Facing the Ghost | Story by Ahana, 11, Bangalore

It was a beautiful day.

My best friends Ahana and Shireen were playing basketball. Suddenly, they saw a ghost-like figure floating towards them. Intrigued, they went inside to realise it was a prank played on them. They couldn’t believe that somebody would try to scare people for the fun of it.

Then they had an idea. What if they pretended to get scared so that the prankster revealed himself?

They thought it was a brilliant idea and agreed, so they ran close to it, took a good look, and ran back screaming in terror. To their surprise, nobody came and said, ‘Ha! I fooled you. You should have seen the look on your face.’

The friends felt that it wasn’t a prank and decided to take a closer look. They found out it was just white cloth carried there by the wind. Finally, the two friends went home to get a good night’s sleep.

What a fun day it was!

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This story was written as part of an on-the-spot writing activity conducted by Bookosmia at ‘The Bookworm’, Bangalore celebrating young writers. Kudos to Ahana for her quick thinking and creative expression!