But the days of peace were not to last. Soon the number of human beings increased in Mitranagar and there was a crisis of water. In spite of the huge lake being filled every fortnight, people still found it difficult to drink enough and take a bath daily. God Indrashish, heard their daily squabbles from the skies and felt sad for his children. He decided to fill the lake every seven days. But still the fights continued. Lavanya, Sunaina and Indrashish had a meeting and ultimately they decided to refill the lake everyday. Mitranagar by then was teeming with people who crowded round the lake to drink water or zal (as they called it) bathe and and bathe their tortoises too! They carried away water to grow other vegetables in their front garden. The zal slowly lost its sheen and became dirty.
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