In a village

In a village

They toiled throughout the day

And slept in pensive mood in the night

Suddenly a sound stroked  them

It was like beating drums

 But it was too slow to be heard

They were afraid of it

They thought some evil spirit

Was there in the distant haunted hut

Suddenly it stopped

 And silence spread up there

They could not sleep then

Second day I was with them

They warned me not to go alone

And not to do any adventure

I did hear  the  sound in the mid night

 Took a  stick in one hand and torch in other

  Moved spellbound towards the sound

Walking half a mile I was stunned to see

 Two branches of a  tree   

Mingling and moving apart

 With that typical sound heard by villagers

As if a vampire was playing upon a harp

That was the sound of  tree"s branches

in the windy night

Astonished I  returned 

and  fact was before them 

The fear had  gone for ever .

Asha