JAPANESE URBAN LEGENDS

Jorogumo

The Man and The Woman
A man delivered sacks of different kinds of goods to different people in different villages for a living, he would go to the local marketplace, pick up the delivery, then travel to the destination by carriage. He was very poor and didn't have much money, all he could do was deliveries.
One night, it started to storm. The storm was so bad that leaves started falling off of the trees, the man didn't stop, he had a job to do. But suddenly, his horse got scared because of the thunder and swerved away from where the source of the sound was. His horse then became loose and ran away, leading to the carriage going out of control and crashing into a big rock. The horse came back and the man held onto the horse's reins as they walked for shelter. The man then heard cries for help coming from a nearby valley.
"Help! The wind is too strong and it's blowing away my cloths!" The voice cried. The man ran to the source of the sound with his horse by his side and found a lady who was drying clothes and cloths on a drying rack outside. She was trying to stop the wind from taking the items on the rack away. The man ran over to help her grab the items left to dry and bring them inside. The lady gave her thanks to him and allowed him to stay, she had a little stable in front,of her home but no horse, it was made for guests.
The man went to sleep in a guest bedroom and woke up the next morning, the lady was farming in the garden and was picking rice from the fields. She put the rice in a sack and gave it to the man.

"Here, you'll need it for deliveries." The lady spoke.

Dark Secret
The man thanked her and went inside to cook for her. He felt so in love with her and wanted to thank her for her kindness. Hours later, he heard a noise coming from the lady's room and went to go check on her. He peeked through the keyhole and saw the lady standing in front of a mirror, spider legs attached to her back and ripping the back of her clothing. The man backed away from the door and ran out of the house, he got on his horse and rode him out of the valley and back to the village. He asked a local villager if anyone lived in the house he was in.

"Those who go into the house never come out." The villager claimed.

Together Forever
The man rode back to the house on his horse to check on the lady, he found the house a bit more dusty than usual and there were some cobwebs in every nook and cranny of the home. The lady appeared crawling on the ceiling with her spider legs attached, she jumped down from above and looked at him.

"You.. came back..?" The lady realized that this man wouldn't leave her.

"I would never." The man replied. "You are beautiful and I love you."

The lady and the man both finally had a happy ending to their fairytale, it was true love.

A/n: I decided to give yall a happy ending because I did feel like it! Also chapter 4 of Sanrio Academy is out now, go and check it out!