It's a Ghost!

Author: Chandan Yadav

Illustrator: Kaustubh Kamat

Translator: Alisha Berger

Once, there was a ghost. He thought he was very scary.

Every day, he tried to scare someone.

One day, he frightened a savage lion.

Another day, a giant elephant.

The next day, a muscular wrestler.

On another day, a police constable with a big moustache.

He was fond of seeing people run away in fear.

He couldn’t sleep until he had scared someone.

One day, he fell sick.

But he still wanted to scare someone!

He thought of scaring a mouse as a mouse would be easy to scare.

He entered the mouse’s home deep into the night.

Mouse was sleeping peacefully.

Dhhummm Dhhummm... walked the ghost. The mouse woke up.

He shivered in fear and stammered, “W..wh..who is there?”

The ghost said in his most frightening voice,

“I…. AM…. A…. GHOST!”

Mouse said, “Oh! It’s a ghost. I thought it was a cat.”

The mouse pulled a blanket over his head and went back to sleep.

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This story:It's a Ghost!is translated byAlisha Berger. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'भूत!', byChandan Yadav. © Room to Read , 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:Two scary creatures smiling, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:A scary man dancing, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:Creature scaring a dog, a man and a boy, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:Creature scaring a lion, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:Creature scaring an elephant and birds, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:Creature scaring a bodybuilder, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:Someone scaring a policeman, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:Family, lion, elephant running scared up a hill, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:Creature looking sad, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:Creature walking alone, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Page 11:A mouse's house, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:Mouse sleeping, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:Feet tapping, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:Scared mouse hiding near bed, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 15:Scared ghost, by © Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 16:A surprised mouse, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 17:Mouse sleeping peacefully while a creature is upset, byKaustubh Kamat© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

Some rights reserved. This book is CC-BY-4.0 licensed. You can copy, modify, distribute and perform the work, even for commercial purposes, all without asking permission. For full terms of use and attribution, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

It's a Ghost! (English)

Once there was a ghost who loved to scare someone every day. One day, he decided to look for something easy to scare… like a mouse! Will the mouse be as frightened as everyone else?

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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