabbits and squirrels scampering about in the trees and
bushes. He would go fishing in the little ponds with his friends. It was always great fun
to spend the holidays at Grandpa's place.
This winter vacation, Sami was surprised when he came to his grandfather's
village. There were hardly any trees left. What lay at the water's edge were mere sticks in
heaps and mounds of mud. He saw houses built near the sea. Logs, branches of trees and
stones lay strewn around. People had cut down many palm trees and there was hardly any
greenery left.
“Grandpa, where have all the trees gone?" asked Sami.
“People have cut them down for wood, to be used for fuel and furniture," replied
Grandpa.
“There will be no more trees then; where will the birds perch and the squirrels
play?"
“Let us hope that that day never comes," sighed Grandpa.
Grandpa's house was different. He never allowed his trees to be cut. He hugged
each palm tree in his courtyard. He also worshipped the two big trees near the front door.
He called one of them Petu, and the other, Betu. He had planted them with his own hands
and today they had become large, massive trees with thick trunks. They were tall and
green. They gave the sweetest, juiciest coconuts made out of them were Grandpa's
favorites. He always enjoyed sharing these with Sami.
Sami looked at the blue sky and the blue sea. He was very excited. He forgot
everything else and made sand castles and played the whole day. He loved jumping into
the water and splashing around. The sea was calm and was calling out to Sami, “Come
in, Sami, do play with me!" And Sami paddled and swam in the waters. In the evening he
had dinner with Grandpa and went to bed. Late that night, Sami was awakened by a
strange sound. He could not sleep. He tossed and turned in bed. Suddenly, the ground
shook as if the earth was splitting. He sat up straight and then ran to Grandpa. He clung
to his grandpa tightly. Grandpa cried out, “It's an earthquake, it's an earthquake!" They
ran outside the house. They thought that would be safe.
Suddenly, there was a loud sound; the earth was not splitting but the sea was
roaring. People were shouting, screaming and crying, “The sea is rising, the sea is rising."
The villagers started repeating these words and started running away from the beach.
Sami watched dumbstruck.
The waves were rising higher and higher.
Sami thought, “How big the waves are!"
“How tall!"
“How powerful!"
Sami went into the house again.
He saw water coming in from all sides. He was scared.
Sami remembered his mother telling him long ago, “You must always get out of
the house if the floods come too near." He ran outside the house with Grandpa. But the
water came surging in. Waves about twelve meters high came rushing in, drowning
everything. Water was all around and everywhere.
Huge waves from the sea came crashing into Grandpa's house. They touched Sami
and Grandpa, then drew back again over two kilometers into the sea, dragging whatever
came their way. Grandpa held Sami's hands tight. His dhoti was torn by the force of the
currents. Another huge wave came swirling and separated Sami from Grandpa. Grandpa
fought the waves and tried to keep his head above the water. Grandpa caught hold of Petu,
one of the palm trees in his courtyard. He panicked, and screamed out to Sami but could
not see him. He climbed the coconut tree, held on to the coconut palm tightly while the
sea was all around. He clung to the tree.
“Sami, Sami!" Grandpa cried and wailed. “Don't be scared, little one, come to me,
quickly."
“Oh Grandpa, I cannot reach you!" Sami could not swim, the high waves had
come with terrifying speed and force. A wave carried him round and round. He was
caught in a tsunami which was bumping and banging him. He was thrown on top of a big
coconut palm. The wave went back. Soon there was calm.
Grandpa had told Sami of earthquakes in the sea, when massive walls of water
took everything with them within minutes. The power of water swirls everything around.
“Indeed, this must be the tsunami!" thought Sami.
Sami was terrified and alone; he hung on to the coconut tree. It seemed a giant
today while everything around the beach was destroyed. He could hear the cries and
moans of people in pain.
He saw fallen trees drifting all around.
“Oh, why, why did people cut down the coconut palms? They would have saved
so many people!"

To be continued…

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