THE GHOST

His mother was very happy that her son Sheikh Chilli had started earning money.

She was now ready to marry Sheikh to a beautiful girl named Fawzia, who was a very intelligent and nice girl. Sheikh's mother had always liked her a lot.

The wedding took place and Sheikh then went to live with in-laws for some days.

Everyone welcomed him and looked after hi. They prepared a wonderful meal for him.

 After the meal, they gave him a betel leaf to eat. She he ate, the red betel juice trickled down his chin.

He saw his face in the mirror and started crying.

His wife's brother and father got very worried.

Then sheikh said, "I am dying. See this blood coming out from my mouth."

His father-in-law burst out laughing and said, "This is not blood but the juice of betel leaves."

Then sheikh stopped crying.

After that his brother-in-law took sheikh out to show him around the city. They came back in the evening feelings very tired.

Sheikh Lay down and he were so tired that he slept at once, but a mosquito started troubling him.

He went on hitting at the mosquito flew away.

The slipper hit the pot of honey that was tied above the bed. Sheikh went back to sleep unaware of it.

The slipper hit the pot of honey that was tied above the bed. Sheikh went back to sleep unaware of it.

The honey started dripping and falling on the sleeping Sheikh. He dreamt that he was eating honey in a beautiful garden.

 But all of a sudden he felt very sticky. He woke up and found himself soaked in honey.

He felt that he must have a bath and wash off the honey.

So he decided to go the river to take bath.

He opened the door of the room and started looking for the way put. He reached the storeroom and fell on a pile of cottonwood that was kept to make quilts.

Just then his sister-in-law saw him. She shouted, "Ghost! Ghost!

Sheikh went towards her to calm her. When she saw the 'ghost' coming towards her, she ran outside, shouting, "Ghost! Ghost! Help!"

Sheikh quickly ran out of the main door towards the river. On the way was a sheep pen. He tripped and fell down.

Suddenly he felt someone move behind him and say, "this sheep is the biggest. I must steal this one."

Sheikh realized that the man was a thief. He felt very afraid and he tried to move away from the thief. The thief saw him move.

Then the thief threw a blanket on sheikh thinking that he saw a sheep and picked him up.

Sheikh shouted, "What are you doing? Where are you taking me? Stop it. Leave me."

The thief screamed, "a taking sheep!'

He threw sheikh     on the ground and ran away because he was frightened. He thought that it was not a sheep but a ghost!

The thief even left behind the blanket he had brought along to steal the sheep.

Sheikh ran the river and cleaned off the cottonwood and the honey from his body and head.

Then he wrapped the blanket around him and walked to his in-laws house. He met his brother-in-law who was looking very.

The brother-in-law asked' "where were you? There is a ghost inside the storeroom."

"Don't worry' I will tackle the ghost;" replied Sheikh bravely.

He opens the door of the storeroom and went in, locking it from inside.

Sheikh knew there was no ghost there. Pretending to be brave, Sheikh shouted. "I will not spare you, Mr. Ghost."

Sheikh then started to beat the stick all around the room, pretending to beat the ghost.

He continued shouting in a loud voice, "You better leave this house and go or I will kill you. Dare not come back ever."

After some time Sheikh came out and declared, "Now there is coming to worry. The ghost has gone. All of you can relax."

Everyone praised sheikh for his courage. They glad to have such a brave man for their son-in-law.