The Ghost’s Mischief

One day, I went to visit my friend, a nun at a convent. Upon my arrival, I found all the nuns together, enjoying a hearty laugh. However, one nun appeared solemn, reclining on a sofa.

When my friend came out, she invited me inside and asked me to sit down. Curious, I inquired why all the sisters had been laughing so loudly. With a chuckle, she narrated the tale: some boarders were quite superstitious and claimed that a ghost was dancing on a specific grave in the cemetery. They insisted they could see it through the window.

To prove there was no ghost, this sister had decided to visit the cemetery with three nails and a hammer. She intended to drive the three nails into that particular grave while the boarders watched from the window.

On that early night, she successfully drove in the first nail, glanced at the boarders, and smiled. She nailed in the second nail, smiled again, and then proceeded to drive the third nail in. Triumphantly, she was about to leave when suddenly something held her back. She screamed and fainted.

When the nuns and boarders rushed to the cemetery to lift her up, they discovered that she had accidentally nailed her white gown to the white tomb!

—Alstra Mendas.