THE MUSICAL HOUSE

During the tea time my mother told me a very interesting story. The Incident took place when my grandmother was like 12 years of her age. Her father had a transfer to different city. Therefore came in search of a house for rent for our family and found a house. The house belonged to a retired army officer who died few years back. The landlady lived with her two trusted servants and they were very friendly with her parents. She allowed her family to stay at her house at the reasonable price. The house looked slightly different. Even though it was situated in the populated area but still there was something different about it. Every day when her parents came home, they used to see light from the window and through the floating curtain in the air they used to see that someone is sitting in rocking chair along with the old music playing. And sometimes they would hear piano playing at the middle of the night. Every time when they try to talk about her husband’s dead she used to answer in a hesitation. Without any satisfaction her parents would return back to home. Every time her parents asked about the room the landlady would reply that the room was always locked ever since her husband left for war.

As a little child, my grandmother was very playful. She was like curious cat . She had a craziness towards the big lawn of the house. The house was situated in the very friendly neighborhood. The entire neighbor would talk to the landlady as their own family members. During daytime the house looked very friendly and homely. Every day a guest with family would pay a visit to that house but when the moonlight touches it turns into a creepy. There was confusion regarding the identity of the house. But one thing was clear that either the house had a ghostly touched or it’s just a hallucination. Every time my curious grandmother would wander near the room her parents as the landlady along with her servants would warn her.

 One day, my grandmother was alone. In evening, due to her unstoppable curiosity, she went to that room and tried to peep through the window for glance.

She saw a man playing piano. The door slightly opens with a creaking sound. The beautiful tune attracted her into the room. She went inside the room and saw no body but she could feel somebody’s presence. There were many beautiful things in that room which can be termed as the room of antics. A very beautiful doll was there and to her utter surprise the piano was at its best condition, with soft keys, beautiful tune and also it completely furnished with a beautiful touch that took her attention.

She sat down at the piano and began to play a tune which she loved so much. She was enjoying the moment so much that she forgot she was in the haunted room. Suddenly when she opened her eyes she saw the reflection of a soul at the polished furnish of the piano. She was frightened to her death. For a few minutes she was confused and all her senses as well as the body movement got stuck, her spine got frozen somehow she managed to get up from the piano and began to ran from the room . But before she could return to her room, the most frighten moment arrived. The lights went off. All the things turned blacked in front of her. The darkness spread all over the room. Only the moonlight reflected the things. She somehow with the help of nature’s light came out from the room. But the corridor was completely blacked out. She spread her hands pointing her fingers in a hope to touch the things.

She could hear nothing except her own breathing as well as another person. Every time her foot touched the floor she would hear it. There was complete silence. The sound of her heartbeat was never heard before so clear. She never felt such a strong heartbeat . She was about to faint. But still with the amount of courage left she was moving forward by knocking herself everywhere. She got hurt as well as was afraid which was making her exhausted. By God’s name she was moving forward and the corridor way that looked short under the light was becoming very long during the darkness.

She could feel the presence of a person. All of a sudden she felt the touch of the other person and she was feeling weak from inside. A cold wind was blowing inside her. She screamed at the top of her voice and she fainted.

Next morning she woke up with high fever by the side of her worried mother at the bed. Her mother said that they all are shifting to new house as my great grandfather got transferred to a different city. The landlady saw the things going out from her house. My great grandmother asked about the room for the last time. The landlady by looking towards the room finally said that it used to be her husband’s favorite room who died in the war. He used to play piano in the memory of their daughter who lived for only 13 years. Their daughter was very fond of piano. Every evening both the father and the daughter used to play duet songs on piano. He loved his daughter more than his life and his life used revolved around her. He tried his level best to protect and bring his daughter back to life from the death bed . Their daughter died due to some deadly disease. In the pain of losing his daughter he joined the army. By saying that the landlady broke down to tears. She added that every evening her husband’s soul would come to that room and play the melody that their daughter was fond of..

After that my grandmother’s parent said goodbye to the landlady and drove away from the house. When my grandmother looked by she could see that the landlord was standing behind the landlady and was waving at us with a smiling face.

Till today my grandmother gets shiver from the incident .

