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The man kept on giving work to the ghost. He could not eat at
all. When night came the ghost would not let him sleep. “Give me
some work or I shall eat you up,” he said.
The man got very worried. How could he eat? How could he
sleep? If he did not find more and more work, the ghost would eat
him up.
Then the man had an idea. He told the ghost, “Make me a tall
pillar, as high as the sky. And be quick.”
In just a few minutes the ghost was back. “The pillar is ready,”
he said. “Now, give me some work or I
shall eat you up.”
“Now, listen carefully” the man
said, “Climb up the pillar till you
reach at the top. Then climb down
till you reach the earth. Then climb
up to the top and come down
again. Keep on doing so till I tell
you to stop. And mind you don’t
waste any time.”
The ghost was very happy,
for he now had plenty to do. He
went up the pillar, came down,
went up, came down. He went
on doing so.
pillar : pole
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