It was therefore a pleasant surprise to him when Baba came to his room carrying a basket filled with fruits, including Kabuli pomegranates.
During these last days at Toka, the Master's devotees in different places were telling others about the unique institution of Meher Ashram, encouraging them to enroll their children. At the same time, however, articles were published in the newspapers that the school was closing and the structures in Toka were being pulled down. This may sound contradictory but only Baba knew his real work, and everything was actually proceeding systematically according to his divine plan.
On Monday, 26 November 1928, Baba left Toka in Rustom's car with Gustadji and Chhota Baba. The remaining boys and their supervisors, along with the trunks and baggage, followed in a trolley, and all stayed at the Sathas' at Akbar Press in Ahmednagar.
Nusserwan rose early one morning to help in preparing chapatis for breakfast. Baba also came into the kitchen and lent a helping hand in the work.
Nusserwan tried to stop him, but Baba explained, "I am obliged to do this work. Day and night I have to do it. If I don't, the whole world will starve! I feed everyone from within, but it is to feed everyone externally that I have descended into the world."
On 29 November, Baba returned to Toka in Adi Sr.'s car. After a brief stay, he left at two in the afternoon with the women mandali for Meherabad. There the women took up residence in the Post Office building, while Baba resumed staying on the hill in Buasaheb's old room on the south side of the Water Tank. A few of the mandali and the boys had walked to Meherabad that day and arrived in the evening. The boys were accommodated in the halls of the Water Tank building.
Jamadar, the night watchman, had stayed on the hill, guarding the property during Baba's six-month absence in Toka. Jamadar was so conscientious that even when he would be indisposed at times, he would still not shirk his duties. Jamadar's wife, Bhagu, was also a hard-working, honest and sincere woman, and she was appointed to help the women mandali.
Baba had Naoroji Dadachanji called to Toka on the 26th of November to supervise the demolition work of the temporary structures. The dismantled materials were shipped back to Meherabad. The work was finished by 4 December, and the remaining men mandali bid farewell to Toka and departed for Meherabad in hired trolleys.