I have just heard this story about a young boy in India who fell asleep on a train and woke up in Calcutta, unable to read, write or find his way back home.
After a series of Dickensian-type misfortunes, he was adopted by a family and taken to Tasmania.
25 years later, he used Google Earth to estimate where he might have lived before the fateful train-ride, and now he has been reunited with his long-lost mother, when he identified his home village by a picture of a dimly remembered water-fall.
Amazing story, eh? I feel a film coming on...
Another good reason to learn to read and write! A Musical maybe; 'Show me the way to go home'?
ReplyDeleteJust heard the same story.... it has so many areas of interest ..especially as he was " adopted by a more affluent and "westernised "
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Starting out in a trailer court in life, I used to 'forget' where I lived too. But my parents always found me and dragged me back home.
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This story is perfect for the movies -- a tear-jerker of all time!
ReplyDeleteWhat an uplifting storry Tom - could only happen in a country like India I suppose. Love your title too.
ReplyDeleteI used to come back from school to find my parents had moved without leaving a forwarding address, but I always found them eventually.
ReplyDeletemeryl streep will play his mom in the movie!
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