Akmatra Houdini--1

Part 1 

 samay: 5 agast 1926.

sthaan: newyork ke Shelton hotal mein swimming pool.

unit 1

riportar: unhone abhee lohe ka baksa pool ke kinaare rakha hai. kuchh hee minaton mein hudeenee ko bakse mein band kar diya jaega aur paanee ke andar utaar diya jaega. log pool ke aasapaas ikattha hone lage hain. yahaan hoodinee ke sahaayakon mein se ek, jems kolins aate hain. mistar kolins, kya haudinee jinda daphanae jaane ko lekar gambheer hain?

kolins: vah hai. haudinee ke boks ke andar aane ke baad, kavar ko soldar kar diya jaega. boks eyaratait hoga.

riportar: mainne dekha ki boks ke andar baitaree ke saath ek teleephon aur ek alaarm ghantee hai. kya yah chaal ko khataranaak dikhaane ke lie hai?

kolins: teleephon aur alaarm ghantee aapaatkaaleen sthiti ke lie maujood hain. yah koee chaal nahin hai. haudinee madad ke lie kol kar sakatee hai. ab, yadi aap mujhe kshama karen.

riportar: ek aakhiree savaal, shree kolins. hudinee kab tak boks mein rahane kee yojana bana rahee hai?

kolins: hudinee ka kahana hai ki vah ek ghante se adhik samay tak bina hava ke rahenge. aur haudinee jo kahata hai vah karata hai.

riportar: dhanyavaad, shree kolins. yah vishvaas karana kathin hai ki ek aadamee hava ke bina ek ghante se adhik samay tak jeevit rah sakata hai. oh, yahaan doktar aa gae.

do. maikakonel, kya aapane hudinee ko dekha hai?

do. maikakonel: haan, mainne abhee usaka raktachaap aur naadee kee dar kee jaanch kee. ve donon saamaany hain.

riportar: aapako kya lagata hai hudinee ka prasaaran kab tak hoga?

do. maikakonel: yah ek kathin prashn hai. jab ve boks ko seel kar denge, to usake andar ek ausat aadamee ke lie pachaas saansen lene ke lie paryaapt okseejan hogee. haudinee ka kahana hai ki vah aasaanee se saans lena aur okseejan bachaana jaanate hain. unakee haalat achchhee hai, lekin abhee bhee unakee umr baavan saal hai. mujhe lagata hai ki vah pandrah minat tak bina hava ke rah sakata hai.

riportar: aur usake baad?

do. maikakonel: usake baad haudinee ke paas madad ke lie behatar teleephon tha ya vah apanee aalam ghantee baja sakata tha - agar usake paas abhee bhee taakat hai.

riportar: kya aap doktar chintit hain?

do. maikakonel: theek hai, ham chintit hain. haudinee moorkh nahin hai. vah khud ko maarane kee koshish nahin kar raha hai. lekin yah khatara hamesha bana rahata hai ki madad ke lie sanket dene se pahale hee vah behosh ho jaega.

riportar: ab haudinee hai! unhonne kaale rang ka sviming soot pahana hua hai. ek aadamee ke lie usakee umr, usakee banaavat bahut achchhee hotee hai. vah muskura raha hai. aisa lagata hai ki vah apane aap mein aashvast hai, ab vah chup rahane ka aagrah kar raha hai!

haudinee: deviyo aur sajjano, aane ke lie dhanyavaad. jaisa ki aap jaanate hain, yah aksar likha gaya hai ki ek aadamee hava ke bina keval teen minat hee jeevit rah sakata hai. main yah saabit karane ja raha hoon ki yah galat hai. yadi main maroonga to yah eeshvar kee ichchha aur apanee moorkhata se hoga.

