Post by butterscotch on Feb 24, 2006 11:02:32 GMT -5
I first read this at Gamefaqs, and after searching the internet, found it at another forum. Its very creepy!
This took place in Japan in the old days when the houses still used paper sheets for walls and doors. A young business man was traveling through town after a long day of hard work. He thought he could make it back home before dark but the sun went down before he knew it. He didn't want to waste time going back to the town for shelter and thought perhaps he could find a house down the road. Lucky for him, he saw a glimmer of light a little ways off the road and decided to try asking for shelter there. He came upon a little hut and knocked on the door. An old man came out and asked if he could be of any help. "Would you be so kind to let me stay in your home tonight? I will pay you for a room."
"Nonsense! I'll be happy to let you stay. I don't get many visitors out here anyways. Come on in!", the old man said. He gave the young man food and told him he could have the spare room down the hall. While walking to his appointed room, the young man noticed another room right next to his. Saying thanks to the kind old man, the young man went into his room. After he blew out the candle to go to sleep, the young man heard a soft melodic sound from the next room. It sounded like someone singing. Letting curiosity get the best of him, he crawled to the wall, wet his finger, and poked a little hole in the wall (remember the wall was made of rice paper). He peeked into the hole and saw the most beautiful woman dancing and singing, her long black hair covering one side of her face. He looked away from the wall and thought to himself, why didn't the old man introduce them? He decided to look back into the hole but all he saw was a bright red glow and nothing else. Maybe he was dreaming, he thought, as he decided to go back to bed.
The next morning, the young man was waken up to eat breakfast. While they were both seated, the young man asked his host who was the beautiful woman in the room next to his last night. The old man was shocked. "No one lives there. That was my daughter's room until she passed away. She was born with a disfigurement and could never find a suitor to marry her, so she ended her life in that room."
"What was the disfigurement?"
"She was born with one red eye."
This took place in Japan in the old days when the houses still used paper sheets for walls and doors. A young business man was traveling through town after a long day of hard work. He thought he could make it back home before dark but the sun went down before he knew it. He didn't want to waste time going back to the town for shelter and thought perhaps he could find a house down the road. Lucky for him, he saw a glimmer of light a little ways off the road and decided to try asking for shelter there. He came upon a little hut and knocked on the door. An old man came out and asked if he could be of any help. "Would you be so kind to let me stay in your home tonight? I will pay you for a room."
"Nonsense! I'll be happy to let you stay. I don't get many visitors out here anyways. Come on in!", the old man said. He gave the young man food and told him he could have the spare room down the hall. While walking to his appointed room, the young man noticed another room right next to his. Saying thanks to the kind old man, the young man went into his room. After he blew out the candle to go to sleep, the young man heard a soft melodic sound from the next room. It sounded like someone singing. Letting curiosity get the best of him, he crawled to the wall, wet his finger, and poked a little hole in the wall (remember the wall was made of rice paper). He peeked into the hole and saw the most beautiful woman dancing and singing, her long black hair covering one side of her face. He looked away from the wall and thought to himself, why didn't the old man introduce them? He decided to look back into the hole but all he saw was a bright red glow and nothing else. Maybe he was dreaming, he thought, as he decided to go back to bed.
The next morning, the young man was waken up to eat breakfast. While they were both seated, the young man asked his host who was the beautiful woman in the room next to his last night. The old man was shocked. "No one lives there. That was my daughter's room until she passed away. She was born with a disfigurement and could never find a suitor to marry her, so she ended her life in that room."
"What was the disfigurement?"
"She was born with one red eye."
