Three baskets, a shovel, and three porters to do the job. But the night was too dark. They didn't find any stake. Thoma fumbled around in the dark trying to tie up the canoe. They had no time to waste.
Time is money.
Raman Nair and Idiot Mustapa finally approached the gigantic heap of cow dung and ash which appeared darker than the night. At that moment the dark heap of dung and ash transformed into an elephant and roared. The village woke up. Thinking that it was the ghastly Elephant Devil appearing in the midnight, those who woke up huddled under their blankets. All this happened at the blink of an eye.