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2. Sir Lawley’s
Ghost
 Lawley's Boarding school had two types of
residents- boys and ghosts. Not surprising,
considering that this hundred and fifty-year
old school had all the features that made it a
paradise for ghosts. The dormitories were
dingy and full of eerie shadows. The campus
grounds were thickly wooded. What made
Lawley’s most appealing , from a ghost’s point
of view that is, was the choice of five hundred
boys who could be frightened at any time of
the day or night…….

3.  That’s why, when Arjun, a skinny twelve-year
old, joined the school and scornfully declared,
“I don’t believe in ghosts,” the entire school
thought he was quite crazy.
 “ Surely, you don’t expect me to believe these
silly stories about headless ghosts.” Or this
ridiculous tale about the invisible ghost which
walks around with a pillow.”……….

4.  “I wouldn’t say such things if I were you,
Arjun,” warned a solemn voice. It was Rustom,
the prefect-in-charge of the dorm. “Haven’t you
heard”, Rustom went on in sinister whisper, “
that when ghosts hear you say that you don’t
believe in them, they consider it an invitation-
a challenge almost to show themselves to you. I
wouldn’t be surprised if Sir Lawley’s ghost
decided to teach you a lesson appearing in
front of you one of these days…………

5.  Sir Lawley’s, after whom the school was
named, had once lived in the enormous
mansion which had been converted into a
boarding school after a tragic death. He had
been murdered by a greedy cousin. b
 Since then, his ghost was said to roam the
campus carrying a bloodstained pillow.
 “How can I possibly believe such nonsense,”
Arjun continued……..

6. r ran g e fo r Sir La wley’s g h o st t o v
 Rustom grinned gleefully in the dark. He was
already busy planning how would arrange for
Sir Lawley's ghost to ‘visit’ Arjun . He decided
to use his own pillow and managed to get hold
of a long-handled broom, the kind used to
clean cobwebs. In order to make the broom
invisible in the dark, he smeared the bamboo
handle with ashes. When no one was around ,
he practised how the pillow, would appear to
float into the dormitory by being attached to
the broomstick. He let the other boys into the
his secret…… h i

7. On the night of
Ghostly visit .
 On the night of Ghostly visit, Rustom woke up
with a start and realized he had overslept. He
felt under his bed. Yes, the pillow he had
prepared was there and it was still dark. He
was about to tiptoe out of bed when a familiar
grating sound warned him that the dormitory
door was being opened. Was it the
housemaster? Whom did the soft footsteps
belong to???

8. Discovering the cause of footsteps.
 When he discovered the cause of the footsteps,
icy prickles of fear crept down his spine. For,
advancing slowly into the dorminatory was a
bloodstained pillow!
 Holding it was a hideous pair of ghostly white
hands made more terrifying by the fact that
they weren’t attached to any figure!

9. Sight after seeing a bloodstained
pillow
Rustom’s blood turned cold, “Was he actually seeing a
ghost,” he wondered.
“Ghost!” Fear had turned Rustom’s voice into a feeble
squeak. “ There’s a ghost!” he tried again and this time
a few sleepyheads stirred awake.Seeing the bloody
pillow, the boys assumed Rustom’s plan was working.
Some of them even giggled. There was so much
confusion. No one noticed that Rustom was sitting
rigid and horror-struck in his bed, instead of being
outside the dormitory.

10. Boys noticed Arjun
 The screams continued for a long time even after
the pillow had retreated from the dormitory. That
was when boys finally turned their attention to
Arjun . His eyes saucer shaped with horror! They
thought that Rustom’s acting was simply superb!
He actually had goosebumps on his arms and his
teeth didn’t stop chattering till the next morning.
How were they to know that their prefect wasn’t
acting and that his fright was totally genuine? Poor
Rustom. He was haunted by the memory of
dreadful vision he had seen. That spooky pair of
hand! He shivered at the thought.

11. Some days later….. washed
 Rustom went to the kit room where all the
clothes and uniforms were stored. As he was picking
up a clean shirt, he overheard the matron scolding the
school’s washerman for not washing the clothes
properly. “There are muddy streaks on these
sheets and this pillowcase has huge stains on it!” the
matron complained . “What
can I do , madam?” the washerman defended his
washing, “that pillowcase had huge patches of red ink
on it! You know how difficult is it to wash off red ink!”

12. The conversion between washerman &
matron shocked Rustom
 Red ink on a pillowcase! Rustom froze. Was
this the pillowcase that had been ‘bloodied’ with red
ink to become the ghostly pillow? Every student at
Lawley’s was expected to mark his name on all items of
clothing so it wouldn’t be difficult to trace the
pillowcase’s owner.
the matron seemed to have same idea for she snatched
the pillowcase from the washerman and examined it.


13. Who’s name was on the pillow???
 “Arjun!” she exclaimed angrily, seeing the new boy’s name
marked on the pillowcase. “this boy is getting worse and
worse. Last week there was a complaint that he had taken a
pair of white gloves from the band room and stuffed them
with clay from the sculpture room. The clay had dried in
the gloves to make it look like a pair of white hands.”
 Suddenly she noticed the prefect standing there, absolutely
still and palefaced, and asked, “what’s the matter,
Rustom?” you look like you’ve seen a ghost.
 Rustom was actually having some very un-prefect-like
thoughts. That cheeky rascal. . . . . . . . Arjun ! But he just
shook his head as he mumbled, “SEEN A GHOST? OH
NO, MA”AM. IN FACT, I’M VERY GLAD THAT I HAVEN’T.”

14. Written by Asha Nehemiah.

15. Chill friends…..that’s not soo scary!!! hahahaha

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