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A cryptic story.
One day I was assigned to clean up the art room at school **
I wanted to go home as soon as possible, so I was doing it very fast when I noticed a painting hanging on the wall.
It was a portrait of a very beautiful woman but it was a little creepy and had a distinctive look around her eyes.
It felt like her large eyes were looking at me.
I got a bit scared and quickly finished cleaning up and went home.
Next day the school was in commotion.
The painting in the art room got stolen.
Because I was the last person to have seen it, the art teacher pounded me with questions.
"So you're saying it was still there when you were cleaning up."
"That's right. Was the painting expensive?"
"The painting's entitled 'Sleeping Beauty' and it was given to me by my artist friend who painted his own daughter while she slept. It's not worth much. Both the painter and the daughter already passed away too."
"I see...."
The painting in the end was never found.
Strangely they didn't find any traces of someone breaking in.
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** Japanese school kids are often ordered to clean their own classrooms during lunch break and/or after school.
A cryptic story.
One day I was assigned to clean up the art room at school **
I wanted to go home as soon as possible, so I was doing it very fast when I noticed a painting hanging on the wall.
It was a portrait of a very beautiful woman but it was a little creepy and had a distinctive look around her eyes.
It felt like her large eyes were looking at me.
I got a bit scared and quickly finished cleaning up and went home.
Next day the school was in commotion.
The painting in the art room got stolen.
Because I was the last person to have seen it, the art teacher pounded me with questions.
"So you're saying it was still there when you were cleaning up."
"That's right. Was the painting expensive?"
"The painting's entitled 'Sleeping Beauty' and it was given to me by my artist friend who painted his own daughter while she slept. It's not worth much. Both the painter and the daughter already passed away too."
"I see...."
The painting in the end was never found.
Strangely they didn't find any traces of someone breaking in.
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** Japanese school kids are often ordered to clean their own classrooms during lunch break and/or after school.
Comments
Interesting, heh.
thanks for your hardworks saya
But then again, that gives us something else to consider....Maybe her eyes were open because she was actually dead when the picture was painted.... <__<
It all gets more creepy, at least for me, the fact that not only it stared at him, but it had vanished the next day. If you think about it she was entitled Sleeping Beauty.. and the sleeping beauty wakes up only for the prince, right? Guess who just won himself an otherwordly stalker.
The painting was supposed to be of a SLEEPING girl, right? So why was she staring at him? I also thought she might've come out of the painting and then taken the thing with her.. It's a possibility, right? XD
~Kiera
And 'sleeping beauty' can also means a beautiful woman who has already been dead, right?
Besides, the staring eyes are creepy...
By the way, Saya, I'm very happy to find your blog. It's wonderful blog, lots of interesting stuffs! I'm also a big fan of the creepy.
I was so worried because you were missing for days since halloween, i thought you did some scary games and something happened lol. But maybe you are just so busy, right? Anyway, i have to admit that this is truly one of your cryptics that really give me goosebumps! Usually cryptics always make me laugh but this time i rather feel scared. Good job anyway. Hope you'll always be healthy and rock!! ;)
I think the readers have pretty sound explanations. Creepy!!
Glad to see you're posting again, Saya-san. I hope you're well now. Thank you for this story.
that scare me ;c
Thanks saya u awesome like always
This story reminded me about an article I read when I was a kid. It was about a woman who bought a strange abstract painting depicting something like a female figure. Since that time the woman started to have weird dreams about this figure coming out of the painting and choking her. Once the woman awoke and saw this figure standing nearby, its hands on the woman's throat. After that the figure returned back inside the painting. This story seems to be rather primitive, but still it impressed me at that time, and that's why i always feel a bit uneasy when reading creepy stories about paintings.
Anyway, thank you for the translation! Hope you will recover soon!
This is my photo:
http://classically-fragile.deviantart.com/art/sleeping-beauty-syndrome-II-305465661
hehe I think it fits the story sort of XD
but as Kikasa said, yeah it's creepier if she was sleeping with her eyes open! probably it was some sort of syndrome or something.
btw @Kelly that was such a beautiful portraits! and seems ur gallery full with sleeping-related themes LOL
¿Yhe paiting was when she was assleep?
Bu her eyes were looking at him?
......That girl was in the cold dream then.
Or maybe she can sleep with her eyes open, i wanna do that.
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