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KOZHIKODE: They all have inhaled a gas which made them go to a deep sleep. They will not wake up again and have gone to be with God. You should not try to wake them up when you see them tomorrow and should give them a parting kiss — two days after the death of his parents and younger brother in the Nepal resort tragedy , seven-year-old Madhav, the lone surviving member of his family, was told about his grievous loss by the teachers and a counsellor from his school on Thursday.

Young Madhav stared at them listless for some time and broke down in tears later.

The four-member team from Silver Hills School , including the principal and the class teacher of Madhav, broke the news to the child at his relative’s house next to Madhav’s maternal house at Mukavoor in the afternoon. Madhav had arrived at his home in the early hours of Thursday and was expecting his parents and brother to arrive on Friday.

“It was a heart-wrenching moment for all of us and we were all moved to tears. Madhav stood silent for some time and later he cried. He seemed to have somewhat understood that he has lost his parents for ever. We all consoled him and made him feel that we are all with him and later brought him a new bicycle to cheer him up,” Nikhil MC, cousin of Madhav’s mother Indu Lakshmi said.

On getting the new cycle, Madhav was upbeat and went around showing it off to his friends and relatives and riding it, seemingly forgetting about his loss for the moment.

Madhav’s class teacher Simmi S Nair said that they revealed the news of demise of his parents and brother to Madhav indirectly as being a child he cannot fully understand the concept of death.

Relatives said till then Madhav was thinking that his parents will be coming back the next day and he had told his cousins that they will be bringing chocolates, which he will share with them.

Madhav told his teachers that his parents were near him when he went to sleep at the Nepal resort and that when he woke up in the morning he had cried after finding that they were not around. Madhav also told the teachers that his father’s friend Ram uncle took him to a nearby room where he saw his parents and others all lying in the bed and that they were then taken to the hospital.

