One winter night!
It must be around ten o'clock. Dhamre is returning from the tamarind grove in the neighborhood.
Just as he came under the tamarind tree, his body felt a jolt! His body was completely prickly.
This never happens to him. He returns from the shop at this time every night. Why was his mind disturbed today?
He stood there. He looked around frantically. It was pitching dark. He couldn't see anything anywhere.
Then, as he stepped forward, he saw two thick legs standing like pillars in front of him! Those legs were so big that they went straight up to the tamarind tree!
Dhamre was very scared! Sweat was dripping from his body! He couldn't understand what to do or not to do.
Suddenly, he remembered his Ram name. If you chant Ram's name, ghosts won't attack you. He ran away from there while chanting Ram's name.
The next day, the news spread throughout the neighborhood. For a few days, people stopped moving on that road at night.
After that, one day, a Babaji came and did something. Since then, no one has seen anything.
What did Babaji do! Whether he actually saw a ghost in Dhamare or not is a matter of debate. That's why the boys get excited and start arguing whenever they hear about ghosts.
One such autumn evening, I was sitting in the field chatting with the neighborhood boys. From somewhere, Tapen came running and sat among them. Panting, he said, "Brother, I have survived a lot today!"
"Why? Did someone chase you?" Boni asked him in a bit of a temper.
His words were like this; as if he was always ready to beat him up. If he said yes, then he would run to beat him up.
Tapen replied, "Nothing like that."
"Then why are you panting so much?" Boni said and patted his head.
Then Tapen started saying, "Hey, let me catch my breath, I'll tell you everything later."
Saying that, he took a deep breath and said, "Brother, I've survived a lot, from the hands of the ghost. I passed that wild grass tree of the dwarfs, and right after that, Jadu came. And Shankhchunni has jumped on his neck!"
"Tell me what?" Dev said with a little amusement.
"If you don't believe me, why don't you go to his house and see for yourself." He said.
The whole group of boys started making fun of that. Everyone had heard that ghosts possessed people. That's why no one had ever heard of Shankhchunni jumping from a tree onto someone's neck.
He also did not. Shankhchunni must have jumped on Jadu's neck. Then Jadu's neck would have been twisted. If not, at least he would have leaned on it. No one had heard that yet.
They were openly saying this. Just then Madhu came running. Panting, she said, "Jadu has been possessed by a ghost, we have to call the witch doctor right away."
Then everyone was surprised to see Tapen's face. Now they believed that he had told them the right thing.
Actually, like Hanuman, ghosts sometimes jump on people's necks from trees.