During the tea time my mother told me a very interesting story. The Incident took place when my grandmother was like 12 years of her age. Her father had a transfer to different city. Therefore came in search of a house for rent for our family and found a house. The house belonged to a retired army officer who died few years back. The landlady lived with her two trusted servants and they were very friendly with her parents. She allowed her family to stay at her house at the reasonable price. The house looked slightly different. Even though it was situated in the populated area but still there was something different about it. Every day when her parents came home, they used to see light from the window and through the floating curtain in the air they used to see that someone is sitting in rocking chair along with the old music playing. And sometimes they would hear piano playing at the middle of the night. Every time when they try to talk about her husband’s dead she used to answer in a hesitation. Without any satisfaction her parents would return back to home. Every time her parents asked about the room the landlady would reply that the room was always locked ever since her husband left for war.

As a little child, my grandmother was very playful. She was like curious cat . She had a craziness towards the big lawn of the house. The house was situated in the very friendly neighborhood. The entire neighbor would talk to the landlady as their own family members. During daytime the house looked very friendly and homely. Every day a guest with family would pay a visit to that house but when the moonlight touches it turns into a creepy. There was confusion regarding the identity of the house. But one thing was clear that either the house had a ghostly touched or it’s just a hallucination. Every time my curious grandmother would wander near the room her parents as the landlady along with her servants would warn her.

One day, my grandmother was alone. In evening, due to her unstoppable curiosity, she went to that room and tried to peep through the window for glance.
She saw a man playing piano. The door slightly opens with a creaking sound. The beautiful tune attracted her into the room. She went inside the room and saw no body but she could feel somebody’s presence. There were many beautiful things in that room which can be termed as the room of antics. A very beautiful doll was there and to her utter surprise the piano was at its best condition, with soft keys, beautiful tune and also it completely furnished with a beautiful touch that took her attention.

She sat down at the piano and began to play a tune which she loved so much. She was enjoying the moment so much that she forgot she was in the haunted room. Suddenly when she opened her eyes she saw the reflection of a soul at the polished furnish of the piano. She was frightened to her death. For a few minutes she was confused and all her senses as well as the body movement got stuck, her spine got frozen somehow she managed to get up from the piano and began to ran from the room . But before she could return to her room, the most frighten moment arrived. The lights went off. All the things turned blacked in front of her. The darkness spread all over the room. Only the moonlight reflected the things. She somehow with the help of nature’s light came out from the room. But the corridor was completely blacked out. She spread her hands pointing her fingers in a hope to touch the things.

She could hear nothing except her own breathing as well as another person. Every time her foot touched the floor she would hear it. There was complete silence. The sound of her heartbeat was never heard before so clear. She never felt such a strong heartbeat . She was about to faint. But still with the amount of courage left she was moving forward by knocking herself everywhere. She got hurt as well as was afraid which was making her exhausted. By God’s name she was moving forward and the corridor way that looked short under the light was becoming very long during the darkness.

She could feel the presence of a person. All of a sudden she felt the touch of the other person and she was feeling weak from inside. A cold wind was blowing inside her. She screamed at the top of her voice and she fainted.

Next morning she woke up with high fever by the side of her worried mother at the bed. Her mother said that they all are shifting to new house as my great grandfather got transferred to a different city. The landlady saw the things going out from her house. My great grandmother asked about the room for the last time. The landlady by looking towards the room finally said that it used to be her husband’s favorite room who died in the war. He used to play piano in the memory of their daughter who lived for only 13 years. Their daughter was very fond of piano. Every evening both the father and the daughter used to play duet songs on piano. He loved his daughter more than his life and his life used revolved around her. He tried his level best to protect and bring his daughter back to life from the death bed . Their daughter died due to some deadly disease. In the pain of losing his daughter he joined the army. By saying that the landlady broke down to tears. She added that every evening her husband’s soul would come to that room and play the melody that their daughter was fond of..

After that my grandmother’s parent said goodbye to the landlady and drove away from the house. When my grandmother looked by she could see that the landlord was standing behind the landlady and was waving at us with a smiling face.

Till today my grandmother gets shiver from the incident .

-Mahalakshmi Vaishnabi,
BA.LLB Final Exam , Lloyd Law College, Delhi,NCR;Final year BA(Psychology);Senior Grade student of one of the World Best Music School/College 1)Trinity Music College, London
2)Royal Music School, London; She can teach Piano online. Interested may contact her in Email:rkkherbs@gmail.com