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The lovers sat on the deserted riverside,the full moon above them.
He held her close.Their lips met.

'Darling', she said ,'there is something on my mind'.
'Tell me precious',he said.
'Have you read Karl Marx's Das Kapital?'
'I haven't .I have been wanting to.'
He began undoing her blouse.

'Have patience',she said.'Let us read Kapital.I brought it along with me.'

He took his hand off her and said,'As you wish.'
They lit a lamp by the riverside and began reading.
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After many months,when they had finished the four volumes of Kapital,he resumed his petting.

'I love you',she said.
The moon shone over them.

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Post script : Readers are requested to get hold of four volumes of Das Kapital and fill in the blanks.If they do so,this little story will become the lengthiest Socialist-realist novel in contemporary literature.

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- O.V.Vijayan