By Siddharth T, 4G

Long ago, during the Bronze Age, there were two brothers named Ghoulashah and Mirshah. Their parents died when Ghoulashah was 11 and Mirshah was 10. Since then, Ghoulashah took care of Mirshah.

Ghoulashah wore a white robe and wore blue bands around his wrist; he also wore a necklace that his grandfather gave him.  It had a beautiful blue gem on it. It was a common belief that if his village was in trouble and needed to be saved, the necklace needs to be offered to the statue of good and the village would soon be saved.

Mirshah wore a green robe with white bands around his wrist. The brothers were the first ones living in Harappa. Now, they had moved to another village called Mohenjo-Daro. Both of them were getting used to the new place. Mirshah and Ghoulashah had made many friends.

Mohenjo-Daro was a bright and sunny place during the mornings, and it was a pleasant place during the evenings. Mohenjo-Daro was the perfect place, unlike Harappa.

As they grew older, Mirshah started hating Ghoulashah and he wanted the necklace very badly. He plotted a plan to steal it from his brother. Mirshah showed the gem of the necklace to his friends and they decided to help him in this heist. Every morning, they would sit together planning and talking about the necklace. 

After days of planning, the night came when they would steal the necklace. According to the plan, two friends were standing outside, making sure that no one was coming their way. The other two and Mirshah went inside. Mirshah went in tip toeing and stole the necklace from the closet. After stealing, they immediately ran away from the place.  They changed their clothes to black so that they won’t be seen.

Ghoulashah had a habit of checking whether the necklace was there or not. His brother, Mirshah, did not know this. As soon as he opened the closet door, he found out that the necklace was not there!

Ghoulashah ran outside and started searching around for the robbers. He found an old man and asked him,

“Have you seen anyone with a necklace?”

The man could not speak, but he pointed at the direction the robber ran. Ghoulashah ran in that direction. On the way, he found clothes and realized that the robber would be somewhere nearby.

He searched around frantically and heard someone giggling in the granary nearby. He peeked inside slowly and was shocked to see his brother among the thieves.

He took his brother to their home and asked him about the necklace.

“Why did you steal the necklace, Mirshah?!” Ghoulashah asked.

“I was jealous of you because you could keep the necklace! I’m really sorry brother!” repented Mirshah. “I swear that I will not repeat this again, trust me!”

Ghoulashah took the necklace and kept it in a safe place, until the time came to use it wisely.