As all of you know, Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju and Biju are brothers and sisters and they also are very good friends of each other. Yet, they are more like a strong baseball or soccer team. They support and help each other a lot all the time.
Bhanu being the oldest of all is physically stronger. So, he is kind of protector of his younger sisters Shanu and Biju and his younger brother Kaju. Bhanu is 10 years old; Shanu is 8 years, Kaju 6 and Biju 4.
They used to go their school together and on way to the school, they used to pick up their friend Jolly from his home.
As usual, today also, they reached Jolly's place and called him to join them to go to the school.
They were surprised when Jolly did not come out of the house immediately. Normally, Jolly used to wait outside the house most of the days.
So, they went near the house and found the house locked from outside and it looked like as if it was vacant and there was no one staying there.
This situation was a kind of a puzzle to Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju and Biju.
Bhanu said, "Has Jolly gone out with his parents on holiday?"
Biju, the youngest of them who was quite observant quickly replied, "But he would have told us if he was planning to go out somewhere."
Kaju added, "But why they will take away all of their belongings if they were to go on a holiday?"
Shanu joine
d in the conversation by saying, "Yes, the house looks completely empty. But I can hear some noise inside as if some one is banging the walls."
Bhanu said, "Let us go to the school. Perhaps, we may meet Jolly there".
And then the four of them walked to the school. They did not speak with each other on way to the school. All the four of them were in deep thoughts about their friend Jolly.
Then, Shanu suddenly talked to himself but loud enough to be heard by the rest three, "But why that banging the wall type noise?"
The three exclaimed in unison, "Yes, why the noise?"
As soon as they reached the school, they started looking out for Jolly. They found him in his class room sitting on his desk. He looked very sad and also frightened. They asked him, "What happened?"
Jolly spoke out with great difficulty, "Hey, there was a big problem in our house this weekend. When my parents and I returned from the shopping mall, we heard a big noise from inside the house- from the guest room. We normally do not use the guest room. My mom and I got quite scared. We thought that in our absence some burglars might have entered the house. Somehow, dad gathered courage and entered the house but came running outside within few seconds as if he had encountered some ghosts."
Jolly further mentioned what his daddy told after he came out of the house, "Daddy told us that Something funny was happening in the guest room; it felt eerie inside the house. Some ball like thing was jumping around in the room banging the walls and the ceiling and the floor. The ball like thing was moving on its own as if it is live; it was pretty scary."
Jolly then went on to say,"Our neighbors came out of their house when they saw that we were standing outside and not entering the house. Though our neighbors Mr and Mrs Wilson are not very pally with us, they still enquired. Mr Wilson asked that they noticed us standing outside the house for quite some time and not entering our house. He asked, what was the matter?"
Jolly continued speaking, "My dad replied to Mr Wilson that he heard some big noise in our guest room and something funny was happening there. He requested Mr Wilson to accompany him inside the house to help and check out the things. Mr Wilson also got a bit scared but he went inside with my dad. And within few seconds they returned. You could see fear written all over their faces."
Biju asked, "Jolly, what happened then? Why have you guys vacated the house? And where are you staying now?"
Jolly replied, "After the incident, Wilsons told my mom and dad some very frightening stories of ghosts. They are old couple and quite superstitious. They believe in ghosts though we learnt in our science lessons that positive proofs of existence of ghosts are not available. Wilsons advised us not to stay in such a spooky house or something inauspicious might take place. My mom and dad agreed with Wilsons and we shifted to my aunt's house. My mom and dad are looking out for another house for us to stay."
Bhanu put his hands on Jolly's shoulders to calm down his excitement and fear. He asked him, "Jolly, do you have the key to your house? Normally you keep one on you?"
Jolly said, "Yeah, I still have the key with me. Why?"
Bhanu replied, "Today, we have a long recess. So during the recess, all of us will go to your house and inspect it from inside. It will be some adventure. What do you think, guys?"
Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly almost shouted together in excitement, "Yep, let us do it. We did not have any adventure for quite some time now?"
Then all of them went to their respective class rooms to meet up again during the recess.
During the recess, they went to Jolly's house which Wilsons had declared as spooky. With the help of the key that Jolly had with him Bhanu opened the front door and all of them followed Bhanu towards the guest room.
At present there was silence in the house but as soon as they pushed the door of the guest room open, suddenly the banging type noise started. They saw that the ball like thing was jumping around the house from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling.
