The moving lanterns
Once a rumor was rife that the world was
coming to an end.
There was this union
of eight planets , which signified that
the apocalypse had arrived.
Strange ,
hideous creatures roamed the streets at
night .
Headless monsters...
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The moving lanterns
Once a rumor was rife that the world was
coming to an end.
There was this union
of eight planets , which signified that
the apocalypse had arrived.
Strange ,
hideous creatures roamed the streets at
night .
Headless monsters would be
knocking at your door at midnight and if
you opened the door you would freeze to
death at the sight of the devil .
He had
terrifying nights ; while the whole world
had slept he stood wide awake awaiting
the arrival of the headless monster.
He
spent countless hours praying to Hanuman
who alone could deliver you from out of
this danger.
He always looked at the lone
tiled structure in the Jaggarao s garden
with a fear in his belly .
That was where
the bodies were cut open for postmortem.
There was another low-roofed tiled
structure in Jaggarao s orchard which
housed the rain-meter which mystified him
.
How did the meter gauge the rain and
measure it in so many inches of rainfall?
When there were heavy
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