A friendly, NOT-scary story about a little ghost who just wanted someone to play with.

The Story

High up in an old attic lived a small white ghost called Boo. Boo was very lonely. Every time he tried to make a new friend, they would run away yelling.

One evening, a little boy called Parikshet came up to the attic looking for an old box of crayons. He saw Boo floating in the corner and stopped.

But instead of screaming, Parikshet just tilted his head and said, "Hello, you look a bit sad. Are you okay?" Boo was so surprised, he almost fell out of the air.

"You — you are not scared?" Boo whispered. "Not really," said Parikshet. "You look more like a floating cloud than a scary thing. Want to draw with me?"

So Parikshet sat on the floor and showed Boo how to draw a ghost: a wavy bottom, two round eyes, a small round mouth. Boo loved seeing himself on the page.

From then on, every evening, Parikshet visited the attic. Boo was no longer lonely, and Parikshet had a friend nobody else could see. The best secret of all.

🌟 The Moral

Not everything that looks different is scary — sometimes the strangest friends turn out to be the kindest ones.

What This Story Is About

  • Kindness to those who feel different
  • Not judging by appearances
  • Friendship in surprising places

💭 Talk About It

  1. How do you make a new friend feel welcome?
  2. What would you do if you met a friendly ghost?
  3. Why is it good to look beyond first impressions?

About This Story

In this drawing tutorial video, Parikshet takes you through a step-by-step guide to drawing a recognisable and fun character. Learning to draw teaches hand-eye coordination, patience, attention to detail, and the fundamental skill of breaking a complex image down into simple shapes — a technique used by professional illustrators worldwide.

What to Look For

  • Notice how Parikshet starts with simple basic shapes (circles, ovals, rectangles) before adding detail — this is the correct approach used by every professional artist and illustrator.
  • Watch the proportions of each element relative to the others — getting proportions right is often more important than perfect line quality.
  • See how he adds personality through small details — the expression, the posture, and the finishing touches are what make a drawing feel alive rather than flat.
  • Observe how he handles mistakes — professional artists understand that marks can be adjusted, lightened, or incorporated rather than treated as failures.

Words to Know

  • Proportion: The size relationship between different parts of a drawing — a character's head should be roughly a certain size relative to the body.
  • Guidelines: Light pencil marks drawn first to help position elements correctly, then erased after the final lines are added.
  • Contour line: A line that follows the outer edge of a shape, defining its form and volume.
  • Shading: Adding darker tones to create the impression of depth, shadow, and three-dimensional form in a two-dimensional drawing.
  • Iteration: Drawing something multiple times, each time getting slightly better — repetition is the only way to improve at drawing.

Talk About It!

  1. What character would you most like to learn to draw — and what simple shapes do you think make up its basic form?
  2. Why do you think learning to draw by starting with simple shapes makes it easier than trying to draw the whole thing perfectly from the start?
  3. How does following a step-by-step tutorial teach you differently from trying to copy a finished drawing directly?

What Did You Learn?

Drawing is a skill, not a talent — it can be learned by absolutely anyone who is willing to practise regularly. The secret is always to start simple, stay patient, and draw the same thing many times until your hand and eye begin to work together automatically!