I am not an American.......so Halloween is not part of my nostalgia or current part of festivities...
But having lived in this country for more than half a decade now...I am as much familiar with it as others......
Kids too visit our place for trick or treats...And I love roaming around the neighborhood to see their Halloween decorations...
When I was in a research laboratory, we used to have potluck lunch....and afterwards exchanged some scary stories....that is how it goes, I have heard...
Talking of petrifying story, this Chinese story comes to mind...I had read the translated version when I was much younger.........it still gives me shivers...
It goes like this.....
"A middle-aged man lived in a large loving family...He used to herd his flock of cattle to the pasture...
His wife would pack breads and some vegetable for him for the mid-day meal..........
At the evening he would sit before the bonfire surrounded by his family consisting of his wife, sons, their women and grandchildren...
One day, as he was leading his cattle, he saw a crow flying overhead, with a large piece of meat in its beaks..
In a whim, he threw a stick at the bird...the meat dropped to the ground...
The man thought, if he had no intention to get the meat, why did he deprive the poor bird of the meat. So, he picked it..it looked succulent...he decided to cook it..
He wrapped it up in a leaf with some salt..made a fire and put it there..
He ate that with his lunch...the taste was unique...he had never tasted any meat like that..
The next day he went to the pasture with his animal flock as usual....and ate his lunch..it tasted insipid..
He craved for that meat he had tasted the other day..
With a hope to find that meat, he went into the nearby forest and hunted a rabbit...then he cooked the liver, it tasted bitter..
Net day, he killed and tasted another animal...he did not find the 'unique' taste..
In this way, he tasted almost all animals in the woods...but, the elusive taste was missing..
Bach home, he was not as gregarious as he used to be..something was gnawing him inside..
He was thinking to himself, which animal is that, he has not tasted?
An wicked thought cam to him mind..human?
He was so possessed by the desire to taste that meat again, he had lost his mind..and he was looking for an opportunity to execute his evil intention..
One day, his grandchildren were playing outside...
He asked one kid to get him a glass of water..as the child went into the dark room, he followed and wrung the child's neck....gross things followed.......he tasted the meat..it was just like the piece he had obtained from the bird...
People searched for the dead child...but soon everybody forgot...
The old evil man committed the crime for the second time...then again and again...
People were clueless...
The old man's youngest son was intelligent...he suspected thathis father is the perpetrator of the crimes..he decide to spy on him..
One day, a the old man was following him granddaughter into the dark kitchen, and was about to grab her, his son appeared and caught the old man red-handed..
He was jailed in a tiny room......
The villagers decided the punishment for his grave crimes...as per unified decision, the old man was stoned to death."
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Now is not that a bone-chilling story?
The next day he went to the pasture with his animal flock as usual....and ate his lunch..it tasted insipid..
He craved for that meat he had tasted the other day..
With a hope to find that meat, he went into the nearby forest and hunted a rabbit...then he cooked the liver, it tasted bitter..
Net day, he killed and tasted another animal...he did not find the 'unique' taste..
In this way, he tasted almost all animals in the woods...but, the elusive taste was missing..
Bach home, he was not as gregarious as he used to be..something was gnawing him inside..
He was thinking to himself, which animal is that, he has not tasted?
An wicked thought cam to him mind..human?
He was so possessed by the desire to taste that meat again, he had lost his mind..and he was looking for an opportunity to execute his evil intention..
One day, his grandchildren were playing outside...
He asked one kid to get him a glass of water..as the child went into the dark room, he followed and wrung the child's neck....gross things followed.......he tasted the meat..it was just like the piece he had obtained from the bird...
People searched for the dead child...but soon everybody forgot...
The old evil man committed the crime for the second time...then again and again...
People were clueless...
The old man's youngest son was intelligent...he suspected thathis father is the perpetrator of the crimes..he decide to spy on him..
One day, a the old man was following him granddaughter into the dark kitchen, and was about to grab her, his son appeared and caught the old man red-handed..
He was jailed in a tiny room......
The villagers decided the punishment for his grave crimes...as per unified decision, the old man was stoned to death."
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Now is not that a bone-chilling story?
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