The Barber and the ghost

The Barber and the ghost (Completing Story)

Rabi was a barber. He was very lazy. He lived from hand to mouth. One morning Rabi's wife pushed him out of bed. She took a thick stick and beat him with it. Rabi took his bag. He ran out of the house.

In the evening, Rabi did not go home. He walked into the jungle. He sat down under a big tree. In the tree, there was a ghost. It was a dead thief's ghost. The ghost told Rabi to give him all his money. Rabi said that he had no money, but in his bag, he had some ghosts. He had caught them the previous night in the jungle.

The ghost told Rabi to show him ghosts. Rabi took his mirror out of his bag. He held it up. The ghost looked at the mirror and saw a face in it. The ghost looked the face for that of another ghost. Then Rabi said that he would catch him too, and put him in his bag with the others.

The ghost was frightened. He requested Rabi not to put him in the bag. He promised that he would give Rabi some money and he would be rich. Rabi complied with his request and ordered the ghost to bring money at once.

The ghost went away. It came back with a big bag of money. It gave the bag to the barber. The barber went straight home. His wife was in bed. He told her to open the door. He then said that he had a bag of money and that they were rich.

Rabi's wife got awakened and she opened the door. There was no more quarrel between them. They lived happily.