riportar: hudinee abhee boks mein hai. kaee aadamee lohe ka dhakkan laga rahe hain. yah baat hai! ek aadamee dhakkan taanka laga raha hai. boks ko is pool ke uthale sire mein utaara jaega. phir tairaakon kee ek teem boks ko paanee kee satah ke neeche samatal banae rakhane ke lie us par khadee hogee. ab tak, mainne ekamaatr vyakti dekha hai jo ghabaraaya hua nahin dikhata, vah haudinee hai. khair, ve baksa neeche kar rahe hain. yah neeche hai! aadhikaarik taimakeepar joseph rin ne ghadee shuroo kar dee hai. mistar rin, aapakee kya yojanaen hain?

aaraeeenen: main pahale ghante ke lie har paanch minat mein samay bataoonga. usake baad, yadi haudinee abhee bhee boks mein hai, to main har minat kol band kar doonga.

riportar: kya aapako lagata hai ki vah ek ghante se adhik samay tak rahega, mistar rin?

rin: mujhe sandeh hai. lekin ham dekhenge.

riportar: dhanyavaad, shreemaan rin. tairaak dibbe ke dhakkan par khade hain. ve ise samatal rakhane kee koshish karenge taaki haudinee idhar-udhar na hile. vah jitana kam hilega, use utanee hee kam hava mein saans lenee padegee. aapako us aadamee kee prashansa karanee hogee. main nishchit roop se aasha karata hoon ki use kuchh nahin hoga.

yunit 2

rin: paanch minat poore ho gae!

riportar: yadi haudinee saphal hotee hai, to kahaanee duniya bhar ke akhabaaron mein phail jaegee. hudinee apanee jaadooee karatabon ke lie mashahoor hain, lekin yah pradarshan koee karatab nahin lagata. manushy ka apane shareer par adbhut niyantran hota hai. udaaharan ke lie, vah apane kandhon ko visthaapit kar sakata hai, jisase use stretajaiket se baahar nikalane mein madad milatee hai. unhonne is prakaar ka niyantran banaane mein varshon bitae hain. unaka asalee naam eharich vees hai aur unaka janm 1874 mein epalatan, viskonsin mein hua tha. unake pita ek gareeb rabbee the. parivaar kee madad ke lie eharich kam umr mein hee kaam par chale gae. usee samay unakee ruchi jaadoo mein ho gaee.

rin: das minat!

riportar: ek taala banaane vaale ke yahaan kaam karate samay eharich ne chhotee-chhotee hathakadiyon se hathakadee kholana seekha. unhonne prasiddh phraanseesee jaadoogar robart-hudinee ke baare mein padhakar jaadoo ke baare mein bhee kaaphee kuchh seekha. ant mein, usane apanee naukaree chhodane aur hairee haudinee ke naam se ek peshevar jaadoogar banane ka phaisala kiya. haudinee ka matalab haudin kee tarah hai, aur haudin eharich ka aadarsh tha.

rin: pandrah minat!

riportar: theek hai, hudinee do. maikakonel dvaara sujhaee gaee seema ko paar kar rahee hai! aashchary hai ki usakee patnee besee ise kaise le rahee hai. main us par nazar nahin daal paaya hoon. vah ek jaadoogar bhee hai. hudinee se shaadee karane ke baad, un donon ne kaee thietaron mein abhinay kiya. poore desh aur yoorop mein hathakadee aur jelon se bhaagane ke lie hudinee ke prasiddh ho jaane ke baad usane padhaee chhod dee. haalaanki, usane phir bhee usakee madad kee. ek baar, hudinee kee talaashee lene aur use jel kee salaakhon mein hathakadee lagaane ke baad, usane achchhe bhaagy ke lie use chooma. yah usake dvaara die gae saubhaagy se kaheen adhik tha. usane apane munh se ek taala todane vaalee chhadee bhee usake munh mein de dee. kaee minat baad, haudinee ne apane jelaron ke kaaryaalay mein jaakar unhen aashcharyachakit kar diya.

rin: bees minat!

