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The Ghost

An Indian boy named Andy is excited to move with his family to Switzerland. When they arrive, he is disappointed to find no snow. One night, during a snowstorm, Andy wakes up and sees a strange white creature outside his window. Terrified, he thinks it is a yeti or polar bear. His father comforts him and shows that it is just their pine tree covered in snow blowing in the wind. Andy is embarrassed by his mistake.

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The Ghost

An Indian boy named Andy is excited to move with his family to Switzerland. When they arrive, he is disappointed to find no snow. One night, during a snowstorm, Andy wakes up and sees a strange white creature outside his window. Terrified, he thinks it is a yeti or polar bear. His father comforts him and shows that it is just their pine tree covered in snow blowing in the wind. Andy is embarrassed by his mistake.

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The Ghost

By Abir Chaudhuri.
Anindya, Andy to his friends, was very excited when he heard the news. His father was going to be transferred to Switzerland and would shift the family too. Switzerland meant to him a place in a picture postcard with snow-clad mountains, beautiful lakes, ski resorts and lots of snow. He started dreaming about making fat-drippy snowmen with pointy red noses, having snowball fights and playing with snow in all possible ways. At last they arrived to stay at a place, named Daeniken. It was a quiet little village, situated in a valley, surrounded by a not so high grassy mountain range. But there were no lofty snow-capped peaks, no lake and above all no snow. He would ask his father all the time When can I play in the snow? How long have I to wait? Finally, one day the winter arrived. Andys father assured him that snowfall now was imminent. One early morning, Andy woke up suddenly. It was much before sunrise. He found his parents sleeping. When he glanced outside through his bedside window, he noticed the sky was a peculiar pink. And suddenly, near the window, he saw something huge. A creature clad in white was waving to him. He was so horrified, he closed his eyes. Was it Yeti, or the Polar Bear? he was thinking. He suddenly remembered that Yeti could only be viewed in the Himalayas or the Polar Bear was found in the Arctic Region. He opened his eyes slowly. Terrified, he could make out the monsters eyes, hands and hollowed parts in its body here and there. The creature moved menacingly to and fro making a weird wheezing sound. Andy was sweating under his blanket and started sobbing. His sobs woke up his father. He could only whisper Papa, see the monster! Andys father took him into his arms and went up near the window. What Andy saw now was an experience of his life. It was snowing heavily. The valley, the rooftops, cars, trees everything was covered with the snow. And when Andy discovered the monster, he became embarrassed. It was the pine tree of their garden, blanketed with snow and shaking because of the strong wind. He would never confess this part of the episode to others.

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