Shanu suggested to Bhanu, "Why not go inside the room and we will position ourselves in the four corners of the room and one of us will stand in the middle of the room. Then we will try to grab the jumping ball."
All of them agreed with Shanu's suggestion with one voice. Accordingly they took their positions on the five stations inside the guest room. After lots of efforts and time, finally Kaju who stood in the middle of the room, grabbed the jumping ball. But his hands being small, the ball was forcing to free itself from his hands. Seeing this rest of them ran towards Kaju and held the ball tightly in their hands.
B
y now they were a bit tired. They were also quite scared to think in anticipation as to what could come out of the ball. Is it true that the ghost might have entered the ball or was it some thing else? But with one voice they negated such a possibility as they had learnt in the school that ghosts did not exist.
And while they were exchanging these thoughts with each other, they heard a "meow", a very weak "meow" from inside the ball. That made all the five of them laugh loudly, "Hey, it is our dear Katy- the domestic cat of Wilsons. They were complaining about their missing cat for past couple of days?"
Then, they freed Katy from the ball. She purred and felt very happy in the company of Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly. She was already quite friendly with all the five of them as she knew them very well.
Biju brought water for her, Kaju gave her cold milk from the refrigerator and Jolly gave her some things to eat. Bhanu and Shanu were stroking her lovely soft fur.
Katy looked at them with lots of love, affection and gratitude and said, "meow" in stronger voice as if she was thanking them.
Bhanu requested Jolly to call his mom and dad to tell the entire episode. Upon hearing that, his dad and mom rushed to their house. They thanked and appreciated Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju and Biju and also their son Jolly for their courageous act.
Then they went to Wilsons and handed over their missing Katy. Wilsons' happiness knew no bounds to find Katy back. They also thanked and appreciated Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly.
Finally Wilsons and Jolly's parents agreed with one voice, "One should not believe in superstitions. One should learn to examine the situation with cool head and then act courageously, just like Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly."
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Bhanu being the oldest of all is physically stronger. So, he is kind of protector of his younger sisters Shanu and Biju and his younger brother Kaju. Bhanu is 10 years old; Shanu is 8 years, Kaju 6 and Biju 4.
They used to go their school together and on way to the school, they used to pick up their friend Jolly from his home.
As usual, today also, they reached Jolly's place and called him to join them to go to the school.
They were surprised when Jolly did not come out of the house immediately. Normally, Jolly used to wait outside the house most of the days.
So, they went near the house and found the house locked from outside and it looked like as if it was vacant and there was no one staying there.
This situation was a kind of a puzzle to Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju and Biju.
Bhanu said, "Has Jolly gone out with his parents on holiday?"
Biju, the youngest of them who was quite observant quickly replied, "But he would have told us if he was planning to go out somewhere."
Kaju added, "But why they will take away all of their belongings if they were to go on a holiday?"
Shanu joine
d in the conversation by saying, "Yes, the house looks completely empty. But I can hear some noise inside as if some one is banging the walls."
Bhanu said, "Let us go to the school. Perhaps, we may meet Jolly there".
And then the four of them walked to the school. They did not speak with each other on way to the school. All the four of them were in deep thoughts about their friend Jolly.
Then, Shanu suddenly talked to himself but loud enough to be heard by the rest three, "But why that banging the wall type noise?"
The three exclaimed in unison, "Yes, why the noise?"
As soon as they reached the school, they started looking out for Jolly. They found him in his class room sitting on his desk. He looked very sad and also frightened. They asked him, "What happened?"
Jolly spoke out with great difficulty, "Hey, there was a big problem in our house this weekend. When my parents and I returned from the shopping mall, we heard a big noise from inside the house- from the guest room. We normally do not use the guest room. My mom and I got quite scared. We thought that in our absence some burglars might have entered the house. Somehow, dad gathered courage and entered the house but came running outside within few seconds as if he had encountered some ghosts."
Jolly further mentioned what his daddy told after he came out of the house, "Daddy told us that Something funny was happening in the guest room; it felt eerie inside the house. Some ball like thing was jumping around in the room banging the walls and the ceiling and the floor. The ball like thing was moving on its own as if it is live; it was pretty scary."
