A dog was knocking on the door on the southern side. Sankaran Nair opened the door. The dog stood on the verandah, dripping wet. He was Thumbi, the black and white pet dog from Ambazhathel. He was fully drenched and shivering in the cold. Sankaran spread a gunny bag on the verandah for Thumbi to lie down and said that we can’t make a difference between a man and dog in a storm like that. Thumbi lay down on the gunny bag and looked contentedly at Kamala and her brother.
