When Brij came to his village with his uncle, everything was destroyed. Along with his home, he had lost his whole family. That evening, he was called to perform the last rites of his family. Brij was totally dazed. When they went near the site where the funeral was to take place, Brij could not find the body of his sister, Bhuli.
Though he was told that she had died either in the quake or the wild animals might have devoured her, he would not accept it. Without waiting for anyone, he went to the place where his house once stood and started searching among the debris. An Army Officer tried to tell him that it was no use as the soldiers had done a thorough search.
However, Brij would not give up. Seeing him, the Army Officer was moved. He brought a few soldiers to search the debris. The three soldiers, who came with spades and crowbars, laboured doggedly for two hours even after dark. At last they found a small hollow where the wall had caved in and Bhuli was lying in the hollow. She was alive. Brij’s efforts had been successful in saving his younger sister, Bhuli.