A thrilling story by Shristi Biswas, Class 5, Epic Public School. Join Shristi on a mysterious dream adventure where pen and pencil come alive, books fly through the air, and a red cap floats in the night! A delightful mix of imagination, mystery, and humour.
“OH NO! WHAT IS HAPPENING? WHO’S THERE?”
I shouted but do you know why was I screaming? Well, I am Shristi—Shristi Biswas. So let me tell you, dear readers, why I was shouting in fear.
It was midnight. Around 2 a.m., I found myself screaming because someone was pulling the blanket off my body. As I opened my eyes I couldn’t see my parents beside me. In fact, I couldn’t see anyone at all—but strangely, someone was definitely pulling my blanket.
I felt helpless—half surprised, half confused. All I could see was a shadow and a red cap flying around. But wait… I never owned a red cap!
A moment later, I was astonished to see everything in my room flying about. I was dumbstruck, watching all of this happen—when suddenly, I too began to rise into the air along with my bed.
I was completely stunned. Then, out of nowhere, the door flung open, and I fell down.
As I lay on the garden grass, some leaves fell onto my face, and I realised that a terrible storm was blowing.
I tried to get up and head back to my room, but I couldn’t. I had been injured during the fall—especially my right leg, which hurt badly. I felt almost numb with pain.
Somehow, I managed to stand, but just as I did, someone pushed me from behind, and I fell again. I was really annoyed. Filled with curiosity and anger, I turned to see who had pushed me—but no one was there. Whoever it was had already vanished.
This time, fully prepared, I stood up and went into my room. To my shock, everything was perfectly normal—everything in its place.
But…
But my blanket? What happened to it?
It was missing.
“Now what do I do?” I muttered to myself.
I thought about it for a while, then drifted off to sleep. But not even a minute had passed when a pencil fell to the ground, and I woke up—startled. And believe me, I was amazed by what I saw.
Do you know what I saw?
Was it a ghost?
A bird?
An insect?
No…
I saw my pen and pencil fighting and saying something to each other!
I looked around the room and saw that all my books were flying here and there. I was completely bewildered by these strange happenings.
But then again, I told myself it was no use thinking about all this and went back to sleep.
And now, after everything that happened, do you know what occurred next?
I heard a loud noise.
I woke up suddenly.
Then I realised…
Then I realised I was dreaming.
But the noise—that was real. It had woken me up.
For a moment, I was completely confused.
I looked around in amazement and saw my parents sleeping peacefully beside me.
I opened my box—and then saw something truly strange.
Can you guess what it was?
The very same ones I had seen in the dream were missing from my box.
I searched the entire room…
But I couldn’t find them.
Where are the pen and pencil?
