"An empty cradle is not rocked at night"

"An empty cradle is not rocked at night"

That night a cradle rocked by itself until morning,but the baby was with his mother.

1970s,in village in forest.Gulsum's baby was 40 days old.Also in the home there was her husband's sister named Fatima.She was 6 years old.And Gulsum's mother-in-law.Grandma Hanife has one banin the home:"An empty cradle isn't rocked at night.If you rock an empty cradle in night,someone uninvited will come into it and sleep."

Fatima didn't know this ban.One night,when baby Ali was in the his mother's embrace for drinking milk,Fatima started to rock an empty cradle and sang lullaby.Grandma Hanife ran and stopped cradle,but cradle rocked once under her hands.

That night,Gulsum woke up with lullaby's voice.Voice came from cradle.It was Raucous and old woman's voice.Cradle rocked slowly.But Ali slept near the Gulsum,under the blanket.Gulsum turned on the lamp.Cradle stopped.Something moved under the cloth.Baby-sized,but not like a baby.Gulsum couldn't dare for pick up cloth.

In the morning,nobody was in the cradle.Only on the pillow,there were long,grey strands of hair.Hanife put scissors under the cradle and bread at one's bedside.She said:"A guest who arrives doesn't leave without receiving their share.

In the night,Gulsum took baby for breastfeeding.Baby in her embrace smiled to her.There were teeth in his mouth.40 days old baby's mouth,there were yellow,old teeth.And from behind,from cradle came real Ali's voice.Gulsum screamed.Hanife took bread and threw it in front of the one being held."Give your share and go!This home's baby wasn't with you."Devil jumped and gave bread and went.It stopped and look to Fatima:"You rocked me.You called me."Then it went outdoor.

Tomorrow cradle was burned in the courtyard.

Ali grew and became healthy and young man.

After many years,Fatima married and had a daughter.

From the very first day, the cradle was rocking on its own, and the sound of a lullaby could be heard.

Do you rock an empty cradle?