riportar: yahaan tanaav badh raha hai. lekin haudinee ke kariyar ke adhikaansh samay mein tanaav unake saath raha hai. udaaharan ke lie, usake andaravaatar boks eskep ko len. use hathakadee aur janjeer se baandha gaya hai. phir use ek lakadee ke bakse mein rakh diya jaata hai aur use keelon se band kar diya jaata hai. usake baad boks ko paanee ke andar gira diya jaata hai. kuchh minat baad haudinee tairakar satah par aa jaatee hai. haalaanki, us krty mein, vah tarakeebon ka upayog karata hai, usake paas taale aur any vishesh upakaran usake oopar ya bakse mein chhipe hote hain. lekin yah jokhim hamesha bana rahata hai ki chayan ya upakaran viphal ho jaenge. adhikaansh log haudinee kee bhaagane kee tarakeeben nahin aajamaenge, bhale hee ve jaanate hon ki unhen kaise karana hai.

rin: pachchees..paanch minat!

riportar: theek hai, koee keval aashcharyachakit ho sakata hai ki vah boks mein kaisa kar raha hai. use abhee bhee kaaphee samay baakee hai. beshak, vah asaamaany hai kya aap jaanate hain ki vah donon pairon se rassee baandh aur khol sakata hai? isase ab use madad nahin milegee, lekin yah doosaree baat hai usake shareer par niyantran ka udaaharan. usaka apanee chhaatee kee maansapeshiyon par bhee achchha niyantran hai. stretajaiket mein bandhane se pahale, vah apanee chhaatee ko hava se bhar leta hai. baad mein, jab vah aaraam karata hai, to vah jaiket ke andar ghoom sakata hai. shaayad yah aasaan lagata hai. lekin doosaron ne bhee yahee tarakeeb aajamaee aur asaphal rahe. vahaan keval ek hee haudinee hai!

rin: tees minat!

riportar: oh-oh! pareshaanee hai! boks par khade tairaakon mein se ek ne apana santulan kho diya hai aur vah paanee mein gir raha hai! ab any tairaak bhee gir rahe hain. baksa paanee ke star se oopar uchhal gaya hai. mujhe aashchary hai ki kya hudinee ke kaaran boks hil gaya. mistar kolins, kya haudinee theek hai?

kolins: shaant, shreemaan, main haudinee ko bula raha hoon. hairee, kya tum mujhe sun sakate ho?

haudinee: haan.

kolins: tairaak boks se gir gae. ve ab vaapas aa rahe hain. yahee kaaran hai ki boks mein halachal huee. tum theek ho?

haudinee: theek hai.

riportar: mistar kolins, haudinee kee aavaaz dheemee lag rahee thee. kya vah theek hai?

kolins: yahee to unhonne kaha tha. mujhe us par vishvaas hai.

rin: paintees minat

riportar: hudinee ka prashikshan saphal hota dikh raha hai. yahaan ke sootron ke mutaabik, vah teen saptaah se prashikshan le rahe hain. isake alaava, paanee ke bheetar bhaagane ke dauraan usane shaayad apanee saans rokane ke baare mein bhee bahut kuchh seekha. vaise bhee, yah koee rahasy nahin hai ki hudinee janata ke lie kuchh bhee karane se pahale hamesha lambee aur kadee trening karate hain. vah aashvast hona chaahata hai ki vah kuchh bhee kar sakata hai jisaka vah daava karata hai ki vah karega. aur philahaal vah aashcharyajanak saphalata kee or agrasar dikh raha hai.

rin: chaalees minat!

riportar jab main pahale haudinee kee chhaatee kee maansapeshiyon ke baare mein baat kar raha tha, to main usake pet ka jikr karane se chook gaya. aksar, vah sthaaneey taakatavar logon ko apane pet par jitana jor se mukka maarana sambhav hota hai, maarane deta hai. beshak, usake pet kee maansapeshiyaan tanaavagrast hain, lekin bade, majaboot purushon kee mutthee ka saamana karane ke lie unhen lagabhag steel kee tarah kathor hona hoga.

rin: paintaalees minat!