Jolly then went on to say,"Our neighbors came out of their house when they saw that we were standing outside and not entering the house. Though our neighbors Mr and Mrs Wilson are not very pally with us, they still enquired. Mr Wilson asked that they noticed us standing outside the house for quite some time and not entering our house. He asked, what was the matter?"
Jolly continued speaking, "My dad replied to Mr Wilson that he heard some big noise in our guest room and something funny was happening there. He requested Mr Wilson to accompany him inside the house to help and check out the things. Mr Wilson also got a bit scared but he went inside with my dad. And within few seconds they returned. You could see fear written all over their faces."
Biju asked, "Jolly, what happened then? Why have you guys vacated the house? And where are you staying now?"
Jolly replied, "After the incident, Wilsons told my mom and dad some very frightening stories of ghosts. They are old couple and quite superstitious. They believe in ghosts though we learnt in our science lessons that positive proofs of existence of ghosts are not available. Wilsons advised us not to stay in such a spooky house or something inauspicious might take place. My mom and dad agreed with Wilsons and we shifted to my aunt's house. My mom and dad are looking out for another house for us to stay."
Bhanu put his hands on Jolly's shoulders to calm down his excitement and fear. He asked him, "Jolly, do you have the key to your house? Normally you keep one on you?"
Jolly said, "Yeah, I still have the key with me. Why?"
Bhanu replied, "Today, we have a long recess. So during the recess, all of us will go to your house and inspect it from inside. It will be some adventure. What do you think, guys?"
Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly almost shouted together in excitement, "Yep, let us do it. We did not have any adventure for quite some time now?"
Then all of them went to their respective class rooms to meet up again during the recess.
During the recess, they went to Jolly's house which Wilsons had declared as spooky. With the help of the key that Jolly had with him Bhanu opened the front door and all of them followed Bhanu towards the guest room.
At present there was silence in the house but as soon as they pushed the door of the guest room open, suddenly the banging type noise started. They saw that the ball like thing was jumping around the house from wall to wall and from floor to ceiling.
Shanu suggested to Bhanu, "Why not go inside the room and we will position ourselves in the four corners of the room and one of us will stand in the middle of the room. Then we will try to grab the jumping ball."
All of them agreed with Shanu's suggestion with one voice. Accordingly they took their positions on the five stations inside the guest room. After lots of efforts and time, finally Kaju who stood in the middle of the room, grabbed the jumping ball. But his hands being small, the ball was forcing to free itself from his hands. Seeing this rest of them ran towards Kaju and held the ball tightly in their hands.
B
y now they were a bit tired. They were also quite scared to think in anticipation as to what could come out of the ball. Is it true that the ghost might have entered the ball or was it some thing else? But with one voice they negated such a possibility as they had learnt in the school that ghosts did not exist.
And while they were exchanging these thoughts with each other, they heard a "meow", a very weak "meow" from inside the ball. That made all the five of them laugh loudly, "Hey, it is our dear Katy- the domestic cat of Wilsons. They were complaining about their missing cat for past couple of days?"
Then, they freed Katy from the ball. She purred and felt very happy in the company of Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly. She was already quite friendly with all the five of them as she knew them very well.
Biju brought water for her, Kaju gave her cold milk from the refrigerator and Jolly gave her some things to eat. Bhanu and Shanu were stroking her lovely soft fur.
Katy looked at them with lots of love, affection and gratitude and said, "meow" in stronger voice as if she was thanking them.
Bhanu requested Jolly to call his mom and dad to tell the entire episode. Upon hearing that, his dad and mom rushed to their house. They thanked and appreciated Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju and Biju and also their son Jolly for their courageous act.
Then they went to Wilsons and handed over their missing Katy. Wilsons' happiness knew no bounds to find Katy back. They also thanked and appreciated Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly.
Finally Wilsons and Jolly's parents agreed with one voice, "One should not believe in superstitions. One should learn to examine the situation with cool head and then act courageously, just like Bhanu, Shanu, Kaju, Biju and Jolly."
Novels and Stories
Novel "Good People" http://good-people-novel.blogspot.com/
Funny (and Not So Funny) Short Stories http://funny-shortstories.blogspot.com/
Stories Children Will Love http://stories-children.blogspot.com/
The novel "Good People", "Funny (and Not So Funny) Short Stories" and "Stories Children Will Love" are available in the form of eBook and printed book from Amazon online. Hurry up, get your copies.
