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Good evening, my gassons! Are you all tucked in for a nice nighty night tale? Tonight I chose one that I think is going to tickle your goosebumps!
This first story deals with a little girl who could listen intently enough to hear and see the talk of spirits that have moved on from our plane of existence. You see, my chislers, our bodies are 90% energy. Your thoughts are energy. Your breathing is energy. Science has stated that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Thus when our bodies cease working, our energy goes on. Some people can hear the energy of those that have left this physical plane.
The producers thought it would be best to put me in italics so that you could separate me from the story. So, let's dive in shall we!
Once upon a time, long long ago, there was a little girl named Galia. She was a special child, her aura purple as plums. She lived in a nice house that was secluded from other neighbors. Therefore, she didn't have many children her age to be friends with that lived near her. The friends she did have were special! Her friends happened to be the spirits from a graveyard on their land. She would play with this or that cousin who had left this plane many years ago. One cousin's name was Rudolf and he was a mischievous spirit. He loved to give people the willies!
A Mansion similar to Galia's Family
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One evening, her parents had a business venture they had to tend to in town. They asked her to look after the house! It was a very important task indeed! Galia wanted so much to prove she could handle it. But later, alone, she heard a frightening sound. It was the sound of a window being smashed!
Slowly she walked down the stairs peering this way and that, but OH, a hand grabbed her on her shoulder. She whirled around to see a big man who looked like he had dark thoughts on his soul. “Show me the silver, child!” His gloved hand reached out again and shook her shoulders hard. She was caught off balance, but caught in the vise that was his grasp! “Now!”
Galia knew at once this man meant to rob them. The town had been poor for many years. They lived in a house so large that many people believed Galia’s family were rich, but alas her parents struggled like most. Appearances can be deceiving. Galia worried about how she was going to save her parents from being robbed of what meager possessions they had.
“Please, sir, we don’t have much here. We are simple folks.”
“In a house this size? Not likely! Give it up or I’ll hit you.”
The big man swung his hand up to strike. Galia cringed back but was unable to escape his strong hand that held her shoulder. She thought quickly about her friends down at their resting place. If only she could get to them they would help her! “Please, sir, it’s true. Our family once had money but we don’t anymore. It is buried outside. A whole treasure.”
“Treasure?”
Treasure Chest
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“Of course, sir, my great-grandfather wanted it all buried with him. I have to warn you, though, the reason no one dug it up is it was a treasure stolen from a leprechaun. It is cursed. That is why my daddy never dug it up.”
The big man laughed a rumbly laugh. “There is no such thing. Take me there!”
Galia led the big man outside the house, fussing slightly at the broken window pane on the door before the big man shoo’d her ahead. She walked down the cobblestone walkway that led to the field. She glided through the meadow with the big lumbering man walking close at hand. Soon they came to the small graveyard. She pointed to an old headstone. “There he is... Rumor is the coffin was filled with gold coins.”
Gold coins
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“Gold!” The man swooped down on the grave, digging frantically, his eyes twinkling with the prize. A hazy, weightless, incandescent specter floated down to Galia. His form was that of smoke and as much you could see right through him! It was Rudolf coming down to see what was going on.
“Who is this?” he asked bemused.
“He’s trying to steal from us!” whispered Galia.
“Oh really?” A smile crept across Rudolf face. He floated down to right in front the big man who was digging furiously. “He seems rather simple.” The big man took no notice since he did not have the open mind to hear sounds from beyond. “Let's have some fun!”
Rudolf sank down to the coffin that the man was just reaching. The big man ripped the lid open. As he did so Rudolf lifted the bones of their grandfather shaking them and making OOOOO sounds. The big man shrieked like an elephant who had just seen a mouse and raced away from the land never to bother Galia’s family again. Rudolf and Galia rolled on the ground laughing until their sides hurt. “He won’t be back again. You were smart to bring him down here.”
Galia’s grandfather's spirit condensed into formation looking cross at the two young souls. “What are you two doing! Why are you disturbing my sleep!”
Galia wiped a tear from her eye. “Sorry, Grandpa. We had a problem and Rudolf helped me fix it.” She turned to Rudolf and winked at him. "Yes, wickedness will always yield to wisdom.”
That is a fun story we like to tell around All Hallows Eve, which, to you little ones, I believe you call it....Halloween? People feel sorry for those that left the realm of the physical. They can no longer see them or talk with them. Trust me, my dears, they are all around us! Don't be sad or scared of spirits. Their energy goes on!
Now let's see, as per Laura's request I did find a story that is very similar. A link is below. It is called The Glow-Worm and the Daw. In it a Jackdaw wants to eat our poor little Glow-Worm friend. The Glow-Worm, though, is very smart! He knows that the Jackdaw is greedy and will be persuaded to let him live if he gets the Jackdaw more food. So he brought the Jackdaw to a campfire and told the Jackdaw that the sparks from the fire were Glow-Worms. And, my chislers, there were MANY sparks. The Jackdaw was delighted! He leaped at the new feast, swallowed a spark and yelped in pain from th burning ember in his throat!
As you can see, Galia And The Thief is quite similar. The big man is much like the Jackdaw: he wants Galia's family's money. Galia doesn't want the thief to get what little her family has left so convinces the thief to go after a bigger prize, much like the Glow-Worm did to the Jackdaw. Instead of the Glow-Worms the big man was looking for gold coins. Galia took the big man to the cemetery rather than a fire. And instead of the burn from eating fire, he got burned by being scared! Probably made the big man have an accident in his pants, don't you think, my friends?
by Ramaswami Raju: The Glowworm and the Daw written 1887
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