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purples25:
THE SMILING STRANGER.

As a young girl in Anambra, Amaka lived a simple but interesting life. Her childhood was free and full of fun. At the time, she could even walk to school by herself and come home herself too, even though she was only a child.

She enjoyed being able to go by herself, but there was one problem. A graveyard lay along her path to school. Many times, she would quickly pass by, early in the morning. However, sometimes, people took the graveyard path because it was a shortcut. People did say they saw strange things and heard strange sounds too. This was why she hardly passed that path.

One day, she found herself in a difficult situation. She was late for school and needed to get there quickly. A hasty decision was made, and she gathered the courage to go through the graveyard path, that early morning. That way, she might not be too late, as it was a well known short cut.

As she cautiously crossed the path, a man passed her, going in the opposite direction. She instinctively felt there was something strange about him. For one thing, this man had crossed to her side at an unnaturally quick speed. She held in her terror and continued to pass with forced determination.

She never knew what made her look back, even these days when she thinks about it. She just felt the urge to look back. When she did, she saw the man grinning back at her. He was just standing there. The grin was very wide and very unnatural. His teeth were too many to be human. The teeth were pointed like sharks, and very long. Extremely pointed and numerous. To top it all, his facial expression was otherworldly, mischevious, and wicked. Amaka looked away.

By the time she turned back, he was gone.

How she didn't lose her mind and scream all the way to school is still a mystery to me. Retelling the story now gives me goosebumps even as I type.

A comical consolation, however, might be her mother's reaction when her daughter told her of her experience later that day. Mama Amaka had hastily shrugged it off and prayed for her daughter. She claimed that the spirit had seen her little girl and just wanted to have fun by frightening her, as she was alone on the path.

"Useless thing" she called it. "E no see anybody to disturb, just because it saw you alone on the path. It could not do anything to you, it was just trying to scare you. Mischievous thing. You are protected in Jesus' name."




THE END.

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