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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 often 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 often clean their own classrooms during lunch break and/or after school.