The Witch of Belgaum I Story By Andrina & Elina

Once upon a time, there was a boy called Richard in Belgaum.  He lost his parents at a young age.  One day he was walking in the forest.  And it was starting to get dark.  He saw an old hut.  He went inside the hut and called out, “Hello? Anybody here?”  There were old pictures on the walls of a young girl.  Suddenly he heard a voice from a room saying, “Hello child, are you alone? It’s alright, I’m here to kill you,” followed by an evil laugh “He he he he!!”

Richard runs away from the hut and as he is running, he sees an old church along the way.  So, he decides to go in.  As he was entering the church, he saw an old priest kneeling at the altar.  He walks up to the priest and introduces himself.  The priest says his name was Father Micheal.  Richard tells Fr. Micheal what he just saw back at the hut.  Father Micheal heard his story and said “Don’t worry son.  It’s alright.  I’m here and you can stay with me for the night”

The next morning, they decided to go back to the hut.  Father Micheal had carried a flask of tea.  After reaching there, he poured two cups as he was tired. Just as he was taking a sip of his cup, he saw the reflection of a girl in the cup. Father Micheal stood up and looked up but there was no one there.  Richard asked Fr. Micheal “What is it father?”. Father Micheal said, “We will spend the night here”.  Suddenly Father Micheal was pushed to the wall and lifted in the air.  The witch appeared in front of him and shouted, “Earghhhhhh”.  Just then, Fr. Micheal’s rosary, which was in his neck, fell out of his robe. Seeing the rosary, the witch screams and vanishes.  Getting up, Father says to Richard, “I have read a book about a girl named ‘Anastasia Daniel’.  She was living a happy life with her parents and that happiness couldn’t last longer.  When a mysterious murderer sneaked into their hut at night and attacked her and her parents.  The mysterious person was never caught.  They say that Anastasia’s soul was still in the hut seeking revenge.  Many people have come there to investigate, and no one has returned alive.”

Later that night, Father Micheal was sleeping when he heard somebody screaming.  He got up and walked towards the room from where he heard the scream.  He saw Richard in a corner, not breathing.  He was hurt.  Father Micheal sat down in a corner crying. Then he saw Richard just beside him. Richard asks Father Micheal, “Why are you crying father?”  Father said that I saw a dream that you were hurt.  Richard said I was not hurt, I was just sleeping.  And then I heard you crying. I’ll be with you father to hurt you. And then Richard got transformed as the witch and then hit Father Micheal.  Father suddenly woke up and realized that he was dreaming.  Richard was near him and asked, “what happened Fa…?”  Before he could finish the word, the witch came and lifted Richard to the wall.  And now Richard was really someone else.  Then the witch told Father Micheal that Richard was the murderer of her and her family.  And now he was reborn.  Then Father cries and shows the Rosary to the witch but the witch laughed and said, “your Rosary is not powerful enough.  I am more powerful than your Rosary and no one can stop me now”. But the Father still tries to scare the witch with his Rosary. That time Richard’s spirit came into the rosary and now the Rosary was more powerful than the witch.  And then the witch disappeared . And then Richard said to the priest that whenever you have a problem show the rosary.  Now I am in the Rosary.

Then father gets out of the hut and walks back to the church.

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Voices of Play: A National Play Manifesto By Children, Of Children and For Every Caring Adult is a Bachpan Manao Collabaction by REACH India Collective, Shiksharth, and EkStep Foundation. Published by Bookosmia. Contributors: Deepika Mogilishetty, Ashish Shrivastava, Archana Mohan, Keren Sam, Samyuktha Udupa. Made possible by 22 partner organisations who captured the voices of over 4,000 children across 10 states. Does Play have a voice? What does Voices of Play mean? Across ten states and shaped by over 4,000 children, Voices of Play is a joyful window into the world of play told by children themselves. Brought to life with the support of 22 organisations, achored by Ek Step Foundation’s Bachpan Manao program, it gathers stories, games, and memories from anganwadis, community spaces, preschools, and classrooms—capturing a rich tapestry of childhoods and the worlds of play around us we may have never noticed before. With artwork recreated from children’s own drawings and moments captured from the field, this book, published proudly by Bookosmia (smell of books) is made with children, not just about them. Built on their trust, it celebrates play as imagination, memory, and a language that belongs to every child.

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