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“Phew! That was a close call.” Philip said. He sounded relieved this time. “Yeah.” I replied back.

We went to our rooms to have a deep peaceful sleep. The encounter with the spirit seemed to last for decades.

The next day, I woke up early. I headed to the kitchen to have a drink of water. As I was walking through the passage, I stumbled into something. THAPAK! I landed on my chin. My chin and the plywood made a rude contact. I got up. Turned around. A small remote controller was lying on the floor. It was shaped like a gamepad controller. I picked it up and inspected it. It’s back was completely out of shape. However, I managed to read the letters-

“MISSION-P. EASY MONEY.” What did that mean? I suddenly remembered the beveled letter ‘P’ on the mare. I should have known that this was a prank by Philip. The strange behaviour of Philip from the day I got the mare bank. I sneaked into Philip’s room. He was snoring peacefully. I inspected his room. Viola! I found  book which he had used for making the mare. It said that one can control the ‘robotic’ mare with a remote controller.

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