Peeved, Krishna replied tersely, "I'm going
somewhere! What difference does it make to you?"
The mast then declared, "Go anywhere in the world you
like; wherever you go, he will be there. There is no place where he is
not."
Krishna opened the door. Baba was standing
outside. Krishna told Baba that he was leaving him.
Baba replied, "Fine,
but do one thing first. Give Chatti Baba his breakfast. When he finishes, then
you may go."
Krishna agreed. But by the time the mast finished eating,
Krishna's temper had cooled.
Baba said, "Now go."
"I would like to stay," said Krishna.
Echoing Chatti Baba's words, Baba said, "Go
anywhere, but I will always be with you. I am in you, and throughout the
world. Even if you leave me, you will come again and be with me in your next
birth. If you want to stay, stay; but stay for me, and not for the self!"
And thus Baba forgave him.
One day Baba sent Elizabeth to the railway station in Quetta
on an errand. On the platform she saw a large black spaniel who began
following her. Elizabeth, always drawn to a wayward animal, did not know what to
do. On inquiry, she learned that the dog's owner had abandoned him and gone
away.
The thought came to her that Baba had sent her
to the station only for this dog, and so she took it back. Baba was happy to
have it; he named it Foundy, and fed it himself for a few days.
Once in Quetta, while Kitty was in the courtyard drawing
water from the well, Baba passed her, and as he did so he struck her on the
back. She thought nothing of it, and went on pulling the rope to raise the pail.
Later, Baba sent for her and asked, "Did you feel hurt that I struck you as
I passed by the well?"
"No, Baba," she
said. "I thought nothing about it."
Baba
explained, "There are times when the work on other planes does not go quite
right, and sometimes I pass on part of the burden by striking someone. One is
extremely fortunate if I do occasionally throw my mood on them."
Rustom and Freiny's youngest son Jangoo had been staying
with Baba practically since he was born. Khorshed had been given the
responsibility of looking after the infant, and because of her charge, whenever
they would stop somewhere, she would always demand more space for herself and
the child.