Chapter 5 – The confidence trick

 


6 or 7 months after the exam they had a vacation. They did usual things. When they were enjoying the vacation they heard about a brave character named ‘Suranchiya’. Upali and his friends got to know that he was a man who was born in this village but then he was living in Colombo. He usually robs rich people’s houses and gave the valuable things such as gold wrist watches, very expensive knives to the poor people in his village. Before 7 years he came to this village but he was missing after 2 days. This time, he has come to this village again after 7 years.

Upali and his friends were surprised that he returned while they were in the village, because he is the man whom everyone loved the most in this village.  They also heard about Suranchiya is a man who can be friends with children. When Suranchiya came to this village he was be friends with them and gave them some presents and Upali received a pen knife and Jinna received a wrist watch.

Suranchiya was going to show a stage drama with a famous actress and he gave an advertising leaflet to Upali and his friends for educate the people in the village. They also received a first class ticket for free. The people in the village paid money to Suranchiya and people came to the place where the drama was taking place. The drama was so late to start, so the audience started shouting sayings “if you don’t show the drama, give our money back”.

While there was uproar in the audience, a man who had a bleeding face jumped onto the stage and shouted “please run as fast as you can. There is a big fight behind the stage”. People started running. Upali and his friends ran too but stopped half way, turned back and watched what happened there. They saw the police coming and arresting Suranchiya. They took him away by a cart. After 2-3 days there was a rumor in the village about Suranchiya. They said that man who had a bleeding face was a man with wet paint on his face, and that Police office was also a man of Suranchiya. Suranchiya has stolen people’s money and ran away.

People in this village got news that Suranchiya has done con jobs like this in many villages before. Upali and his friends, talking about Suranchiya said “he is a great scoundrel”. One day before the drama was staged; Upali and his friends’ presents were taken back by Suranchiya. He said to Upali “There is a name of a foreigner on the knife which I gave you. If you still have that knife the police will come and arrest you. So give it to me, I will hide it”. Suranchiya took back every child’s presents by telling lies like that.  




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