Grandma stories:The Ghost

This is an incident that took place with my grandmother when she was around 18-19 years old.Almost,47 years ago and the story is here.

                    The Ghost

My grandmother and grandfather used to live in the house in the middle of forest in hilly region.At that time,there was no electricity and there were very few houses nearby.Villagers used to work in each others field by turn.It is called "mela"in our language.There were buffaloes and goats in shed down few metres from the house.It was the month of ashad,when it rains heavily and we plant rice.

 

Grandmother went to "mela"  after lunch,as usual.It was a turn of one villager's field where they would plant rice.Grandfather had gone to the temple nearby for evening puja.Grandmother always returned home at evening but that day she had to work little longer.It was already mid-night when they finished planting rice.Some relatives invited her to stay in theirs as it was very dangerous to walk alone,through the forest at night.However,my grandmother decided to return home as she could see the path clearly.Moon and stars were shining brightly.It was silent around,except for the murmuring of insects.She passed through bushes,bamboo jungle and came across the narrow road.It was said that a women fell from the hill while cutting grass and died on that  road.Since then,villagers heard wierd noises,banging and crying at night.She walked few meters ahead and then she heard light footsteps.She turned and looked around but she couldn't see anything.She was about to tremble in fear but she rushed her footsteps up the hill.Her heart was beating loudly.Footsteps were getting heavier and closer.It followed her up the way she went.It was behind her but she didn't look back.She passed the shed and almost run up to the house.She locked herself as she reached home.She was breathing heavily being out of breath.

She couldn't hear footsteps anymore but the animals in shed were making noises.After a while,noises stopped.There was silence everywhere.She took a huge breath and lit a lamp.

About an hour later,grandfather returned home.He had gone to water fields after evening puja.While going to bed,grandfather said,"i was returning from that narrow road,a ghost haunted me today.It was walking ahead of me.I went to the shed to feed animals otherwise i could have seen where it went.It went up the hill".