Television trauma

Even though I was afraid I could not avoid the temptation of watching the programme.After that I went to bed. In the middle of the night I started having a nightmare.

I dreamt that I was being chased by that man.8217; His eyes were glowing in the dark, his axe was glittering and he had such a terrible laughter. He was running after me. I ran and ran but was soon exhausted. I stopped because all my energy was drained out. The man reached me and seeing me helpless he raised his axe to kill me.

8220;Motherrr.. help meee8230;8230;8221; I cried out, piercing the silence of the night.

Hearing my shouts, my parents woke up, switched on the light and came up to me. When I told them everything they started laughing. My father told me that those 8216;eyes8217; were nothing else but the dual lamp-set placed before the idol of Lord Ganesh and that 8216;axe8217; was actually the axe in the Lord8217;s hand and was shining because of the radium coating on it.

8220;But what about the laughter,quot; I asked. My father had a ready answer, 8220;Have you forgotten that people play cards in the next corner! They are the ones who laugh so loudly.8221; Hearing all this, what else could I do other than laugh and that too at myself?