In South Korea,it is very important for students to do well in school. Parents put a lot of pressure on their children to study hard and get good grades. Students sometime hire tutors after school and some even return to school at night to do extra work.
This actually became a big problem in Korea because some students stay up to late and fall asleep the next day in class. In recent years,students have actually been banned from studying after 10pm at night.
But,that's not the only reason it was banned...
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One night,a korean girl named Sun-Hi was at school. It was quite late and she was studying with a group of other students from her class. The lights in the library were on,but the rest of the school was in darkness.
After a while,Sun-Hi needed to go to the toilet,so she took a break from her studies. Telling her friends she'll be back in a moment,the girl walked out the library and down the darkened hallway to the school bathroom.
In the library,when a few minutes has passed, the other boys and girls began to notice a faint tapping noise. It seemed to be coming from the direction of the window. Looking around,they saw a pale gaunt woman standing there. Her face was pressed up against the window and her eyes were tightly shut. One long,crooked finger was tapping on the window. They wondered what the woman was doing outside at night.
A moment later the woman opened her eyes and the students gasped in horror. She had no eyes. Just deep,dark holes where the eyes should have been. The woman raised her fist and brought it crashing down at the window. The glass shattered.
Suddenly,all lights went out.
In the school bathroom,Sun-Hi was just about to wash her hands when she was plunged in darkness. Everything was silent. She never heard the screams of terror coming from the library. There was no way she could have known the pandemonium and slaughter that has broke out just a few rooms away. She continued washing her hands in the dark,blissfully unaware of the horrific cries that echoed down the hallway. Just as abruptly as they had begun,the screams and yells stopped and the school was deathly silent once again.
Sun-Hi opened the bathroom door and strolled back down the hallway. When she went in the library,she stopped in her tracks.
The dead bodies of other students were strewn around the library. Some of the corpses were sprawled on the floor,while the others were draped across desks and filing cabinets. She started shaking with fear. Her mind raced as she tried to understand what had happened. It was a massacre.
Just then,she heard footsteps echoing down the hallway.
Sun-Hi was a smart girl and was thinking fast,she threw herself on the floor,next to the dead bodies of her friends,and lay motionless.
She listened as something quietly crept in the into the library. Sun-Hi closed her eyes and pretended to be dead. She heard rustling sounds as something moved around the room. Fearing the worst,Sun-Hi lay as still as she could and tried not to make a sound.
She heard a voice whispering," One,two...One,two...One,two..."
Curiosity got the better of her and she cautiously opened her eyes,ever so slightly,to take a peek.
There,in the middle of the room,stood a pale,ghostly woman,in a white dress.
Sun-Hi closed her eyes and fought the urge to scream. She could hear the ghost creeping around the room,going body to body,muttering under its breath.
"One,two...One,two...One,two..."
The girl kept her eyes shut. She hoped and prayed the ghost would leave soon.
"One,two...One,two...One,two..."
The ghost was shuffling one corpse to the next,getting closer and closer.
"One,two...One,two...One,two..."
As Sun-Hi listened to the chilling voice of the ghost,she tried not to do anything that will attract its attention.
"One,two...One,two...One,two..."
The ghost was drawing ever so near. Sun-Hi dared not to move.
"One,two...One,two...One,two..."
The ghost was almost beside her. The girl tried not to breathe.
Suddenly,the counting stopped.
Sun-Hi remained motionless. She strained to hear even the slightest noise. She was afraid to move a muscle.
There was no sound. The library was suspiciously quiet.
After several minutes of complete silence,Sun-Hi was sure the ghost was gone.
Sun-Hi slowly opened her eyes.
The ghost was crouched directly over her,staring into her eyes. One pale,bony was pointing straight at Sun-Hi terrified face.
"One,two!" said the ghost as it plucked out her eye balls.
