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242 mosquitoes and insects moved in. Anyway we spent the night now sleeping, now awake. We had not taken any food and hunger was troublesome and our lips had gone dry because of thirst. For Sake of Peace: About Fajr time I heard the sound of a tube well. I started walking towards the point that I guessed the sound was coming from. There were millet fields all around. After quite a long walk I saw some people at one place. When I reached them, I learnt that a German national had established a vast agricultural farm there. I was surprised to see a European in that jungle. I asked him why he had left Europe to settle in such a desolate place. He said: ‘I come from Germany. I got fed up with machine-like life of Europe. Therefore, I have settled in this jungle for peace of mind. ’ I told him of my night long woeful experience and requested for his help. He sent some of his workers with me immediately, He advised me that when the car started I should not stop the car anywhere rather head straight to the Kerewan ferry terminal and get the battery charged by ferry staff there. His workers pushed the car long enough for it to start. We went straight to the ferry terminal that was a few kilometres from there. We requested the ferry staff to charge the battery for us and they did that willingly. May Allah reward them! Thus we completed half-hour journey in about twelve hours and reached the residence of Dr Munawar Ahmed who had waited and fretted for us all night.