Mahendra calls ghosts or spirits a figment of the imagination. What happens to him on a full-moon night? (CBSE SA-I, 2011)

Once, Ishwaran told Mahendra about a horrible ghost of a woman which appeared on and off at midnight during the full moon. He explained her as an ugly creature which held a foetus in her arms. Mahendra called this a figment of Ishwaran’s imagination. However, one night he woke up to a low moan close to his window. He broke into a cold sweat when he saw a dark cloudy form clutching a bundle.


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