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The last story Tea from Assam starts with two, friends, Rajvir and Pranjol travelling to Assam. On, their way, they buy the tea from a roadside vendor., While sipping the tea, Rajvir tells Pranjol that people, drink over 800,000,000 cups of tea throughout the, world in a day. While Rajvir is looking at the, beautiful and serene scenery, Pranjol is busy reading, detective book. There were tea-bushes all over as far, as one could see. They also saw a building which, , was a tea garden., , Assam has the largest tea plantations and no one, knows who discovered the tea for the first time. But,, there are many legends associated with it. According, to a Chinese legend, a few branches of tea fell, accidentally in the boiled hot water. The Emperor, liked the delicious flavour. This is how it came into, being. As per an Indian legend, Buddhist Monk,, Bodhidharma cut off his eyelids as to avoid sleep, during meditation. About ten tea plants grew out of, these and thus, they banish sleep when put in hot, water and drunk. Both of them got down at Mariani, Junction and went to Dhekiabari Tea Estate. There, they saw women plucking tea leaves. Pranjol’s father, had come to receive them there and said that he, , knew a lot about tea plantations. Rajvir says that he, , is keen to learn from him.